2012 Ford Focus
People who read car reviews are rightly jaded by the endless press-kit recycling PR stroke jobs. Every car is a good car; no car has any real faults - let alone,...
2012 Nissan Rogue
In 2008, when the Rogue was launched, it was a kind of poor-man's BMW X3. It had more power and better performance - especially in the handling department - than other...
2012 Cadillac Escalade ESV
It stands alone, unchallenged ... the master of all it surveys.
Not merely surviving but thriving. The Hummer came - and went. So also the Ford Excursion - a mere Ford, too...
2012 Kia Sorento
There are almost as many crossover SUVs on the market as there are types of toothpaste down at the drugstore.
Which one to choose?
Kia has tried to make the Sorento a...
2012 Hyundai Genesis R Spec
Want to make a BMW (or Benz) guy cry?
Show him your new Hyundai Genesis R Spec. Tell him about the 429 hp 5 liter V-8 (and 5.2 second 0-60 time)....
Recent Belly Flops
The poor ol' Pontiac Aztek is old news - and also, it's been beaten so badly I think it deserves some mercy. Or at least, it deserves to be left alone...
2012 Chevy Volt
Ok, I have changed my mind about the Chevy Volt.
Well, some of my mind... .
It is, no doubt about it, a brilliant piece of engineering. Where a Toyota Prius can...
2012 Chevy Camaro SS
Back in 1987, I was very happy with my 1980 Z28 - which had less than half the horsepower of the 2012 Camaro SS I just spent a week with. Ye...
2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid
Hybrids are getting interesting.
How about this 2012 M35 hybrid?
Infiniti says it's got V-8 muscle and delivers four-cylinder fuel economy. Well, the first part is true blue. This thing hauls tail....
2012 Kia Sportage SX: A BMW X3 for about $10k less?
What the Japanese did to the Americans in the '70s and '80s - shivving them on car-for-the-dollar and thereby, snatching away their former customers - the Koreans are now doing just...