A couple of weeks ago I complained that the Suzuki Reno was too dull. Now here I am test-driving the Forenza Wagon, which is essentially the same car with a ... Read More

Saabs are quirky. Subarus are quirky. So it makes sense that the new entry-level Saab is actually a Subaru, distinguished primarily by minor styling changes. Colin Hefferon found that the ... Read More

The Suzuki Forenza Wagon is essentially the same car as the Reno I recently tested, except the Reno is a 5-door hatchback and the Forenza Wagon is, well, a wagon. ... Read More

The Mazda 626 was one of my favorite performance sedans: Razor-sharp handling in a package that was totally stealth. Its replacement, the new Mazda6, wears sheetmetal more befitting a performance ... Read More

I'm back in Phoenix after four days in Mexico, where I saw all sorts of road-going goodies we North Americans can't get (Peugeot 206, SEAT Cordoba, Ford EcoSport) and wouldn't ... Read More

So Aaron writes he's a stick-shift man. I am decidedly not. Other than being uncoordinated and part of the society that "doesn't get it," I don't have the patience for ... Read More

I always get a kick out of car names. It seems, now, that most car companies have run out of names so they are using a combo of letters and ... Read More

I only had enough time to put about 50 miles on the Outlander, but that was enough to convince me that Mitsubishi has done a great job working out the ... Read More

It's car-swap Tuesday! I've managed to put 1,000 miles on the Golf TDI since it arrived last week. I haven't done all the fuel-economy math -- gotta fill it up ... Read More

We first got ourselves into the Volvo V50 about a year ago and we loved the design and the interior. But we didn't care for the lack of legroom in ... Read More

Our world-famous road tester, Colin Hefferon, loved the 2005 Mazda3. He just goes on and on about it. But, in secret, I think he loved the car because it reminded ... Read More

The Golf and I are in Arizona after a 7-hour marathon though the rain. There was almost no traffic, so I set the cruise at 80 (you gotta love Arizona's ... Read More

Regular blog and newsletter readers know you should never, ever, ever get me started on the virtues of diesel engines, 'cause I just won't shut up. Nevertheless, Volkswagen just dropped ... Read More

Year after year, Honda produces products that either fascinate me or baffle me. The Accord Hybrid is a baffler. The current 4- and 6-cyl Accords both have plenty of power, ... Read More

A few years back, Ford decided it was time for the entry-level Mustang to go from econo-weenie-Stang-wannabe to serious mini-muscle car. They gave the car more power, a throaty exhaust, ... Read More

The Reno that Suzuki delivered today is a mid-range LX model with tons of standard equipment and a price in the neighborhood of $16,000. Funnily enough, it's about the same ... Read More