Cadillac Introduces Enhanced Super Cruise
Cadillac Continues Improving Automated Technology
Cadillac is introducing an enhanced version of the Super Cruise driver assistance feature starting on the 2021 Cadillac CT5 and CT4. Next it will be available on the all-new 2021 Cadillac Escalade. Among the enhancements will be automated lane change functionality, which allows the hands-free system to change lanes on compatible highways when requested by...
North Texas Auto Show Picture of Industry Facing Challenges
By BILL OWNEY
Better, But Not Recovered
DALLAS – Perhaps unintentionally, the North Texas Auto Show, which used to be the Dallas Auto Show until it switched PR firms, offers clear proof that the American automotive industry is better, but not recovered.
Filling two-thirds of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, a venue it once overflowed with exhibits spilling into marbled hallways,...
2016 Ford F-150 XLT Supercrew: City Slick, Country Strong
Powerful and sleek. I truly felt like I had the best of both worlds when I took the 400 mile trek to West Texas in a 2016 Ford F-150 XLT Supercrew.
I’ve got to admit, on first glance I was a bit worried about driving such a big truck five hours on the open road through West Texas. I’ve had...
Cadillac Looks To Storied Past As It Charts Future
By Bill Owney
Out With the Old...
Grandpa was a Cadillac man.
A buttoned-down, straightlaced Republican in a doggedly crooked Democratic town where the mob hires and promotes the cops, Bill Golden nevertheless rose through the ranks to become chief of police in Youngstown, Ohio, mainly because he was a man of few vices.
Fast driving, the best used Caddy he could buy,...
Sport Comes Alive In 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport
I've written a lot about the Nissan Rogue in the past year. The reason...Nissan designers and engineers keep coming out with new features. Yes ... I have something new to say. They have done it again! A whole new model of the Rogue. As if the "regular" Rogue did not live up to it's name with sport embodied in...
2018 Toyota Camry Breaks Toyota’s Conventional Mold
2018 Toyota Camry Brings Significant Changes To Their Best Selling Sedan
The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in America for the past 15 years. Some may say “why risk significant changes to something that has been that successful?” I am not one of that “some.” I love that the company went back to the drawing board with...
Bridgestone Tires: Your Journey-Our Passion
Bridgestone Tires, Largest Tire Company In The World
In May 1988 Bridgestone acquired Firestone Tires, becoming the largest tire company in the world. They now have 55,000 employees and 50 production facilities throughout the United States.
Today over 2,200 company owned vehicle service centers and tire locations marketing more than 8,000 different types and sizes of tires. Last year Bridgestone, spent over...
Solar Car Challenge Motivates STEM Students
More than 20 teams of high school students from across the United States are preparing to set off on a 1,400-mile trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to Palmdale, California, driving cars they designed, engineered and built powered by solar energy. Teams will depart Fort Worth in the 30th anniversary Solar Car Challenge on July 16, arriving in Palmdale on...
2017 Nissan Pathfinder On The Horizon
It's not often that I get an opportunity to attend a national unveiling of a new vehicle near home in Dallas, Texas, but such was the case with the new 2017 Nissan Pathfinder. This July Nissan management, local dealer management and journalists from around the country gathered at Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas to listen to details about,...
2019 Infiniti QX60 Passes Important Test
2019 Infiniti QX60 Parent Tested, Kid APPROVED
Not all SUVs are luxuriously appointed, but the new 2019 Infiniti QX60 defines luxury. Last week, a new QX60 was delivered to me and an Acura MDX was delivered to my wife for test drives. The first afternoon, we picked up the kids from school in the MDX. The next morning we took...