Automotive Reviews

2017 Lincoln MKZ Quiet, Tasteful Luxury Lincoln describes its 2017 MKZ as "quiet luxury”. However, the new model has a potent engine that produces a siren song-with an impressive 400 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque. Currently Lincoln's best-selling vehicle in North America, the midsize luxury sedan gets a significant mid-cycle refresh for the 2017 model year. It zeroes in...

By Vern Parker - Special to Focus Daily News Leo Cummings Jr. enjoys attending automobile auctions, not to participate in the bidding, but to view the beautiful automotive art on display. In 2008, at an Atlantic City, N.J., car auction, Cummings saw a 1966 Pontiac 2+2 convertible painted red that arrested his attention. He couldn't resist bidding on the car, but...

2016 Nissan Titan XD First Look After spending a day evaluating the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD on a motoring drive on the outskirts of Phoenix that included tow testing, payload hauling, and off roading along a 25-mile-long challenging dirt track with a sand wash, we moved on the second day to our next test location at Nissan’s Technical Center...

2016 Kia Sportage First Look When I drive a new vehicle I always seek to find something I don’t particularly like about it since in today’s world virtually all vehicles are crafted with superiority rarely found in the cars I grew up with. When writing an article such as this, many writers often seek to find something to say is...

Nissan Winter Warriors: Make New Tracks With Three Crossover Concepts Let’s face it: winter weather has become more extreme over the past couple years in the snow belt. And, it has also wreaked havoc with locales that never expected to sell snow tires or all-wheel-drive vehicles to an everyday driver. Take for example the ice storms in cities like Atlanta...

2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Limited Crew Cab 4x4: Ram Continues To Drive In Its Own Lane Dodge spun off the Ram truck line into its own nameplate in 2009. Since, the light duty pickup with a bold and beefy face has been gaining in popularity with U.S. buyers, breaking into the top ten of America's best-selling vehicles in 2013, and...

Road Tripping In The 2016 Chevy Camaro Find New Roads Campaign The Camaro is turning 48 years old in 2016, to commemorate the event Chevrolet wanted to have a media drive through 48 states. Did I mention that they wanted to tackle this feat in a month?! The moment the email hit my inbox, “Dear Camaro Road Warrior,” it began. I...

2016 Hyundai Elantra First Drive The week couldn’t have begun more perfectly. The fantastic Pier South Resort-Hotel situated in the beautiful Imperial Beach – a short jaunt from one of my favorite California cities, San Diego. It could hardly get any better than this, could it? Well, actually it could! The windows to the door on my luxurious suite had line...