All-Wheel Driven (to Succeed): Audi A4 2.0T Quattro

Every brand has one–the staple seller; the for-the-masses car on which a corporation’s fortunes rest. Audi’s bread-and-butter line, the A4 comes in sedan, two-door convertible and wagon variants. Of course, with the falling value of the dollar eating profits and ever-encroaching competition from Japanese, German and even American luxury [...]

Urban Assault Vehicle: 2006 HUMMER H3

The days of affordable gas are irrevocably over. Filling a 20+ gallon tank after every hundred miles has suddenly become a pain in the neck (and wallet). GM has taken some ferocious flak lately for spending scarce R&D dollars on their upcoming full-size SUV line’s revamp, in the face of [...]

2005 Nissan Xterra: Getting Dirty to The EXTREEEME!

I’d never seen a trail like it. After a couple days of melting snow, the mud at the Summit Point Raceway off-road course was soupy and slick, and deep as a moat in places. The rocks looked like boulders, right there in the middle of what was laughingly called a [...]

2005 Nissan Titan: Make Room At The Top

When Nissan threw their hat into the full-size pick-up ring, they didn’t tip toe around the competition – they came out swinging and aiming square for the jaw. Today and no longer a rookie, the Nissan Titan hasn’t lost any of its passion – Nissan introduced a host of subtle [...]

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited: Big Changes Bring Big Smiles

We’ll be honest – we were never fans of the previous Jeep Grand Cherokee. We found it to be uncomfortably small, inefficient, clunky and unreliable. Imagine our trepidation when we were handed the keys for the all new 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited and told to “have at it.” We [...]

Review: 2004 Toyota Tundra Double Cab Limited

Slowly but steadily Americans have been cozying up to the idea of buying a pick-up truck from the automakers in the Land of the Rising Sun, and after taking delivery of our 2004 Toyota Tundra Double Cab Limited, it’s not hard to see why.

Toyota has been successful in the “small” [...]