With such a wide array of Crossover and Sport Utility Vehicles now on the market, wily auto manufacturers are in a pitched battle to infuse their ‘Utes with the latest comfort, convenience and safety technology. Volvo is no different. Once…
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The Jeep Grand Cherokee is still a benchmark SUV combining luxury with excellent off-road capability. Handsome and capable, the Grand Cherokee comes in six distinct trim packages, to serve as a premium SUV, a capable adventurer, or a tow vehicle.…
KIA makes great cars. They have one of the best warranties in the business – 10 year/100,000 mile limited powertrain warrant, 5 year/60,000 mile limited basic warranty and 5 year/60,000 roadside assistance. They come with almost every available option. And…
I’ve had a lot of people tell me that luxury performance SUV’s don’t make any sense. An SUV should be useful they say. The “U” in SUV stands for “Utility” after all. Utility: the state or quality of being useful;…
Platform sharing among automobile manufacturers has taken place for years. Oftentimes, this sharing makes good fiscal sense within corporations, with General Motors being a great example. If you are fifity-ish or older, then you remember the 1970’s Chevy Monte Carlo,…
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Take a perfectly good Volkswagen Golf Wagon, add 4Motion All-Wheel Drive, raise the suspension for improved ground clearance, add interior lifestyle goodies and what do you have? The 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack. There are many good things about the on…
2016 Infiniti QX60 3.5L V6 AWD Road Test The mid-sized 2016 Infiniti QX60 all wheel drive sport utility vehicle showed up in my driveway dressed in a fairly sedate Hagane Blue with a graphite leather interior. Another indistinguishable mid-sized SUV…
2017 Cadillac XT5: Crossover Ute Precision Fogo Island is an idyllic place, perched about as far to the Northeast as you can go in North America. Study the history of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, and you learn what grit and tenacity…
BMW X1 Review The new 2016 BMW X1 xDrive28i arrived just in time for a weekend trip to Ocean City, MD. What a great opportunity to road test the new X1 in a multitude of driving conditions – interstate, back country roads…
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A key component to Kia Motors’ Green Car Roadmap was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show today as Kia Motors America (KMA) hosted the global debut of the all-new 2017 Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle (HUV). A no-compromise vehicle that combines…
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