Tag Archive for ‘CUV’
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 another [...]
Road Test: 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid Limited
One of the duties of an automotive journalist is to answer lots of questions that amount to “What car should I buy?” These days, that question is most likely to come with the stipulation, “I want to get something green, but I really like and need my SUV.” So for the past two years, I’ve [...]
2010 Volvo XC60
I like Volvos. By any standard, a Volvo is a good car. They’re comfortable, well-engineered, good-looking, nice to drive, and they have all the latest features. And they’re safe, which is always a good thing.
Last weekend, I was nearly killed while driving my lovely old classic MG sports car. Some complete chickenhead in a big [...]
2009 Ford Flex Limited AWD
It’s hard to know what to say about the Ford Flex – it’s not quite an SUV, certainly not a diminutive passenger car, and nothing at all like a minivan. In a week of driving it around, it reminded me most strongly of those big station wagons of the 1960s and early 70s that so [...]
2009 Mitsubishi Outlander SE
It’s been a little over a year since I took a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander on the Alcan 5000 winter rally. With some friends, I drove that Outlander over 10,000 miles from Los Angeles, California to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, and then back again. Tuktoyaktuk is located at about 70 degrees north latitude at the end of [...]
2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X
Most of the evaluation cars sent to reporters for review are top-of-the-line models, with every possible option included. That’s good, for the most part, because it allows us to take a look at everything you might want to include on your personal car, and render some judgments on whether those options are worth the money.
But [...]
2009 Mercury Mariner Premium 4WD
SUVs have taken a beating in the last year. They’re out of fashion, derided as gas hogs, and generally held responsible for the current dire straits of the automotive industry. Yet SUVs and pickup trucks made up over 60% of automotive sales in 2007.
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