This week we’re looking again at the 2012 Chevrolet Volt from another point of view: readers know one of my colleagues is automotive engineer Merkel Weiss and no one is more qualified and knowledgeable about the industry. Herewith is a counter point of view on the Chevrolet Volt as...
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This week we’re looking at the 2012 Nissan Sentra 2.0 SR. I’m always impressed with how much performance cars get in today’s world out of such small horsepower engines. That has always been a fact in European cars over the years as they routinely got 100 HP per...
Overview: This week we’re looking at the 2011 Nissan Altima 2.5 S two door Coupe. The last Nissan I reviewed was the cube SUV that is somewhat of an ugly duckling. Amazing how one sibling can be unattractive and another can be GQ material. This Altima Coupe is really nice looking...
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This week we’re looking at the 2012 Kizashi Sport GTS AWD that’s really generating good reviews these days because of good looks, a surprisingly large and upscale interior, and available on-demand AWD. When introduced the Kizashi was immediately seen as a serious competitor in the affordable family sedan...
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This week we’re looking at the 2011 Kia Forte Koup as seen by staff associate Vince Bodiford. Vince says Kia spells “coupe” differently to make a statement – it’s their way of saying that the Koup is different and apart from other coupes. It’s youthful and hip...
This week we’re looking at the 2012 Chevrolet Volt all electric passenger car. Remember the Saturn EV-1 all electric little coupe? Well that was truly all electric and nothing else. The Volt is not technically all electric, since it has a small engine to generate the electric charge...
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This week we’re looking at the 2012 Mazda 5 Sport through the eyes of colleague Vince Bodiford.
Vince says - The Mazda5 is a unique blend of different automotive ideas – it’s part minivan, part SUV and part sedan. The resulting package is what Mazda...
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This week we’re looking at the 2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S. If you would like to look at all models for Nissan, take a look at the link noted below. The Altima is Nissan’s midsize sedan and coupe and Nissan's best-selling car. The Nissan Altima was first introduced in...
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This week we’re looking at the 2011 Volkswagen Routan SE w/RSE & Nav. In college and early marriage VW played a part of my transportation life, and you don’t forget that easily nor should you, I suppose. Your firsts of anything tend to be remembered long...
This week we’re looking at the 2011 Chrysler 300 Limited Rear Wheel Drive,made in the USA … and Canada. This is a Large Car and in today’s world large has not been our favorite PC word. President Obama says we should drive ‘green’ fuel efficient small cars and pump...