2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Trail Boss Crew Cab in Northsky Blue
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD LT Trail Boss Crew Cab
Class: Large Pickup Truck
Miles driven: 165
Fuel used: 10.2 gallons
Test Drive: 2018 Ford EcoSport SES
2018 Ford EcoSport SES in Lightning Blue Metallic
2018 Ford EcoSport SES AWD
Class: Subcompact Crossover
Miles driven: 281
Fuel used: 12.8 gallons
Acura’s 573-hp, mid-engine, all-wheel-drive hybrid NSX is no ordinary car, and the place where it is built—Honda’s Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio—is no ordinary assembly plant.
Once home to sleazy bars and adult-entertainment venues, Rand Road outside of Palatine, Illinois, is now populated by a dozen or so small used-car dealerships.
The village of Palatine, Illinois, isn’t much worth knowing about unless you live there. A relatively contemporary Chicago suburb today, the community dates back more than 150 years, though it was best known for most of its first century as a lightly used rail stop utilized mostly by local farmers.
First Spin: 2019 Lexus UX
2019 Lexus UX
If you haven’t noticed, compact crossovers are all the rage nowadays. That applies to premium ones as well, and increasingly, to premium ones that have been downsized to near subcompact proportions. And that’s the game Lexus has entered with the new UX.
2019 Volkswagen Jetta SEL Premium in Sage Green
2019 Volkswagen Jetta SEL Premium
Class: Compact Car
Miles driven: 309
Fuel used: 9.8 gallons
Test Drive: 2018 Lexus LS 500h
2018 Lexus LS 500h AWD in Obsidian
2018 Lexus LS 500h AWD
Class: Premium Large Car
Miles driven: 1292
Fuel used: 53.6 gallons
Collector-car auctions sell plenty of high-dollar vehicles, but they also offer more-accessible classics. This 1963 Buick Riviera sold for less than the cost of the average 2018 Buick Encore subcompact crossover.
Every October, the Mecum Auctions road show rolls into Chicagoland for a weekend-long event that takes over the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. Like any of the major-league televised auctions, the 2018 Mecum Chicago shindig had its share of big-ticket featured lots. A 1979 Porsche 930 Turbo originally owned by legendary Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton was the star of this year’s show—it sold for $324,500, topping the list of results for the event.
1976 Mercury Capri II S
Ford Motor Company’s Mercury division was taken from us in 2011. The brand’s demise came during a flurry of marque terminations, and was bracketed by the shutdown of Pontiac (2010) and the final model year of Saab (2012).
Though hard to pinpoint exactly, Mercury’s market position probably hewed most closely to GM’s Oldsmobile division, though both brands drifted at different times between being slightly sporty to being more luxury focused.
First Spin: 2019 Volvo S60 and V60
2019 Volvo S60
As one of the oldest members of Volvo’s reinvigorated – and fast-growing — lineup, the S60 premium midsize sedan was due for an update. And boy, did it get one.
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