Friday, March 29

Month: November 2016

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander: Checking Off Boxes For You
Mitsubishi

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander: Checking Off Boxes For You

The Mitsubishi name has taken several hits lately, but these haven’t affected the most successful segment of their lineup, the SUV models. The Outlander is one of the most useful SUVs you’ll find on the market today and it makes an effort to check off lots of boxes to be the ride you want to enjoy. Does this SUV offer a variety of engines; yes it does. Can you have the Outlander with AWD; absolutely. Is there a great warranty; yup. Is there a towing capacity that makes a difference; you betcha. Are you able to take seven people off road in this vehicle; of course. (more…)
2017 Nissan Titan: A New Version of the Truck You Trust
Nissan

2017 Nissan Titan: A New Version of the Truck You Trust

It seems like eons ago that the first Nissan Titan made its way onto the market to be a new half-ton pickup for us to make use of and admire. For the first few years this truck offered the performance and power we wanted to enjoy, but without upgrades or a new generation for so long the Nissan Titan became an also-ran truck that found its way to the bottom of the truck lineup and ended up being a model that was mostly forgotten by most of the world, but certainly not by Nissan. (more…)
2017 BMW i8: Big Performance and a Small Engine
BMW

2017 BMW i8: Big Performance and a Small Engine

The i8 has become a more familiar model than it was in the past. This car is one of the most impressive designs to ever come to the market and it offers us a look at what BMW has in mind for the future. The i8 is the halo car that doesn’t use a halo style engine. Most of the top models from automakers use massive engines to get the grunt and the growl just right in the car, but this one uses a tiny engine that’s almost too small for the smallest compact cars on the market. (more…)
Racing for the Attention of Today’s Generation
News

Racing for the Attention of Today’s Generation

There’s no doubt that attention spans have waned with the immediacy of the generation we have in our youth of today. Many want their information right now and can process it much faster and in larger quantities than was the case with older generations. In an era where everything we do is shared right now and you have to know what your friends are doing all the time, sports that we watch need to follow a similar format, or at least give us that same sense of urgency so that we can feel like the action is always immediate. (more…)
2017 Chevrolet Silverado: Still the Right Stuff
Chevrolet

2017 Chevrolet Silverado: Still the Right Stuff

As much as some companies want you to think the style or size of their trucks is better for what you need to do, Chevrolet continues to offer you conservative and attractive model that makes most truck owners smile. This group understands the need for a truck to be tough, rugged and capable and the fact that style points don’t matter on the outside. This same group does enjoy the fact that Chevrolet does a fantastic job of offering some models as the high end, nearly luxury versions that make it easier to enjoy the ride after a long day of working on the jobsite. (more…)
The BMW Pickup Truck
BMW

The BMW Pickup Truck

Yes, I said there was a BMW pickup truck that was built. As far as we know there was only ever one built, but this little truck was something to behold and a bit of a Frankenstein’s Monster of sorts. BMW has never been a company that embraced the idea of hauling and carrying as a goal for their vehicles, but they apparently decided they needed one such vehicle at just the right time and now this single BMW pickup truck is a bit of legend in the BMW world. What was this truck and how come it never came to be a production model? Let’s find out for ourselves. (more…)
More Power in a Car That Begs for it
Ford

More Power in a Car That Begs for it

We’ve known there were secrets lying under the hood of Ford vehicles with the EcoBoost engines, but we weren’t exactly sure how to unlock these secrets. The word has been out for a while to let us know that we could tune these engines up to have more power output from under the hood, but there was never any official word as to how we could accomplish this task and create the power we wanted to enjoy. Now, the secret is no more and the performance you can enjoy is being shared so that you can improve at least one EcoBoost engine. (more…)
How Good a Driver Do You Have to Be?
News

How Good a Driver Do You Have to Be?

Driving isn’t something we should take lightly, it’s a privilege and a rite of passage for most of us that represents freedom, growing up and marks one of the first events in our lives that makes us feel as if we are becoming adults. Learning how to drive properly and using the skills necessary to make adjustments on the road to stay in the lane is part of the finer points of driving skill that we learn during this time, but some drivers have more skill than others. (more…)
The Odd Vehicle That’s sure to be an Instant Classic
Mercedes-Benz

The Odd Vehicle That’s sure to be an Instant Classic

Yes, it takes at least a quarter of a century for a vehicle to qualify as a classic model and something built in 2007 feels like it could be just hype because that year feels like it was just yesterday, but let’s take a closer look at what I’m talking about. In 2007, the year before the automotive market dropped like a rock, it seemed like every automaker in the world was clamoring to make something out of nothing and the market was filled with interesting vehicles from all over the world, but one in particular offers us the subject matter of this post. (more…)
The Next Name to be Part of the Pickup Crowd
Mercedes-Benz

The Next Name to be Part of the Pickup Crowd

The truck lineup we have in the US is as strong as it’s ever been and the names we see are familiar. Every so often we have a newcomer to the group that gives us something a bit different, but many times that newcomer isn’t able to last very long because of the competition or because they are a sub brand of a company that already has a strong truck following. Lincoln and Cadillac have both attempted to bring us pickup trucks that were to be luxury models with the guts to get the job done, but truck customers preferred their Fords and Chevys to these other names. (more…)