Personal: Mazda MX-5/Miata–My Indulgence
Sometimes, a car has a special place in your heart, and even if it’s powered by petroleum, you have to get some time behind the wheel. The Mazda MX-5 Miata is mine.
News: 2019 Ford Fusion Energi Gains EV Range And Safety Tech
The 2019 Ford Fusion Energi doesn’t receive any mehcanical updates, but the plug-in hybrid gets a battery capacity boost that gives it a longer electric-only driving range of a projected EPA rating of 25 miles.
Comparison Test: 2018 Volkswagen Atlas V6 SEL Premium 4Motion vs. Atlas 2.0T SE
Designed for the American market, the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas lives up to its name–it’s big, which is a good thing if you need to seat up-to seven people.
News: Ford Does the Electric Slide
Ford Future was on show this week—its cars and trucks are getting electrified. The subtext was: Ford is not going to be left behind, but the company is also not going to step away from its cash cow pickups and SUVs.
Road Test: 2018 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid
No mincing words here: the 2018 Kia Niro PHEV is a near perfect small wagon/crossover. The fuel economy is stellar, even if yours is closer to the EPA estimate than our test results.
Road Test: 2018 Lexus LC 500h
The 2018 Lexus LC 500h is an extremely attractive and desirable car, and earns mileage numbers more like its modest cousin, the Toyota Corolla.
Road Test: 2018 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
The 2018 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is a worthy competitor to the other CUV wagons on the market today. The build quality is solid, power is smooth, but a bit buzzy at higher RPMs, and the transmissions are flawless.
Flash Drive/Event: 2018 Jeep Wrangler and 2019 Jeep Cherokee
Jeep invited the media to the Santa Monica Mountains in early March to drive the all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler and the new 2019 Cherokee. Our off-road driving reinforced the long tradition of Jeep being sure-footed off the pavement—and impressively so.
News: Lexus UX Subcompact Crossover Debuts
The 2019 Lexus UX will come in two versions when it arrives at the end of 2018. The UX 200 employs a new 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine with 168 horsepower running through a new Direct-Shift continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT).
News: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace Electric SUV Revealed
Jaguar, the British automaker, revealed its much-anticipated 2019 Jaguar I-Pace battery-electric crossover SUV this week, one week before the public opening of the Geneva Motor Show.