The Dodge Durango went away a few years ago, and stayed away for 2 years. Some of us wondered if high gas prices and an economy spiraling down the porcelain facility, had done the truck in.
I've mentioned before that I'm a Jeep guy. Let me amend that. I was a Jeep guy.
Last spring my beloved old '95 Wrangler bit the dust, and was replaced by something sleek and European as my wife demanded.
OK, hold on here. I want to know when all of this happened. I thought we were in the midst of a sport utility boom, a truck explosion, the renaissance of the two-seater sports car.
It was only a few years ago that Nissan as a company was in the automotive ER on life support. And then Renault rode to the rescue. Yeah, I know, who’d have guessed.
It’s a little hard to get worked up over another, attractive, competent crossover sports utility vehicle. It’s like a big breakthrough in deodorant research. If you don’t stink too badly, it probably did its job.
I have a challenge for everyone. Go to your local Kia dealer, and take the Optima SX Turbo for a test drive, and then give me a call. When you do, explain exactly why you want to spend $10,000 more for a BMW 3-Series.
When you call a sporty coupe Tiburon, which means shark in Spanish, it had better have the huevos to live up to the image of the most feared predator in the sea.
This is the Mitsubishi I model, and it is frankly the first pure electric car we have tested. It is impressive in some ways, but in others, well, it’s just plain weird.
I know what you’re asking. Is that some sort of station wagon sport ute kind of a deal? Or is it just a Mini Cooper on steroids? Well, it’s neither one…it’s the Ford Flex.
