The latest news and headlines from around the global brake industry. This page lists all of the articles from our automotive test drives.
CHATHAM, Mass./STANFORD, Calif. – All new for the 2024 model year, the carry-over 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe uses its squared off packaging to provide outstanding interior space in a medium-sized three-row sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Inside its 190.2-inch length, the latest…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Known for offering value throughout its large, diverse vehicle line, Hyundai’s 2024 Palisade XRT provides useful features in a well-equipped three-row sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Hyundai’s flagship, the Palisade is a large SUV at 196.7 inches long, 77.8…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Honda has filled its 2025 Pilot AWD Black Edition not only with room for seven, but also lots of cleverly designed places for their cups, bottles and stuff. And it has done this in a comfortable, well…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Hyundai sharpened the appearance of its Elantra N Line sedan with a recent facelift, producing a zippy-looking subcompact sedan which is both fun to drive and good value. The value story encompasses both purchase price, below $30,000,…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Ford continues to build on its Bronco heritage with the addition of a special edition Free Wheeling package for the 2024 Bronco Sport, dressing up the off-road-capable compact sport utility (SUV) with a throwback series of red,…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Nissan turned over a new LEAF with the second generation of the world’s first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV), turning it into a much more legitimate everyday vehicle. Range more than anything else limited the usability of the…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Understated, with little evidence of the power within, the 2024 Mercedes-AMG® GLB35 4MATIC mild hybrid appears like just another two-box compact sport utility (SUV) until the accelerator is depressed, rocketing the vehicle beyond traffic. Form following function…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Responding to the positive reception the company has received since the introduction of the Outback Wilderness and Forester Wilderness models, Subaru added the subcompact sport-utility vehicle (SUV) Crosstrek Wilderness for the 2024 model year. Distinctive styling cues,…
CHATHAM, Mass. – My 171-mile ride home from the recent New England Motor Press Association Ragtop Ramble to Kennebunkport, Maine was a delightful one despite encountering Boston rush-hour traffic thanks to the quiet, opulent, comfortable 2025 Genesis GV80 3.5T AWD…
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass./KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – My journey from the South Shore of Massachusetts to the Atlantic Coast of Maine during the annual New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) Ragtop Ramble allowed me sample two of the newer electric sport-utility vehicles: the…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Kia is a brand which has never rested on its laurels or considered leaving well enough alone, at least where sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) were concerned. Nothing exemplified this more than the introduction in 2019 of the three-row,…
CHATHAM, Mass. – From the brand which brought the venomous bite of its ground-shaking V10 Viper sports car comes a smaller, more efficient, but no less nasty offering, the Dodge Hornet GT Plus. In its second year, the all-wheel drive…
CHATHAM, Mass. – I feel like I am one of the summer visitors to the tonier resorts on Cape Cod as I drive around Chatham in the all-new 2025 Infiniti QX80 Autograph, top of the range for the three-row, seven-passenger…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The new hybrid 2025 Toyota Camry XSE AWD is fun to drive. Now that sentence may surprise many readers because the venerable mid-size four-door sedan, America’s number one selling car for the past 20 years, has been…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Big. That is the best one-word description of the 2024 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD High Country in which I spent a week carefully navigating the ever-increasing traffic of seasonal Cape Cod roads. I admit it took me a…
CHATHAM, Mass. – It’s back. The Toyota Crown, flagship of the company’s sedan lineup, returned to the American market for the 2023 model year as the peak of the brand’s passenger-car range following a hiatus of 51 years. I spent…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The new 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLC 43 SUV is a difficult car to drive on Cape Cod. Difficult because it wants to run, stretch its legs in ways the congested roads of this New England region do not…
CHATHAM, Mass. – BMW calls its new-for-2024 X2 a Sports Activity Coupe (SAC), but the average American consumer would consider the five-door vehicle a subcompact sport-utility vehicle (SUV). I did not dwell on titles; I just enjoyed my recent week…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Big, powerful, silent and comfortable all describe the new three-row, large mid-size battery-electric (BEV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) Kia EV9 recently introduced to the American consumer. My initial impressions during a brief 20-minute drive at the recent #IMPASpringBrake2024…
TANNERSVILLE, Penn. – There are not many days better than the one I recently spent driving a unique variety of vehicles up, down and around the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains during the annual International Motor Press Association Spring Brake 2024. Representing…
