2007 Toyota Highlander Limited: A Toyota To The Core

The 2007 Toyota Highlander is a Toyota through and through. It’s capable, roomy, and inoffensive. Like all vehicles from the world’s largest carmaker, it has few weaknesses, and proudly carries its vanilla personality like a war medal.

The story with the Highlander is value. Toyota doesn’t make the [...]

Getting Your Money’s Worth: The 2007 Infiniti M45

Being an automotive journalist, one runs of the risk of becoming a jaded car guy. Cars that look good on paper are often a disappointment on the pavement, and most cars bear the telltale signs of cost-cutting in ways that are most distressing to the enthusiast.

However, the M45 is [...]

Mercedes-Benz S550… Private Jet? Luxury Yacht? The Luxury Sedan!

In the life of every journalist, there are highlights. They may come in the form of a big scoop, or interviewing an overachiever in the field one reports on. For an automotive journalist, the ability to get up-close-and-personal – and downright intimate – with your field’s overachievers is [...]

The 2007 Volvo XC90: A Safe, Smart Choice

The Volvo XC90 is a special kind of sport utility vehicle. It’s not really for everyone; so if you’re after a boring, assimilating crossover utility, you better look somewhere else.

For starters, the XC90 is a looker as far as SUVs go. There’s a lot of Volvo sedan heritage [...]

2007 Lincoln Navigator L: Alternative Excess

When the 2007 Lincoln Navigator L trawled into Roadfly’s parking lot, this correspondent was struck at how audacious Lincoln was to produce such a vehicle. This shock was not due to its size or environmental footprint–both of which are, well, uniquely American–but to its appearance. This was truly [...]