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2018 Mazda3 GT 5-Door – Road Test Review w/ Perf Drive Video

February 19, 2019, 3 pmJune 11, 2018, 6 pm by Tom Burkart

Want to know the true reason why nobody should suffer driving a car they don’t love? And also the reason why car shoppers are fools to make up their mind online instead of on the test drives? The shining example for both is the delightful 2018 Mazda3 GT. Here is a car that will hit 35-mpg on the highway and keep your payments easily below $300 a month. All while having truly fun performance and actual torque to keep you ahead of traffic! Driving the Mazda3 for a week is like a slap in the face or a dunk in …

2018 VW Golf Alltrack – Road Test Review – By Ben Lewis

February 19, 2019, 3 pmApril 11, 2018, 7 am by Ben Lewis

Everyone seems to want a crossover or SUV. You’d think this would be bad news for makers of wagons like the 2018 VW Golf Alltrack, but just the opposite is true. A lot of people like the added utility of ‘utes, but prefer a car-like experience. Or something in-between. Audi probably should get the nod for the original Allroad creating the premium upscale “tall wagon”. And you can thank the Subaru Outback for putting this type of vehicle in just about every neighborhood in the country. Especially where it snows. Let’s get rugged! VW sells it shares of SUV/Utes as …

2017 VW Passat 1.8T – Road Test Review – By Tim Esterdahl

February 19, 2019, 3 pmMarch 30, 2018, 9 am by Tim Esterdahl

Review: 2017 VW Passat – 5 Things We Loved About It Volkswagen gets a lot of grief from people due to the diesel-emissions scandal and narrow views of them being only a diesel-engine focused company, but lost in this hatred is the fact they do build some pretty great non-diesel cars. For example, a week behind the wheel of the 2017 VW Passat reveals it is pretty dang good with lots of smart engineering. Here is what we loved about it. Before we get to the things we loved, we should back up and say our test model was a …

2018 VW Atlas V6 SEL Premium w/ 4Motion – Road Test Review + Video

February 19, 2019, 3 pmMarch 19, 2018, 7 pm by Tom Burkart

A recent comment on our amazing VW Atlas youtube drive review has really stuck in my craw. “Atlas is not a Tahoe competitor,” they say. “Atlas competes with Pilot and Highlander, dude,” is the refrain. And I used to agree with these guys. On paper, Atlas with its seating for 8 and pricing from $30k, might seem like a natural rival to car-based midsize crossovers. It even runs a standard turbo four and front-wheel drive, after all! (Same for new Q7 on the turbo four…) But Atlas is so much more than a proper three-row rival to Explorer and Durango. …

2018 Volkswagen Atlas V6 4Motion – Road Test Review – By Ben Lewis

February 19, 2019, 3 pmJanuary 25, 2018, 3 pm by Ben Lewis

If you go by sales, VW SUVs have always been the scrawny kid on the beach getting sand kicked in his face. But, as if answering one of those mail-order bodybuilding courses, a new, big, powerful and buff VW Atlas is giving those other bullies a roundhouse to the jaw, and claiming its rightful place in the sun. Behold: the VW Atlas. Or as we named out tester, Charles Atlas. If you don’t remember Charles Atlas, you can still appreciate that the U.S. is big SUV country, and up until now VW hasn’t really courted the buyer who needs three …

2018 VW Passat SE 2.0T w/ Technology – Road Test Review

February 19, 2019, 3 pmJanuary 12, 2018, 2 pm by Tom Burkart

The USA-made and optimized Passat is now in its second generation on American roads. The refresh for 2016 brought optional LEDs that are Audi-tastic, new infotainment tech and a few other tweaks. For 2018, Passat gains an all-new 2.0T engine as standard versus the 1.8-liter turbo from the previous four-cylinder models. The extra pony count is pretty modest – just four extra for a total of 174. As ever, VW’s turbo models punch above their stats when it comes to real-world pace. This motor is no different – and cuts the sprint time to 60-mph down to one of the …