The Ford F-Series pickup has led the sales chart for what seems like forever and is still the top-selling truck and top-selling vehicle in North America. So one might think the automaker is taking a huge gamble by totally revamping the powertrain … Continue reading 2011 Ford F-150 raised to the power of four

Football rivalries are not the only thing to do at the State Fair of Texas ??? for from it. The world???s biggest state fair also hosts one of the world???s biggest auto shows and some 75 percent of fairgoers kick at least one or two tires while attendi… Continue reading 2010 State Fair Auto Show

???So ??? what???s good???? Oh, don???t I wish I had a nickel for every time I am asked this question about new cars. And ???good??? can mean so many things to so many folks. A quick check over at thesaurus.com gave me some 250-plus ways to describe ???good.??? I w… Continue reading Good is as good does, and good is the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Ford Motor Company is celebrating a couple of milestones this week. The first is the 50th anniversary of the E-Series fullsize van, originally called Econoline. Second, and more importantly to some of us, is the 45th anniversary of its first offer… Continue reading Ford celebrating Vans and 8-tracks

The best-kept secret at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show was the unveiling of the CTS Coupe Concept from Cadillac. No pre-show hype or buildup surrounding this baby, all the drool during the reveal was real. And in less than three years this hot little … Continue reading 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe: Concept to reality

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a luxury British automobile company that saw life when William Lyons was seeking a name for a new sports car he had built. In 1935, the SS 100 became the world???s first Jaguar. Since then the brand ha… Continue reading 2011 Jaguar XKR convertible

???You can always trust your car to the man who wears the (On)Star?????? OK, I took a little poetic license with the catchy marketing tune from decades ago but full service gas stations where a driver can simply pull into and find directions or get a qu… Continue reading OnStar marks 15 years of driver assistance, safety

This past winter we got our first experience with the new Heavy Duty trucks from Ram. Spring brought a new Super Duty from Ford (along with more HD Rams) and finally, summer 2010 put us in the driver seat of the newest big rigs from General Motors… Continue reading First Drive: 2011 GM Heavy Duty pickups

The freshman class of the Scion tC proved to be quite successful for the ???garage band??? division of Toyota. In fact, since its launch as a 2005 model, the little coupe has accounted for more than a third of Scions sales despite having the shortest … Continue reading First Drive: 2011 Scion tC