It was a Ford night last week when Ford introduced the all new Ford Explorer at Ford Field last week. The company wanted to get the jump on this week’s North American International Auto Show here and it did so ...

Mazda is incrementally improving its midsize three row crossover vehicle the CX-9. But don’t get it twisted; this was a good crossover to begin with but now it can compete with top notch premium crossovers. Style is not a shortcoming ...

The 2019 Volvo XC40 is arguably the best small luxury sport utility on the planet but it is has one huge challenge, there aren’t enough of them to meet demand. Volvo execs underestimated the take rate on a new XC40 ...

It wasn’t 15 minutes after they dropped off the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander that I was headed towards I-94 on my way to Chicago. During the week-long test drive I found the Outlander to be a very good crossover for both ...

It was 22 years ago that Toyota’s RAV4 first hit these shores. Now comes the fifth generation of the compact sport utility. It was the first such vehicle and it created the market we now know as crossover utility vehicles ...

I test drove something special a few weeks ago. It was a 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody. According to Dodge, “it is a drag-oriented, street legal muscle car designed with the grassroots drag racer in mind.” Further, it ...

Lexus has literally added on to the most popular luxury CUV in the country, the RX 350L. They made it longer and gave it a third row of seats. I had the 2018 Lexus RX 350L AWD. It had bench ...

We came here to test drive the next step in Hyundai’s future, the 2019 Veloster N. As one executive said, “it is a racing car that we’re trying to sell to the public.” What Hyundai is also doing is expanding ...

Lexus is a conservative auto brand but it seems to have thrown that philosophy out the door when it comes to its new UX small crossover. First the UX is the luxury brand’s fifth and smallest CUV. They account for ...

One of the first things a Volvo executive told us was that this is a “huge moment for us.” He was talking about the 2019 Volvo S60 luxury sports sedan. I could not agree more. Yes the car is important, ...

Kia didn’t make many changes to the 2018 Cadenza. In a way, they didn’t need to; the mini full-size sedan didn’t need much. They did what they called some “minor packaging enhancements.” The V6 luxury package now includes the panoramic ...

The 2018 Hyundai Accent was a pleasant surprise. It was a subcompact sedan with a manual transmission. Normally, I’d say that would make it boring. But the Accent had some spunk. Powered by a 1.6-liter direct injected four cylinder engine ...

The Mazda CX-5 is the automaker’s bestselling model and after a week test driving the 2018 version, it is easy to see why. The CX-5 is basic in what it does but it performed excellently. Acceleration was great. Under the ...

In a sense, we came here to see Cadillac’s future. From now through 2020, the luxury brand says it will introduce a new model every six months. First up was the 2019 Cadillac XT4 crossover which goes on sale this ...

The 2018 Genesis G90 still draws lots of attention. During my test drive I answered so many questions about the car that they kind of caught me off guard. Two guys even pulled up next to me and shouted “what ...