The Lexus LX570 is like your grandmother’s parlor: big, leather-clad, and a bit dated. This luxury behemoth packs eight seats and eight cylinders on top of some serious 4×4 capabilities. Debuted in 2007 and refreshed in 2012, this third-generation LX570 is one of Lexus’ two remaining body-on-frame SUVs. […]
For over 46 years, US consumers have been able to walk into a Toyota dealership and drive away in a new Corolla. Many, many people have done just that. But just as the Corolla has built a loyal ownership, so has it met its critics. Some are quick […]
The 2014 Toyota Highlander: a mid-size SUV with a do-it-all mentality. With a whole new look inside and out, it’s drawing in consumers and we’re seeing more and more on the road. Since 2001, when the first Toyota Highlander debuted on a modified Camry platform, has been a […]
The tired, poor, huddled masses of journalists have left the building. The press preview days of the 2014 NYIAS auto show have come to a close and we’ve escaped the city limits. As the show floor prepares for the public, we review the biggest news from Day 2 […]
The 2014 Toyota Tundra debuted last year at the Chicago Auto Show. Built on the same platform as the previous generation, the new Tundra gets a reshaped body and an all-new interior. When we drove a 2013 Toyota Tundra Limited, we found it to be a good truck […]
The 2014 North American International Auto Show media days have ended. As Detroit recovers from the influx of over 5,000 journalists and Joe Biden, we sat down and talked through our opinions of the show. The resulting list, conceived at Olive Garden over endless salad and bread sticks, […]
Day 1 of the 2014 NAIAS is wrapping up. We’ve summarized some of the biggest reveals on the day. 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Mark Reuss called this Corvette “The Big Nasty” as it drove out of its camouflage and onto the stage. When you see it in person, […]
Everyone knows the Toyota Avalon as the flagship for Toyota. Last spring, Toyota unveiled an entirely redesigned Avalon. The new design also came with the addition of a hybrid model, and that is the one we have here. We were interested to see how Toyota applied their mastery […]
“A Prius for everyone” is the jingle that ends the latest Prius commercial as the five-member Prius parade rolls through a colorful landscape. But Toyota has a bastard child, a 6th hybrid platform that often gets overlooked. Enter the Lexus CT200h. Arguably the best looking dedicated hybrid platform […]
Full disclosure – I have never liked crossovers. While a sport compact or a hot hatch is my idea of motoring perfection, I’d rather drive a wagon rather than an SUV or crossover, and it’s because of two things: The first being size; Second, historically inferior driving characteristics. […]
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