Purely by the numbers, the Nissan GT-R Black model I drove recently is the fastest car I’ve ever driven. I have not driven the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 or the Porsche Turbo S – both are faster, but only by the blink of an eye or two. Getting right to the numbers, which incidentally, are compilations […]

The arrival of the new 2015 Dodge Challenger goes a long way toward proving Tim Kuniskis’s point that “Dodge is becoming a performance brand.” Kuniskis, the president and CEO of Dodge and SRT, made that comment while introducing the new Dodge Challenger to a group of automotive journalists in Portland, Oregon. The “performance” claim is […]

Driving the “world’s only four-door muscle car,” which just happens to be the “quickest, fastest and most powerful sedan in the world” is something no self-respecting automotive journalist can pass-up, especially when there’s track time involved! Arriving at the staging area for the Charger drive was like being the proverbial kid in a candy store, […]

Being an enthusiastic grandparent, I felt the need to see him play, and perhaps embarrass him in front of his teammates with a big hug and kiss after the game and tell him how cute he looked in his uniform. So I flew back to Central California for a long weekend and borrowed a new […]

There’s no denying that the 2015 GMC Yukon Denali is a beauty, especially inside. It’s spacious, elegantly designed and swathed with soft leathers, high-quality plastics, aluminum and authentic Java Burl Poplar wood accents. Our Denali test vehicle was designed to carry four in luxury sedan-like comfort and three more snuggly in a third row. The […]

However, change was unnecessary for the 2015 Honda Si Coupe: it’s a fantastic all-around car and it’s especially fun for the driver. Although Honda changed engines a few years ago from a 2.0-liter that revved to 8,000 rpms to a more torquey 7,000-rpm 2.4-liter i-VTEC engine, it’s still fun to run the Si through the […]

The Honda CR-V was also the best-selling SUV over the last decade; in fact, it’s the best-selling entry-SUV of all time. That’s why the introduction of a 2015 CR-V is such a major, minor model change – Honda doesn’t want to mess with success, but they need to push ahead to maintain their leadership. It’s […]

We had never considered the Lexus IS to be one of the leaders in the mid-size luxury sport sedan category. After all, when you are competing with the heavy hitters like the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4 it is difficult to be a standout. It’s like a college team competing against professionals. […]