Assembled in Honda’s East Liberty, Ohio plant, the 2013 Honda Crosstour is, essentially, an all-wheel drive (AWD) Honda Accord wagon. When you look at the 2013 Honda Crosstour that way, it makes sense. Sure, it will never handle quite like a regular Accord, it will provide comfort over long miles with one of the best [...]
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Making its production-ready debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, the Honda Jade rolled out amid admiring throngs of admirers. I was one of them. Check out the Shanghai Auto Show (here). This is a slick people mover that has some real potential. Think of the Honda Jade as a Honda Civic stretched several inches and [...]
Mercedes-Benz recently unveiled the new 2014 E63 AMG S-Model 4MATIC Wagon. If you’re a car nut, you know the AMG designation is code for “station wagon with a massive V-8 under the hood.” However if you’re a three-pointed star fan, you might be wondering what the “S-Model” wording is all about. In this case, the 2014 [...]
This April, the 2013 New York Auto Show will be the place where the 2014 BMW 3 series model expansion will be displayed. BMW is debuting its new 328 diesel wagon, Gran Turismo and a concept called the Active Tourer Hybrid for North America. It’s exciting that the new variations of the 3 series will [...]
The North American market is still patiently waiting for the release of the seventh generation VW Golf and GTI. Folks across the pond are already enjoying “Der neue Golf”, while we are still many many months away from being able to buy one. Now, Volkswagen continues to tease us with the next generation of the [...]
The refreshed 2013 Ford Flex continues to defy conventional thinking with in your face boxy styling. Is it a very large wagon, a crossover, an SUV, or a van? It doesn’t matter what you call it, because it can transport seven people in great comfort and carry a lot of their stuff as well. Isn’t [...]
I declare the 2013 Volvo V40 Cross Country to be the best looking, small crossover in its segment – period. I know, I know – I’m shallow, but can you blame me? Nice job China, nice job Sweden – awesome job Volvo! The Volvo V40 Cross Country is one of the best designs Volvo has come [...]
Do you set your stop watch to time your Costco shopping run? Or do you like scaring unknowing pedestrians with a loud V8 soundtrack? If yes – you would feel right at home in the Dodge Magnum SRT-8. By now, the “SRT” acronym is widely recognized and respected as one of the premier performance brands [...]
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic Wagon is the UnCrossover, UnMinivan and the UnSUV of the current crop of new family haulers. While it has a third row seat, it still manages to drive like a sedan, brake like a sedan and handle like a sedan. Why? Because the old school ride is basically a bigger [...]
The 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon is a rare bird parked on today’s Crossover and SUV heavy new car dealership showroom floor. It sits almost alone on the floor with only the Audi A4 Avant and BMW 328i Sport Wagon for company and of course competition. Yet is offers something that many of of it’s [...]
The 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon may be the perfect car for a cross country trip chasing a professional bike race. In the video below we check in with veteran cycling journalist James Raia in Vail, Colorado as he drives from Colorado mountain town to mountain town in the 2011 Acura Sport Wagon chasing the [...]
The classic 1963 Dodge Power Wagon is a classic one ton pick-up that could and still does go anywhere. It was built on a military frame designed for the second world war and sold in America until the seventies. Today this classic American pick-up will still haul your stuff to the most remote places on [...]
The 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon has huge huevos – biggest in America So dismal was my mood the other day. It was the day my tester, the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon was returned. Glib I was at showing my contrite disposition to the world as I drove my last miles. I felt like I was [...]
The 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is the fastest, most powerful production station wagon that you can buy in America today. With a slightly modified 556 horsepower supercharged engine (straight out of the Chevy ZR1 Corvette) the Caddy CTS-V wagon will not only haul you and all of your stuff, but it will do it [...]
