Road Tests

The Alfa Romeo Giulia marks the return of the brand to the North American market as a mainstream vehicle, especially in its more accessible four-cylinder models. The Giulia exudes Italian style and appeal, and it handles wonderfully well, but is it the complete package?

In a nutshell, the 2017 Land Rover Discovery is rugged, capable, and comfortable. Improvements have been made on several fronts, not the least of which in how the Discovery now handles itself on around town.

The new Subaru Impreza made a solid first impression on us during a product launch in California last year, but recently we had the chance to get properly acquainted by spending a full week (and several hundred miles) behind the wheel.

The 2017 update to this super-naked streetbike is far and away the craziest machine in the BMW stable. And with active suspension, cruise control, cornering ABS and a ton of other gadgetry, it's also got a claim on being the smartest nakedbike in its category. Loz Blain rides the awesome S1000R.

The Kawasaki Ninja 650 model family has spawned several successful motorcycles since 2006, yet it took a full decade before a cruiser variant would finally join the clan. The Vulcan S bets on the sportive disposition of a proven engine and frame package to offer easy cruising at a fair price.

The all-new 2017 Jeep Compass is a very stylish, very well-executed little crossover. Gone are the cheap interior and boxy styling of the previous Compass and in comes a design based on the flagship Grand Cherokee model. Here's our first drive impressions.

As the most trail-capable of the Renegade models, the 2016 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk contains the fun styling and well-wrought interior of its siblings, but adds offroad goodies like beefier tires and a better suspension.

From the all-electric i3 to hybrids like the X5 XDrive40e and glorious i8 supercar, BMW has been ramping up its low-emissions offerings in recent times. Now the i3 itself has been given an upgrade that adds a whopping 50 percent more range.

The Ford Focus is a quality package and with the 2016 facelift, which brought in a new front grille shape to match the rest of Ford's streetcars, it has taken a leap forward in visual sophistication ... more than Loz Blain can chew, as it turns out.

Indian Motorcycle introduced its take on that look with the Chief Dark Horse last year and followed it up in 2016 with the Chieftain Dark Horse, a flat black bagger with sharp styling and plenty of stage presence.

Our first drive of the 2017 Armada took place out in the produce belt of California​, where amidst the smoke of wildfires and the scenic beauty of farm fields, we put this three-row SUV through its paces on and off the road.​

Bultaco has dramatically widened the appeal of its electric Brinco with three new models, all of them road legal. We took to London's streets on the Brinco S during the world launch held just a stone's throw from Tower Bridge.