Archive for May, 2022
First Look: 2023 Lexus RX
2023 Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance
Tonight, Lexus took the wraps off its all-new 2023 RX crossover SUV. Long the Lexus brand’s best-selling model, the RX kicks off its fifth generation with a fairly ambitious, from-the-ground-up redesign. It’s built on the new GA-K global platform and introduces an evolution of Lexus’s “spindle-grille” design language that results in a burlier front-end appearance. Four new 4-cylinder powertrains will be offered, three of which are gas-electric hybrids (including a forthcoming plug-in-hybrid model). New features include the Lexus Interface Multimedia System, an expanded Lexus Safety System+ 3.0 suite of safety features, available Digital Key smartphone-app access and starting, and two additional trim levels.
Test Drive: 2022 BMW M240i
2022 BMW M240i xDrive in Thundernight Metallic paint (a $550 option)
2022 BMW M240i xDrive
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 222
Fuel used: 10.4 gallons
1936 Reo Speedwagon 6AP
Note: The following story was excerpted from the December 2015 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine
Many independent makes disappeared during the Great Depression, but Reo beat the odds to live on as a truck maker until 1975. What makes the story all the more remarkable is that Reo had to survive not only the Depression, but also its own board of directors.
2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake
Note: The following story was excerpted from the April 2021 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
New-car buyers continue snapping up SUVs of all sizes, while increasingly snubbing traditional cars. It’s a bit puzzling, then, that the most SUV-like of car styles, the station wagon, has fallen out of favor even more than sedans. Jaguar entered this rapidly shrinking space with the striking and athletic 2018 XF Sportbrake. But after three model years Sportbrake remained largely invisible and didn’t return to American showrooms for 2021.
1975-77 Oldsmobile Omega F-85
Note: The following story was excerpted from the April 2021 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
Oldsmobile’s first compact was the 1961 F-85. Midyear, the line added a deluxe coupe called Cutlass. In 1964 the F-85 grew into a true intermediate, with the Cutlass gaining fans as a sporty premium series. By 1973 it had become the car the public associated with midsized Oldsmobiles and the increasingly marginalized F-85 was gone.
2022 Honda Passport Trailsport in Platinum White Pearl (a $395 option)
2022 Honda Passport Trailsport
Class: Midsize Crossover/SUV
Miles Driven: 533
Fuel Used: 28.4 gallons
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
2022 Hyundai Venue Limited
2022 Hyundai Venue Limited
Class: Subcompact Crossover
Miles driven: 375
Fuel used: 13.4 gallons
Forgotten Concept: Ford Mustang RSX
Ford Mustang RSX Concept
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
2022 Chevrolet Equinox RS in Iridescent Pearl Tricoat (a $995 option)
2022 Chevrolet Equinox RS AWD
Class: Compact Crossover SUV
Miles driven: 219
Fuel used: 8.6 gallons
