Nothing shouts "hockey parent" more than a minivan carrying a mountain of hockey bags and a raft of kids behaving like the tender feral creatures children are. And The Hockey Tournament, with its numerous out-of-town games that inevitably instil equal measures of pride, hubris and fortitude in both parent and child, …
March 15, 2013
At the end of a day careening through the canyons in the Callaway SC540 SportTruck, I stopped to refill my tank, expecting little more than to drop a boatload of bills. Instead, I saw eyes. A young man in a Cadillac Escalade was staring. "Those are some nice wheels," he said, …
March 15, 2013
It's not that I hated the HS 250h, the "world's first dedicated luxury hybrid" as Lexus proudly touted at its debut several years ago. It's just that, as a Lexus, it barely made a fair Toyota, not being particularly luxurious despite a boatload of modern conveniences and upscale doodads crammed into …
March 15, 2013
In its heyday, the Toyota Corolla was one of the strongest contenders in the compact segment. Only the Honda Civic had higher sales and rivalled it for its vaulted reputation for longevity and reliability -- I owned two for these very reasons. However, the sands are shifting rapidly. Yes, the Toyota Corolla …
March 8, 2013
Try as I might, I'm unable to find any area in which the 2013 Lincoln MKZ luxury sedan is clearly superior to its competition. Worse, there's very little the MKZ offers that can't be had for a lower price in a Ford Fusion. It's an inauspicious start for the car that's supposed …
March 8, 2013
South Korean automaker Kia entered the North American market in the 1990s with the compact Sephia, but that wasn't the first Kia-made vehicle sold here. That was the Ford Festiva, sold through Ford Motor Co. dealers from 1987-92. Since then, Kia has come a long way, and has a big lineup …
March 8, 2013
The Tesla Model S may be a silent car, but other automakers will no doubt hear it coming. In its first crack at a premium sedan, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has matched or beaten the likes of the Audi A7 or Mercedes-Benz CLS -- products of a century of German …
March 8, 2013
Give me a boost, will you? Climbing into one of these gargantuan new pickups can be like hoisting yourself onto the roof of a house -- with a similar view once you get up there. But, hey, I figure big pickups function kind of like NFL linemen -- minus the warrior tattoos, …
March 8, 2013
Call it the misfiring of a wonky synapse that has triggered past memories, but driving the horsepower-infused Veloster Turbo reminds me so much of a time when small-engine sporty coupes were a lot more rough-and-tumble than they are today. At the risk of sounding like a wistful codger, I'm talking about …
March 8, 2013
Darth Vader and The Joker won't lust after the latest Acura. And that may be progress. Acura's strangest vehicles -- the shocking ZDX crossover comes to mind -- wear grilles that somehow manage to blend Darth Vader's helmet with The Joker's sinister smile. They kind of sneer "Shove it, punk," before …
March 8, 2013
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