In a world in which the front-man for Trump University is an accused fraud running for president, and in a world in which pop-icon Beyoncé lip-synced the U.S anthem at President Obama’s inauguration, what do we all crave? Authenticity. We hunger for real things and experiences because we are so often disappointed by the made-up …
2016 Mini Clubman: reinvented in the new Mini mould
The basic idea rattling around inside all of BMW — including BMW’s Mini brand — can be boiled down to this: I love everything about you, now change. BMW will argue this is nonsense, that its massive investments in “green” and connected technologies are entirely consistent with the brand’s “Ultimate Driving Machine” promise. What …
2016 VW GTI and Golf R: brilliant engineering from the authors of Dieselgate
The depth and breadth of Volkswagen’s self-immolation – the utter mendacity of this Dieselgate scandal that involves dozens of models, six years of production, billions in settlement costs and an unfolding leadership crisis that may yet lead to criminal prosecution – casts a very dark cloud over the company’s unaffected models, most notably the Golf …
Minivans are cool? Really? The shocking truth
Virtually all of us “experts” long, long ago dismissed the minivan as a dead concept, ravaged and then destroyed by the bilious contempt of Baby Boomers who suffered through years of transporting their kids in “little milk trucks” because that was the sensible and affordable transportation option in the spittle-wipe-up years. For a decade now, the …
High quality 2016 Nissan Murano catches your eye, stirs emotions
The two midsize crossover wagons that belong at the top of any shopping list are the Nissan Murano and Kia Sorento. Both are safe and boast class-leading quality. The Murano is the more eye-catching design, but the Sorento has an infotainment interface that is a little more user-friendly. Overall, the five-passenger Murano would be my …