2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
…Which, unless your drive into work takes you across the equivalent of the Rubicon Trail, is insane. As my buddy Alton Brown would say, the Wrangler is a uni-tasker. It was built with one purpose in mind and that isn’t…
2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
The Eclipse, Galant and Endeavor are gone, initial quality and dependability scores are substandard and the hopes of Mitsubishi persevering in the U.S. have been pinned to a small electric car called the i. Everything the company offers us now…
2012 MINI Cooper Coupe JCW
I have to admit, the frequent announcements of new Cooper derivatives have started to seem less than scintillating, but this Coupe abruptly reverses that trend. And my tester is a John Cooper Works Coupe, the most extreme example, powered by…
2013 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD
As the CX-7 and Tribute drive off into the sunset, Mazda’s consolidated small SUV efforts bear fruit as the all-new CX-5, a 5-passenger go-getter to take on the likes of the top-selling CR-V and all-new Ford Escape among others. And…
2012 Fiat 500 Abarth
Sure it’s built in Mexico and sold through Chrysler but the new 500 emigrated from Italy where its European heritage is storied and proud. And no matter how you pronounce it, Abarth models represent the performance pinnacle of Fiat cars….