Automotive Reviews

Kudos to companies like Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, GM and Mercedes-Benz that are working to help federal government employees during this shutdown. DETROIT, Jan. 14, 2019 – Hyundai has a long history of providing customers peace of mind through its Assurance program, and like it did in 2013, is launching a government shutdown payment relief program aimed at helping federal employees...

Sporty Toyota Supra Returns To Lineup The North American International Auto Show may be much shorter than in previous years in terms of time devoted to journalists and new vehicle reveals. However, the news coming out of the show is more interesting for me than the news of many past shows. For example, I'm pretty excited about Toyota's introduction of the...

2019 Ram Heavy Duty Flexes Its Muscle The folks at Ram aren't playing games with their trucks, and critics agree as the 2018 Ram 1500 continues to win awards. They've gone all in when it comes to designing and building the most powerful, most capable pickups and that's obvious in the new 2019 Ram Heavy Duty line-up. Engineers focused on setting a...

2020 Shelby GT500 The Most Powerful Ford EVER Four years ago on a cold morning in Detroit, Ford unwrapped the Ford GT supercar in Joe Louis Arena to a stunned audience. Following the audible gasps were oohs, ahhs and a whole lot of lust for the performance DNA Ford Motor Company was promising. Fast forward to January 2019, and Ford warmed...

2019 NACTOY Award Winners After hundreds of hours of test drives, research and evaluation by independent jurors, the Ram 1500, Genesis G70, and Hyundai Kona/Kona EV were revealed as the winners of the 2019 North American Car, Utility and Truck of the Year (NACTOY) awards presented today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Chosen by a panel of...

There's A New Cadillac Coming To A Road Near You: 2020 Cadillac XT6 Cadillac introduces the all new 2020 Cadillac XT6 at this week's North American International Auto Show. With SUV sales on fire, Cadillac's XT6 will fill an open spot in its lineup between the Cadillac XT5 and popular Escalade. “The first-ever Cadillac XT6 delivers a compelling blend of spaciousness, safety...

2020 Ford Explorer Is Completely Redesigned With Adventure In Mind It's a challenge to take a winning recipe and make it better, but that's exactly what Ford is attempting to do with the all new 2020 Ford Explorer. When you hold the title of 'America’s all-time best-selling SUV', you have big expectations from current and potential customers. So, Ford has re-designed...

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate AWD: The Ultimate Family SUV I was pretty astounded when I saw the list of options that were included in the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate – in other words – NOT options that will add to the price of the vehicle. After all, when you are traveling out-of-state to visit relatives far-far-away, you want...

2019 GMC Sierra Denali, The Perfect Truck It didn't take thirty seconds before the kids began raving about the 2019 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 Crew Cab I had the pleasure of test driving in December. "This is the perfect truck!" exclaimed McKenzie. "You have to buy this truck!" Hunter chimed in. They were both enthralled by the room in the back...

Mustang GT, Muscles Its way Into My Heart Late in 2018 my run with test driving Ford vehicles was about to come to an end when a call came in asking if I would like to extend test driving by a week with a Ford Mustang GT. That was NOT a hard decision. "Yes," I almost yelled into the phone! The...