2018 Hyundai Sonata
Two years makes all the difference.
Two years ago, the Hyundai Sonata had out-Camry’d the Camry and out-Accorded the Accord. It had achieved at least parity with the blue chips - and...
2018 Infiniti Q50
Infiniti’s cars are not named well. The Q50 sedan, for instance. Neither the letter nor the number seems to stand for anything identifiable about the car.
Besides which, it just sounds bland...
2018 Toyota Corolla
Technically, the Toyota Corolla is an entry-level compact sedan - a notch down in size and price from the mid-sized, mid-priced Camry sedan.
Well, when it comes to what it costs.
But when...
2018 Kia Rio
Kia and Hyundai are - today - like Ford and Mercury used to be. Well, Mercury no longer is at all. But once upon a time, Mercury was the higher-line (and...
2018 Chevy Camaro Turbo
Muscle cars, by tradition, are supposed to have big V8s as their centerpiece attraction. But what happens when a four cylinder makes as much (or even more) power than most muscle...
2018 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
It’s hard to make an economic case for any converted hybrid right now. This means all hybrids on the market right now, except for the Toyota Prius - which is the...
2018 Mazda CX-9
One of the oddities of our era is that cars are getting bigger - and heavier - but engines are getting smaller.
It's because the government hasn't - yet - mandated the...
2018 Lexus NX300
No one knows who invented the shoe - but not surprisingly, it caught on.
The crossover is another such idea - and we know whose that was.
Back in '98, Lexus took a...
2018 Volvo V60 Polestar
Volvo’s got something pretty much no one else has - a high-performance compact wagon.
It’s the Polestar version of the V60 wagon, 367 horsepower and all.
You may not have heard of Polestar.
It is...
2018 Nissan Versa
Last year, the average price paid for a new car was about $35,000. But that doesn’t mean you have to pay $35k to drive home a new car.
A nice new car.
You...