Acura’s supercar continues in 2003 and it may be the only exotic that not only can zip to speed in the blink of an eye, but perform with ease at a slow rate in a parking lot. With an aluminum body and high-output engine mounted mid-ship, the two-seater offers ideal weight balance and rear-wheel-drive (RWD) traction with a choice in ... Read More »
2003 Audi A4 Sedan and Convertible
Audi’s A4 compact-class sedans and avant wagons emerged in 2002 with new generational designs that expanded the structure and stretches the wheelbase to forge a larger package with more cabin space for riders. Entry issue in the A4 series is the 1.8T sedan with a 1.8-liter turbo plant in FrontTrak format linked to a manual five-speed gearbox. In addition, Audi ... Read More »
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche Large Sport Utility Truck
Chevrolet takes the best features of a minivan, a pickup, a sport ute and invents a few more. Add to that a ¾ ton heavy hauler and a North Face relationship, and most needs are addressed. Read More »
2002 Volkswagen Euro Van Minivan
EuroVan’s boxy styling isn’t exactly pretty, but it stands out from the lookalike family vehicles packed onto America’s highways. It offers more driving feedback than one would expect from a van, although it lacks the comfort and refinement of its more popular competitors like the Dodge Caravan and Honda Odyssey. Read More »
2003 Volvo XC90 Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle
A field of black asphalt on a lot overlooking San Francisco Bay works as a temporary track to test the sure-footed stance of the XC90, a new sport-utility wagon from Volvo of Sweden. Read More »
2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer Mid-Size SUV
What's a TrailBlazer? It's a completely new sport-utility wagon with four passenger doors and seats for five, cushy cabin appointments and best-in-class power out of a new straight-six engine. Read More »
2003 Saturn Ion Series Compact Coupes and Sedans
Steering a curvy two-tone issue of the Ion through campus at Southwest State Texas University in San Marcos, we observe that the eyes of so many students strolling along Lyndon Baines Johnson Boulevard seem to be following Saturn's new compact-class sedan as we drive by. Read More »
2002 Chevy Trailblazer
Larger, stronger and with one of the best new engines a truck could ask for. Definitely not the old Blazer, thus the name change. Read More »
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche
The ride and handling of the Avalanche is as good as it gets on a Chevrolet truck. Changing the configuration from truck to SUV was easy as pie and self-explanatory. Read More »
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche Full-Size Sport Utility Vehicle and Pickup Truck Crossov
There are so many people out there who absolutely can't stand the looks of the Chevrolet Avalanche. They don't even like the fact that it's a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle that's interchangeable. In a matter of seconds, mind you. Read More »