By: Jeffrey Zygmont Infiniti – as the luxury-vehicle brand of Nissan – rounds the corners and smooths the edges of its big QX80 sport-utility vehicle, which helps set it apart from its very close cousin, the Nissan Armada. Both are essentially the same super-sized wagon. And both have the same problem du jour. Now that […]
By SCOTT WASSER My first reaction after receiving the invitation to visit a Lucid Air studio was, “No thanks; I stopped doing that sort of thing after graduating college.” Then my NEMPA colleague, photographer Kevin Nguyen, explained that a Lucid Air studio is an unconventional and elegant car dealership, not the kind of place where […]
Spring is in the passing lane and running at wide-open throttle, with the busy month of April behind us and May is off and running. After a two-year hiatus, the New York International Auto Show returned to host the automotive industry’s latest and greatest, and Earth Day shined a bit more light on the advancements […]
By Tim Plouff Drivers of a certain age will remember when, and how, Toyota and then-named Datsun, gained their toe-hold in the American automotive market. It was 1968 and two tiny pickups appeared first in California, but soon swept across the country as these compact, rear-drive, econo-box pick-em-ups created more than a niche category. The […]
By Peter Ciani This week the team at WheelsTV is driving the long-awaited 2022 Chevrolet Equinox RS compact crossover. The refreshed 2022 Equinox was originally set to go on sale as a 2021 model, in fact, it’s been over 2 years since it made its debut at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show. Unfortunately, when a […]
By Tim Plouff State Route #9 crisscrosses Maine from the New Hampshire border all the way to New Brunswick in the east. Yet the best driving part is the 90 miles winding from Brewer and the mighty Penobscot River in Central Maine, through northern Hancock and Washington Counties to Baileyville on the St. Croix River […]
