2016 Dallas Auto Show Recap
2016 Dallas Auto Show, More Than Just Trucks
By Harold Allen - Special to Focus Daily News
The 2016 Dallas Auto Show had a host of new cars and trucks to please just about everyone. With over 31 new 2017 vehicles, the media attended seven highlighted presentations before the show opened.
The VIP reception the night before and the early morning media...
No Competition For The Redesigned 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata
Auto Judge Winner Compact Car of the Year: 2016 Mazda MX-5
Roadster anyone? The all new 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata cannot be topped. Standout features this year include upgraded safety features, more technology, a lighter body-weight and spunky performance putting this reasonably priced soft top on the road to success.
Even though it is small inside and out, you still get...
Ram And Jeep Receive Honors At 2016 Truck Rodeo
Ram & Jeep Are Winners At 2016 Truck Rodeo
Ram and Jeep® brands won several accolades this year at the Texas Truck Rodeo
After two days of challenging on- and off-road driving, TAWA members voted for the best-performing vehicles. FCA US brands secured seven awards, the most of any manufacturer at the event, as well as receiving four of the highest...
Toyota Supra Has Returned
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 Nissan Armada – Platinum An Understatement
2019 Nissan Armada- A Luxurious Beast
Regular readers will remember an experience we had in a Nissan Armada last year. An over-achieving 18-wheeler clipped us twice, once in the rear and once toward the front as it was passing us. We will forever sing its praises in that we were completely unhurt, although we can't say as much for the...
Nothing Excites Like A 2018 Jeep Wrangler
2018 Jeep Wrangler Review
There is nothing like the original. The first four-wheel-drive vehicle created specifically to be able to go anywhere and do anything was the Jeep, created in 1941 for the United States to help during combat in World War II. Veterans loved the vehicle so much, Willys-Overland began producing models for civilian use at war’s end in...
2017 Nissan Rogue One Star Wars Limited Edition In Our Galaxy
Nissan Rogue One Star Wars Limited Edition Is Coming To Our Galaxy
I am a true Star Wars fanatic. I still own a Darth Vader carrying case from my childhood. Sadly, it only contains one or two action figures from the 80s, as the others have disappeared over the years.
Today in a Galaxy known as L.A., Nissan captured my attention...
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500 Is The Vehicle For Family Weddings
I'm a scion from a large but emotionally close Louisiana family. Germane to most families, we deal with issues like: gossip, holiday spectacles, deaths, births and of course, marriage.
Nothing can bring a family together outside of the holidays like a summer wedding. One isn't asked to participate in these types of events in my family. You are conscripted.
Nothing else...
Peppy and Quick: Golf Sportwagen Anything But Standard Volkswagen
A Lot of Fun In A Wagon
The new 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen TSI S model is a vehicle you will buy, hold, and enjoy for the long term. At least the model I tested for a week is a vehicle to keep and enjoy. Why do I say that? The manual transmission gives it lots of pep. It makes...
2017 Chevrolet SS Shows Its Super Sport DNA
Well, Hello There V8
You don't find V8 engines in a lot of vehicles these days. I was excited to see that the 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan delivered to me for a week-long test drive sported one.
I vowed to put all 415 horses to work at my first opportunity. They did not disappoint. I shot out of the parking lot...