Reviews

One should never mess with a winning recipe. Grandma’s pasta sauce must always contain the perfect doses of spices, garden tomatoes, secret ingredients and love. One mistake could screw up the entire batch and delay dinner, and nobody wants that. In the car business, mistakes could signify not eating at all… Toyota’s used the same Camry recipe for decades, ever ...

Scaling back about 20 years, Porsche seemed like a one-trick pony. It made 2-door sports cars and depending on the period, they had engines up front, in the middle or the rear. What did they know about SUVs or sedans at the time? You all know the Cayenne and now Macan stories but what about the brand’s first mass production ...

I stupidly turned down the opportunity to test drive an NSX in 2001 and 2003. The cars were new, and on Honda’s regional test fleet; I recall the super-sweet PR women Nadia asking me if I was sure I didn’t want to spend three days with an NSX. 15 years later and I’ve still not forgiven my then Editor for ...

2 doors, or a world of a difference There are no substitutes for a minivan. Despite 3-row SUVs claiming this and that, nothing beats a cavernous floor to ceiling load capacity with upright walls and a deep rear boot. Problem is that, well, they’re minivans… Unless I can find a pristine GMC Safari EXT AWD or Supercharged Toyota Previa Alltrac, ...