This roadtest of the 2016 Ford Focus S Sedan was written only four years ago, yet the review already feels dated: a US domestic is actually making a small car! It was not a terrible car by any means, but it was insipid, deeply mediocre; this kind of vehicle cannot electrify rapidly...
Just Go Drive
posted by Jon Summers
After lots of talking, and some work, and then lots more talking, at last I have a youtube outlet, Just Go Drive. Please watch, subscribe, like, and if you think its bad, refrain from hurting my feelings by saying so. Great Drives USA, Nez Perce into Montana After listening...
2020 New Model Drivi...
posted by Jon Summers
Toyota’s Insect Face is growing on me Toyota Corolla XSE – having been impressed with the Telluride, we carried this budget conscious mindset to our 2020 new model driving impressions of the Corolla. I am not predisposed to love Toyotas, and certainly not small ones with front...
2020 New Model Drivi...
posted by Jon Summers
To get to know about a car enough to be inspired to write about it I usually need to spend about 1000 miles with it. The Western Automotive Journalists day offered about ten miles, but since the route was over fast sweeping roads, and included a switchback hill ascent and descent, I found...
Tesla vs. Bentley an...
posted by Jon Summers
Recently l have delighted in confounding Tesla fans by telling them while their machines may be remarkable Mobility Devices, to me, they aren’t cars. Cars, by their fullest definition, are Blower Bentleys or Mercedes SSKs. Or the Chevelle the teenage yet-to-be-Nascar legend...
Archives: 2014 Hyund...
posted by Jon Summers
This was one of three large execu-barges I tried over the same route around Pebble Beach. I experienced a different car each year, first this Hyundai, then a big Kia, and finally a Cadillac, publishing the stories with Autoshopper. The strategy of copying Toyota when they created the first...