Sport Utility Vehicles 
2013 Acura RDX Reviewed(0)
Ryan travels to the American Southwest to test the 2013 Acura RDX. This new model is significantly different than the outgoing model (from our 2011 Winter Special): the Turbo 4 has been changed out with a V6, ground clearance has been increased and the ride has been improved significantly. As equipped, the RDX we tested with [...]
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2011 Hyundai Tucson: Family’s Snow Fun
Aaron and Jessie take to the mountains in the 2011 Hyundai Tucson Limited AWD.
2010 Chevy Equinox Makes the Grade
General Motors does this thing where every branch of the company shares a common platform and puts out pretty similar vehicles. Sometimes this is a strength – because customers are irrational and some of them just don’t like Chevy, but they liked the same car when it was made by Pontiac or Buick. Sometimes, though, [...]
2010 GMC Terrain – Return of the Son of Hummer
With the body of Hummer cold and in the ground, at least as a GM brand, GMC is back to its dominant position as the General’s tough truck and SUV division. The new 2010 GMC Terrain is a assertion of that dominance, taking its visual cues from the soon-to-be-Chinese Hummer like a warrior wearing a [...]
Ultimate SUV: 2010 Range Rover
The world of big SUVs has taken a beating in the last two years, with high fuel prices and a faltering economy giving the market a double-whammy. Premium brands such as Hummer that were desirable status symbols just a few years ago are now out of business entirely. Yet recent trends indicate that the behemoth [...]
2010 Cadillac SRX – Road Test Review
The appeal of the Cadillac Escalade SUV has always eluded me. I’m not a fan of big SUVs in general, but even accounting for my sports car orientation, the Escalade was always a puzzlement. The Escalade version of luxury is opulence, and while I’m no Spartan, I like my luxury to be understated – less [...]
2010 Toyota 4Runner – First Drive
The first Toyota 4Runner appeared at the start of the SUV revolution in 1984. Like most of its contemporaries, it was little more than a pickup truck with a permanent “camper shell” on the back. Powered by the same 4-cylinder engine and drivetrain that motivated the comparable pickup trucks, the 4Runner was an affordable alternative [...]
2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
The Jeep occupies a unique space in the pantheon of automobiles. Born of the need for an indestructible go-anywhere military vehicle, the Jeep has survived more or less unchanged since it was invented just prior to World War II. Sure, the modern version has four doors, nice upholstery, GPS navigation, air conditioning and all that [...]
Kia’s All-New 2010 Sorento – Not Just Another CUV
“Thank you Jesus for KIA” reads the hand-lettered sign on a tidy front lawn in West Point, Georgia. That sentiment is shared wholeheartedly by residents throughout this small rural town on the Georgia/Alabama border. Before Kia entered a partnership with the Georgia state government to build a billion-dollar factory complex here, the town was just [...]
Big Developments: 2010 Subaru Outback
In the last couple of years, Subaru has definitely become a bigger car company. Not that the company itself is larger, although they’ve remained profitable through the worst automotive economy since the 1930s, but their cars have tended to swell even as the economy is shrinking. The basic Impreza is still a C-segment car, but [...]
