Archive for March, 2017
1958 Panhard Ad
Our culture is ripe with inappropriately used adjectives. Marketers toss the word “turbo” around with reckless abandon, even though most applications of the Latin root have little to do with air, much less forcing air into an internal combustion engine.
Test Drive: 2017 Honda CR-V Touring
2017 Honda CR-V Touring in Lunar Silver
2017 Honda CR-V Touring AWD
Class: Compact Crossover
Miles Driven: 236
Fuel Used: 9.0 gallons
1980 Polonez
If you discount our brief encounter with the Yugo brand, Americans have had very little exposure to vehicles produced in what was once known as the Eastern Bloc. Western Europe, however, and even Canada, have had far greater access to such brands as Lada.
2017 Kia Soul ! (Exclaim) in Clear White
2017 Kia Soul ! (Exclaim) 
Class: Subcompact Car
Miles Driven: 511
Fuel Used: 19.0 gallons
1977 Mercury Cougar
By the mid-Seventies, Mercury wasn’t selling much beyond gussied up Fords. Wedged between Ford and Lincoln in FoMoCo’s family album, Mercurys were charged with drawing a customer type that was somewhat more affluent than Ford intenders, yet nowhere conservative enough to commit to a Lincoln.
Test Drive: 2017 Genesis G90 3.3T
2017 Genesis G90 3.3T Premium AWD in Casablanca White
2017 Genesis G90 3.3T Premium AWD
Class: Premium Large Car
Miles Driven: 498
Fuel Used: 29.8 gallons
1965 Rambler Marlin Ad
Horse lovers probably remember 1965 very fondly. Not only was ’65 the first official model year of the insanely popular Ford Mustang, but there were horses all over TV as well.
At Consumer Guide®, we take pride in not simply reporting the fuel-economy number provided by a given test vehicle’s trip computer–and we don’t blindly accept the EPA’s numbers. Instead, we buy our own gas and do the math.
First Spin: 2017 Mazda CX-5
2017 Mazda CX-5
Already one of our favorite compact crossovers, Mazda’s CX-5 gets a redesign for 2017 that – in virtually every measure – makes it a better choice than ever.
1964 Rambler Ad
The big car news for 1964 was the Ford Mustang. Ford launched the ‘Stang with a massive wave of promotion which, for a period of time, dominated television and print advertising. The strange part was that Ford’s pony car was actually an early 1965 model, launched early for maximum effect.
