A trip to the Midwest as winter settles in requires a vehicle that can handle all that cold weather intends to dish out. That’s why we were so pleased to be partnered with the 2020 Volvo XC40 T5 AWD Inscription for a recent trip between Chicago and Indianapolis, the latter site of the annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show. The PRI show is an annual necessity for this writer/photographer, as motorsports entities gather to show off new products, introduce new partners and simply … [Read more...]
Mazda CX-5 Signature AWD: Not the ho-hum SUV
A quick look at parking lots and the vehicles around you on the everyday commute will confirm that sales and leases of SUVs and CUVs are big. Not big; they’re huge! It seems they’re everywhere and they look and act all the same in terms of styling and performance. And then there’s Mazda, who thrive on presenting vehicles that have their own identity and, yes, charm. So it is with the 2019 Mazda CX-5 Signature AWD, driven to Las Vegas for NHRA’s penultimate race of the season. While retaining … [Read more...]
2018 Volvo S90 T6 AWD Inscription a worthy high-zoot sedan
Remember the Volvo cars of yesterday? They were all boxy and conservative, meant for those that believed luxury was the antithesis of vehicular safety. Thankfully, those days have changed - as have the vehicles currently being produced by Volvo. It’s metamorphosis any butterfly could appreciate. Late last year, this writer drove the Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription SUV and truly loved it. More than “just another big SUV”, the XC90 has character to go with its infinite luxurious traits. The same holds … [Read more...]