JR Chocco
2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Review: More to Love
The 2022 Honda Civic remains a go-to economy car, with low-key performance and high-economy powertrains. The Civic is one of the bestselling and best-known compact cars on the planet. Emerging now in sedan and hatchback body styles, it’s offered as a Civic LX, Sport, EX, or Touring. The hatchback swaps the EX trim for EX-L, and the Touring for...
2022 Lexus ES 300h Review: Efficient Tranquility
The 2022 Lexus ES splits the difference between the stately LS and sprightly IS in the Lexus sedan family. The is a premium mid-size sedan with good handling and great hybrid gas mileage. It’s a quiet contender in a shrinking class that includes the 2022 Acura TLX, 2022 Genesis G80, and 2022 Cadillac CT5. Long a leader in the premium...
2022 Toyota 4Runner Review: Bucking the Trend
The 2022 Toyota 4Runner trades on its deservedly rugged reputation, but it’s a poor everyday driver. The 4Runner is a versatile, capable, and not especially comfortable SUV. It’s best shopped against the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Wrangler, Ford Bronco, Honda Passport, and Subaru Outback. For what it is, the 4Runner delivers an unmatched combination of off-road capability, weathertight cabin, and...
2022 Lexus RX 450h Review: The Efficient Tranquil SUV
The 2022 Lexus RX seeks a luxury-crossover edge with an eye-grabbing shape, but impresses with hybrid performance. The RX is a luxury crossover SUV with seating for up to seven people and a catchy shape. It’s still a quiet, comfortable cruiser at its best, which makes it a rival for the Volvo XC60, Lincoln Nautilus, and the Infiniti QX50/60...
2022 Honda CR-V Review: The Favorite Small SUV
A perennial bestseller, the 2022 Honda CR-V charms with its roominess, comfort, efficiency, and safety ratings. The CR-V compact crossover seats five passengers in comfort, and is roomier than rivals such as the Mazda CX-5, Nissan Rogue, and Toyota RAV4. Like the RAV4, Ford Escape, and Hyundai Tucson, it can be had as a hybrid. With a spacious cabin, excellent...
2022 Genesis GV70 Review: A serious new competitor
The 2022 Genesis GV70 balances the luxury look and feel with excellent standard features for a less-than-luxury price. The GV70 might be the most impressive Genesis model yet, with its balance of comfort, sport, features, and value. It needs to impress to keep pace with popular luxury compact crossovers ranging from the Acura RDX and Lincoln Nautilus to the...
2022 Genesis G70 Review: Refining Success
The 2022 Genesis G70 leads with luxury trimmings and service and its footwork has caught up to its German rivals. It wears a luxury badge and cops to it with luxury features and lots of technology. It’s a legitimate rival for the Mercedes C-Class and BMW 3-Series, more so than dated competition like the Lexus IS and Cadillac CT4....
2021 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Review: The Trendy Corolla
The 2021 Toyota Corolla buffs the automaker’s small-car credentials in some obvious ways, and some subtler ones, too. 2021, all versions gain Android Auto compatibility, two more airbags, and available satellite radio. Blind-spot monitors are more widely available, too. With the latest Corolla, Toyota applies some of its current styling cues, but not the more extravagant ones. The Corolla...
2021 Hyundai Palisade Review: Big and bold never looked so good
The 2021 Hyundai Palisade builds a bridge to luxury with three rows of seats, big touchscreens, and quilted leather. The cramped battle wagons and cruddy minivans of the past have been passed. Enter plush crossovers like the 2021 Hyundai Palisade, with digital screens and wireless technology and quilted leather, all meant to cosset up to eight people in style....
2021 Acura TLX Type S Review: Rocketing to its roots
The 2021 Acura TLX plants its flag among premium mid-size sedans with a racy design, strong turbocharged engines, and improved dynamics. The TLX is a mid-size premium sport sedan that offers front-wheel drive and torque-vectoring all-wheel drive. It seats five in comfort and exists in a middle space between mainstream sedans and a luxury market dominated by European rivals....
