2016 Lincoln MKC
Lincoln is working to rebuild itself; to rejoin the first rank of luxury brands and compete directly - on equal terms - with Cadillac, Lexus, BMW, Acura, et al.
First, it will...
2016 Buick Enclave
GM still has two "near luxury" brands - Buick and GMC - which is double what other car companies have. They have the mass-market line (Toyota, for example) and then the...
2016 Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla, in the words of the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald, is holding its own.
It is one of the few sedans that still is.
As a class, they have been...
2016 GMC Yukon Denali XL
The only real competition the GMC Yukon Denali XL's got is the Cadillac Escalade ESV - which is basically the same thing in a slightly restyled (and more expensive) Cadillac wrapper.
Because no one...
2016 Subaru Forester XT
I don't look at the Subaru Forester XT as (god help us) another crossover SUV. I look at it as what it is...
A stealth WRX.
An M80 in a ladyfinger wrapper.
Did you...
2016 Chevy Equinox
If you're looking at this medium-small crossover SUV, there are two things to know before you pull the trigger.
First - in its favor - it offers the strongest V6 you can...
2016 Ford C-Max Hybrid
Not all hybrids are slow.
One of the few that goes is Ford's C-Max hybrid, which is a kind of Jack & Coke to Toyota's Diet Coke.
You know, the Prius.
The Toyota gives you really...
2016 Cadillac ATS
Almost 20 years after the commercial left the airwaves, the car finally does zig.
It just took a while for them to catch up to the catchphrase.
Maybe you recall.
It was the late '90s and...
2016 Mini Cooper JCW
It is a $10k jump from a standard-issue Mini Cooper to a hopped-up John Cooper Works (JCW) version of the same car.
A $6k jump from the hopped-up slightly less Mini S...
2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
No matter how hard I tried - and I tried really hard - I never succeeded in reducing the Hyundai Sonata hybrid to less than 34.6 MPG.
Average.
Running 80 MPH. Full throttle...