Streaking along the mountaintop ridgeline road in the 2013 Urban Wheel Awards Green Vehicle of The Year, the silence is almost deafening. The complete absence of mechanical noise — no intake growl, no exhaust rumble — makes hustling the extremely powerful 2013 Tesla Model S sedan along a mountain road...

  The best part of my job is driving such sublimely enticing cars as the 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet. The worst part of my job is giving said sublimely enticing cars back. And make no mistake; I was sorely tempted to make Porsche’s people come looking for me this...

  While some things never change, others do; case in point, the 2013 Toyota Avalon. Once designed specifically to be the “old folk’s” Toyota, the all-new 2013 Avalon has been infused with an athleticism previously considered way too risqué for Toyota’s flagship. Its look is sexy, its equipment is decidedly high-tech,...

  Fact of the matter is some people get diesel, others don’t. If you’re a global automobile company, operating in a broad variety of markets, aiming to be one of the largest players on the planet, your products have to appeal to as significant an audience as possible. Specifically, your most...

There was a time when Buick, even before Cadillac, was known as the top luxury vehicle of the GM family and the marque was recognized around the world as such. I recently had the pleasure of test-driving one of the newest members of the Buick family, Verano. Expanding Buick’s footprint into...