As a Board Member and long-standing contributor to the Texas Auto Writers Association, Michael knows his stuff about cars and trucks. He test drives no less than 50 new vehicles each year and has the inside track to many manufacturers as to what’s hot, what’s new, and what’s fast.
2018 NASCAR Champion Joey Logano stopped in Houston recently during his tour to thank sponsors and share stories of his success. Logano's local pitstop was at Shell's headquarters on the west side of town. He spent a few hours taking photos, signing autographs and...
It’s the middle of June and I’m driving south on I-95 headed for Key Largo, Florida. Temperature 95 degrees with humidity to match. There may be better times of the year to visit this tropical escape but I’m not feeling the heat as I push down the pedal on the...
Toyota RAV4 Shows Why It Was Top-Selling Passenger Vehicle Last Year That headline most likely took you by surprise. Though the top three spots in U.S. vehicle sales went to pickup trucks in 2017, over 407,000 Toyota RAV4 CUVs were sold making it the top seller in the...
Toyota 4Runner Handles Road Well But Built For Serious Adventures I love the outdoors - primarily because we have to be outdoors to drive cars and trucks. But when you want to get around the real outdoors for off-roading, climbing big hills, and crossing ranches, you...
The Compact Corolla Carries Tech With Comfort Fun fact: The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car ever. It’s fuel efficient, affordable and always reliable thanks to Toyota’s reputation for build quality. Over 43 million Corollas have been sold since 1966 and the...
The Super Bowl was just held in Houston to end the NFL season. The "Super Bowl of NASCAR" will be held in just two weeks as the Daytona 500 begins the racing season. Last year's runner-up Joey Logano was in town to see his New England Patriots pull a great come from...
The Nissan Sentra has a 34 year history of being a solid, compact sedan. 2016 is not the year Nissan will introduce an "all new" model but they are releasing a mid-cycle refresh (aka "facelift"). On a recent trip to Orange County, California, Nissan offered a group...
A convertible from Buick? Yessir. I got a sneak preview of the car back in March 2015 at the Dallas Auto Show. It looked cool but then I didn't hear much about it. Until a few weeks ago. The Buick peeps invited a select group of media to take the new ragtop on a...
Nissan is excited. Really excited. The auto manufacturer will soon be launching its new 2016 Titan XD truck and they want the country - or at least the media here - to know about it inside and out. I had seen photos of the body but Nissan could not be more proud of...
I spent a few days in San Antonio last week living a dream for most every truck fan in the world. Sixty fellow auto journalists and I had the duty of driving trucks, SUVs and CUVs up-and-down hills, through flowing streams and mud, and dirt and paved roads while...