Frank Bullitt was the man most baby boomer boys wanted to be in 1968 – tough, taciturn, smart. The rest of us wanted to be Steve McQueen. Steve McQueen was the 1960s embodiment of a kind of cool that burst from the screen into the very being of generations of men. Sure, Frank Bullitt was …
Kia has done very good work with the Sorento SUV
If you are one of the 16,000 Canadians who bought a Kia Sorento last year, you are probably quite pleased with how you spent somewhere between $28,000 and $49,000 on a handsome SUV (sport-utility vehicle) that’s built to last and whose electronics are user-friendly. Safe? The midsize Sorento is a Top Safety Pick of the …
2019 Toyota 4Runner: an old-school bit of manliness
Old school. That’s the Toyota 4Runner. In a world of station wagons Halloweening as SUVs (sport-utility vehicles), the 4Runner takes me back to the days of the brutally styled International Harvester Scout, Jeep’s everlasting Wrangler and the tippy Ford Bronco. That was when SUVs were trucks for the rugged, the brave and the I-work-with-my-hands crowd, …
Ford’s $50-billion pickup, diesel and all
Ford’s F-Series pickup is the $50 billion (US) rig. That’s billion not million. So, the pickup as high-profit luxury ride. The F-Series generated about $50 billion in sales last year. That is based on the U.S. average selling price of $45,700 and calculated by The Detroit Free Press. That $45,700 converts to some $60,600 Canadian …
Nautilus is a success, not so much the Lincoln brand
I have driven a $65,000 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve crossover and it’s better than advertised and certainly much, much more than I expected. The Nautilus is not a completely new model, however; instead, we’re looking at something of a mid-cycle makeover with an available new four-cylinder engine, an assortment of styling updates and a new name. …