Growing up in Texas, it seemed every family I knew had a Suburban. School pickup lines were filled with these multi-bench 4x4 monsters long before the current SUV craze. The Explorer and Expedition soon followed, and early in my driving I experienced most every major GM of Ford barge. There were other options, of course, but this was Texas, no one drove a Toyota. Today, Toyota has one of the most divergent product lines of the major carmakers. Thanks to collaborations with

Outside the US, the Ford Focus RS has been an iconic hot hatch for nearly 15 years and one that has left us on our hands and knees begging Ford to sell them on this side of the pond. Ford has finally heard the cries and is offering the Focus RS here for the first time. But at $35,000 we cannot ignore its top competitors: Volkswagen Golf R, Subaru WRX STI and the near extinct Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. All are all-wheel drive with roughly 300+ hp and four doors. So doe

In our quest to show off interesting cars and driving experiences we sometimes wind up in cars far older than the 25 year “classic” designation. In the past six months alone I’ve driven a fifty year old Datsun, a thirty year old BMW, and the infamous “Pink Jag”. We enjoy sharing the history of these cars and broadening our own knowledge alongside the audience, but we aren’t a classic car show. And there is the problem. Any time we post a review of a truly old car it stirs t

Since 1941 Jeep has been America’s off-road vehicle of choice. You can trace the lineage of the Wrangler all the way back to the originally Willys MB and Ford GPW. The origin of the term “jeep” is still up for debate but the most common version came from WWII soldiers referring to their Willy’s general purpose vehicle, or GP, as a “jeep”. Post-war, the company dabbled with other models, but never saw the same success as the CJs. In the following decades the company changed

To escape the smog of Salt Lake City during “Inversion Season” (winter time), I decided to go for a drive and try to formulate my first review article for Everyday Driver. Because all the best roads were covered with snow, I wanted to do it with something that isn't necessarily a go-to choice as a sports car, or even a fun daily driver. Inspired by my surroundings, I found the perfect candidate; the 2015 Subaru Forester XT. The Forester has the same power-to-weight ratio as m

It only takes two tugs of your finger to become irrelevant. One tug of the Mercedes sourced stalk turns on cruise control. A second tug turns on “AutoPilot”, Tesla’s autonomous driving program. A simple chime tells me I’ve gone from driver to passenger. We’re in the Model X, Tesla Motors second all-original model and their long awaited seven seat SUV. This model has been teased for years and remains un-driven by most of our car-journalist peers. To get some time in this

Driving a convertible just adds to the driving experience. In most cases they are slower, but cruising around with the top down imbeds you more in the surroundings and makes for a joyous occasion. While there are several convertible cars being sold today it is hard to have a conversation about them without mentioning the Mazda MX-5. However, the MX-5 is the only modern example that keeps close to traditional British roadsters such as the MGB and Triumph TR6. With a new o

While the five seat CUV may be the best selling market segment, I struggle to see what any of them offer that this rare Cadillac can’t match or surpass. A higher seating position and the option of AWD aren’t available here, but the average driver thinks they need those more than they actually do. This big wagon can haul the kids and all their stuff. It can also haul you down a drag strip or leave the kids hurling their lunches from the sheer cornering forces. This is a bes

When Dodge dropped their 707 hp 6.2L supercharged Hemi V8 into their big Charger family sedan it was both mad genius and long-standing tradition. American Muscle was born in the 1940s when moonshine runners modified their cars to get to the next county line before the Sheriff could catch up. When they weren’t delivering their goods they were comparing their hot rods with their friends and held races to see who had the fastest car. Eventually, they were dropping the biggest

The Volkswagen GTI was the original Hot Hatch, and still stands as a benchmark today. It comes up on our Podcast almost every single episode, and any time we drive one we’re stuck by how well sorted it is and capable of being one car for every kind of need and driver. But if you prefer a more hair-on-fire experience, then the GTI begins to lose ground to other cars more dedicated to fun and performance. Over the years Volkswagen has offered various other GTI variations, but