2016 Audi Q7 FIRST LOOK by Auto Critic Steve Hammes When Audi entered the SUV business in 2006 with the introduction of the Q7, their future sales success in this arena could not have been imagined.  Flash ahead nearly a…

2015 Cadillac Escalade Platinum VIDEO REVIEW by Auto Critic Steve Hammes You’d be hard pressed to find another vehicle more evocative of the turn of the century excesses than the Cadillac Escalade. From rap videos to Rodeo Drive, if you…

2015 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel VIDEO REVIEW Hear that?  That’s a sound you haven’t heard from a Chevy car in a while. In my 17 years of test drives this is the first American car I’ve had with a Diesel engine….

2015 Lincoln MKC VIDEO REVIEW To those who were ready to count Lincoln out – think again. The MKZ sedan brought elegance back to the brand and now the MKC gives them what every luxury automaker needs; a small crossover….

2015 MINI Cooper S 4-door VIDEO REVIEW This is not the first MINI with 4 doors; that happened with the jacked-up Countryman, but it is the first one to do it while preserving the classic MINI proportions.  And if you…