The starting price of the Mitsubishi RVR small crossover is $23,000, in line with rivals like Toyota’s C-HR ($23,650), Honda’s HR-V ($24,250), Mazda’s CX-3 ($21,045), Kia’s all-new 2021 Seltos ($$22,995), Nissan’s Kicks ($19,298), Hyundai’s Kona ($21,249), Subaru’s Crosstrek ($23,795) and Ford’s EcoSport ($25,149). Yes, it’s a crowded field. Andy yes, there is a bit of …
The XT6 is a promising sign of smarter things to come from Cadillac
There was a time when people would say, “Let’s go Cadillac this weekend.” Ooh. That really meant something. Or, as the Urban Dictionary gleefully notes, at some point people came to say, “That handicapped stall is the Cadillac of bathroom stalls.” (We’re also told that that particular reference was made famous in prisons, then carried …
2020 Corsair: a winning strategy, and you’re welcome, Lincoln
The 2020 Lincoln Corsair shares its platform – the hardware under the skin – with the 2020 Ford Escape. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for a raft of reasons. First, platform-sharing is basic to the car business. Most Audis start as Volkswagens, for instance. Moreover, in today’s car game, styling and electronics are the …
With Telluride, Kia resorts to the eight-seat SUV
Telluride won a 2018 Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice award and for good reasons – reasons I can speak to personally. I’ve strapped on the boards there, and I can tell you that the skiing at this Colorado resort is terrific – varied, interesting, often challenging and the snow is most often light and dry. …
January 9, 2020 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
Moneyed Millennials take note: the latest chapter in the Lincoln Revival Story
I am quite certain you recall the brilliance of the now-departed Lincoln MKC, and who could forget the MKX, the MKT and the MKXYZ. Okay, that last one never existed. But in recent years, Ford Motor’s ever-aspiring premium brand of warmed-over Fords included small, medium and large SUVs (sport-utility vehicles) – the MKC, MKX and …
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