News By Topic: Carey Russ

2012 Toyota Prius c Profile and Ride Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Feb 18, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Toyota owns the hybrid sector of the automotive marketplace, with over 50 percent of sales in the past decade being Toyota hybrids. And the most popular one is the Prius, icon and poster child for the genre. Introduced in the U.S. for model year 2001 as a rather ungainly-looking se ... Continue reading

2012 Acura ZDX Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Feb 16, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Acura ZDX Advance Acura is Honda's upscale luxury and performance division, but perhaps has suffered in prestige in the eyes of some possible customers because of that close association. So, how to differentiate the two? Something different. Something not shared with Honda. Th ... Continue reading

2012 Hyundai Accent SE Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Feb 9, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Hyundai Accent SE 5-Door There have been major changes to Hyundai's Accent for 2012, changes that move it from an afterthought straight toward the front of the subcompact pack. New "Fluidic Sculpture" styling brings it in line with other new Hyundais, a new engine gives it sig ... Continue reading

2012 Hyundai Veloster Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Feb 5, 2012

Hyundai Buyers Guide DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Hyundai Veloster Hyundai is aggressively growing and expanding its product offerings into new niches. It has had a presence in the usual categories -- subcompact, compact, and mid-size sedans, even a large luxury sedan (the Equus), crossovers of various si ... Continue reading

2012 Honda CR-V AWD EX-L Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Feb 2, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Honda CR-V AWD EX-L Nav The CR-V has been a major success for Honda since its debut in 1997, to the point where it is a benchmark in the small affordable crossover class. Vehicles in that class, known in the days when truck SUVs ruled as "soft-roaders" or "sport-cutes", have n ... Continue reading

2012 Honda Civic Si Coupe Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Jan 26, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Honda Civic Si Coupe "Si" -- originally meaning Sport, injected -- has denoted the most performance-oriented version of the Honda Civic in the U. S. market since 1986, when fuel injection was a rarity. The Si badge started out as the top level of the two-seat CRX hatchback in ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Prius v Three Ride and Review By Carey Russ +VIDEO

Jan 19, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Toyota Prius v Three Prius is no longer one Toyota model. It's rapidly becoming a complete lineup. The familiar sedan, which has practically defined the gasoline-electric hybrid genre, has been renamed Prius Liftback for clarification and joined by a plug-in hybrid version and ... Continue reading

2012 Mazda Mazda3 i 5-Door Grand Touring Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Jan 5, 2012

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Mazda Mazda3 i 5-Door Grand Touring Mazda is an engineering-driven automaker that has made affordable cars that combine a fun-to-drive character with innovative technology its niche in the marketplace. It's the only manufacturer to be successful with the Wankel rotary-piston e ... Continue reading

2012 Honda Civic EX-L with Navi Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Dec 29, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Honda Civic Sedan EX-L Navi When the 2012 Honda Civic debuted partway through 2011, somewhat surprisingly it did not get rave reviews. And not just from the enthusiast press, but from consumer-oriented publications as well. Complaints seemed to center around the newest, ninth- ... Continue reading

2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited Sedan Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Dec 22, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited Sedan Hyundai's entry in the compact sedan class is the Elantra. The nameplate has been around for years; the fifth generation was brand-new for 2011 and gets some small but important improvements for 2012. If your last experience with Hyundai was in th ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Yaris SE Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Dec 15, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Something happened in the subcompact hatchback class in the time since the Toyota Yaris made its debut in model year 2007 -- popularity, especially among younger buyers with more European tastes in cars, and who weren't around in the `70s and `80s when subcompact hatchback meant "e ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Camry SE Review, Road Test and Autocross by Carey Russ +VIDEO

Dec 1, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Toyota Camry SE Toyota's Camry has been at or near the top of the sales charts seemingly forever -- number one for the past nine years in a row and also for 13 of the past 14 years -- because it's practically the definition of "transportation appliance". The Camry has a reputa ... Continue reading

2012 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ Review By Carey Russ - GM Serious About Small Cars +VIDEO

Nov 25, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ Is General Motors now serious about small cars in North America? The company's past history in the subcompact field has been less than stellar. The late Aveo is best forgotten as it, even in its much-improved second generation, compared best to used cars fr ... Continue reading

2012 Subaru WRX STi Review By Carey Russ

Nov 17, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2012 Subaru WRX STi Last year, Subaru moved its high-performance WRX lineup away from the regular Impreza line with wider, more performance-oriented bodywork for the regular models as well as the top-of-the-line STi, and expanded STi offerings with a four-door sedan body style in a ... Continue reading

2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe Review By Carey Russ +VIDEO

Nov 10, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe BMW made its reputation by producing small two-door sedans that outperformed contemporary sports cars of their day in nearly every way. The 1600 of 1966 and especially 1968's 2002 ran circles around the similarly-sized and -priced British and Italian two-s ... Continue reading