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 [...]

Chevy Plays the Retro Card: The 2006 Chevy HHR

Chevrolet, and indeed all of GM, is visibly working hard lately to produce vehicles that are actually competitive and desirable–and with good reason; even GMAC and OnStar don’t make enough cash to support the General producing cars at a loss. Perhaps the most whimsical of the apple-pie-American brand’s new ventures [...]

2007 Porsche Cayenne: Spy Shots

Coming to us from the Southwest are these spanking-new spy shots of the upcoming next-generation Porsche Cayenne. Undergoing hot-weather testing in mild disguise, this appears to be very close to the production SUV we can expect to see in dealerships in 2007. Not messing with a good thing–the Cayenne has [...]

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 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 [...]

Porsche Cayenne: Hot Pepper

Prominent Porsche advertisements tout the new Porsche Cayenne as “The next Porsche.” With our record as long time Porsche enthusiasts we were more than anxious to get our hands on the new Cayenne – we wanted to put some miles under its tires, live the spirit that is Porsche and [...]

2003 Chevrolet Tahoe: Minor Updates, Building On A Sure Thing

VIENNA, VA – The 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe doesn’t break any new ground, but why should it? It’s already darn near perfect. We recently got our hands on a 2003 Tahoe LT 4×4, and after driving it for nearly a month, we have to take our hats off to Chevrolet – [...]

2003 Los Angeles Auto Show: Porsche Cayenne Unveiled

LOS ANGELES, CA – Unless you were one of the dozen lucky “big-named” journalists to be invited by Porsche to attend the official Cayenne driving session in Spain earlier this year, you haven’t had a chance to view the eagerly anticipated Porsche Cayenne, firsthand.

Well, all of that changed on January [...]

Porsche Cayenne: Velvet Hammer of the Highroads and Highlands

Porsche’s forthcoming entry in the ever-popular Sport Utility Vehicle market is no rookie-effort, but rather a seasoned veteran, poised to school the competition in how a luxury utility vehicle should perform.

While the notion of Porsche building an SUV might be surprising to some, it really shouldn’t come as any [...]