When most people put the words compact, agile, turbocharged and inexpensive together, the image of a budget sports car gets envisioned in their mind.  These...

For 2014 the Mini Cooper Hardtop received a full overhaul. As the third-generation model for the company, the new Cooper received a new platform,...

The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata is the most important car in the Japanese maker’s lineup, and it’s also one of the riskiest. The new...

BMW decided to freshen up the X5 by throwing all sorts of under-the-hood upgrades for the 2011 line-up. It has been a long time...

The sports car scene is easily one of the toughest to break into.  Included in the segment are some of the most cult-building vehicles ever conceived. ...

It takes a lot to be a “triple-threat”, especially in the automotive industry.  Being good at three things and wrapping it up in a...

There is no way to get around it; the Nissan Frontier is an ancient truck. The current D40-generation truck has been with us since...

In 2006, Dodge ran an ad campaign that garnished some questionable responses.  In the ad, a panel of “consumers” looked upon a new Dodge...

For years, the task of flinging big, luxury-packed four door sedans completely sideways down mountain roads has been up to the Germans.  Putting a premium...

Around the end of the twenty-first century, Toyota came to the realization that the demographic for their American car brand had shifted.  Once occupied...