First Drive Reviews
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But even at idle it's thrilling, writes High Gear Media contributor Michael Frank.
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2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster first drive reviewCall it open for business. Actually, you should call it the 370Z Roadster, that is, because a) it no longer has a roof and, b) the word "Convertible" has been spoken for by the similarly zoomy roofless Infiniti G37. The two are distinctly different in look and feel, even if performance is almost...
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Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport First DriveAt 253 miles per hour, an eerie calm settles in. The whuffling behind your ears dims its din, the flapping wastegates of four turbochargers are unanimous in their openness, and the ensuring white noise filters out everything but the sound of your own atria defibrillating as you stare at the single...
Martin Padgett -
First Drive: 2010 BMW X6 MHurtling along at a cool 143mph (230km/h) in BMW's 2010 X6 M at Road Atlanta just before you shut it down hard for turn 10A, there's a brief moment where you wonder if it's even physically possible for the 5,324lb (2,415kg) missile you're now a part of to slow down enough to make the turn and avoid...
Nelson Ireson -
2009 Audi Q5 first drive reviewUntil the Lincoln Navigator plowed into existence in the late 1990s, the idea of a luxury sport-utility vehicle was largely limited to the Range Rover. Hideously expensive off-roaders were a perplexing thought: who’d want to wrinkle all that pricey sheetmetal, and get those lambswool carpets...
Martin Padgett -
2010 Lexus HS 250h first driveGet behind the wheel of the 2010 Lexus HS 250h, and one of the first things you'll realize is that the seemingly inevitable comparison to the Prius isn't entirely appropriate. The Lexus is certainly destined to be more expensive and exclusive than Toyota's popular hybrid, but it's also a...
Ralph Hanson -
Testing the new Prius in the desert hills around Tucson, I came to a realization I'm still only half-comfortable with: I actually like this car. It doesn't go fast, it's not ultra-luxurious and it won't take a corner at anything above a sedate speed, but that's not the point. It's comfortable - much more so than the last Prius - drives like a car should in the city, and it not only gets incredible fuel mileage, it makes it fun to do so. Toyota may be touting its new Prius as the 50mpg wunderkind, but it should actually be easy for most people to significantly exceed that. On several different...
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2010 Lexus RX first drive reviewLaunching a new vehicle - especially a luxury vehicle - is a difficult thing to do at any time. Doing it during the worst economic downturn of the past several decades is all the more challenging. And when that ill-timed luxury vehicle happens to be a de facto member of the much-hyped but...
Nelson Ireson