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.
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...
5 Minutes with 2016 Nissan Sentra 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,...
5 Minutes with the 2017 Buick Cascada 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...
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...
Ford F-150 Named Truck of Texas 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...
GMC & Chevy Slim Down Their Trucks Trucks are supposed to big, right? This is Texas and we like rolling around in trucks where we have to use a ladder to step inside. Large enough to have a bed that can fit an actual king-size bed. Side mirrors that rival the...
2013 Houston Auto Show – Garf Style I spent the morning and early afternoon at the 2013 Houston Auto Show on opening day. 500 vehicles, 35 manufacturers, test drives and a 2 hour broadcast. The show runs through Sunday, January 27, so get to Reliant Center if you...
GM Reveals 2014 Sierra & Silverado General Motors unveiled its all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks this morning in Pontiac, Michigan. Last redesigned in 2007, the Silverado and Sierra make up the company’s best-selling vehicle line. The...
Tech & Auto Highlights of 2015 It's not like I have something special going on with the Buick folks but the only coincidence that my last few reviews here are of Buicks is that they have made available their newest vehicles for me to test drive even before they...
2013 Buick Enclave Car Review The email invitation came from Buick. “You are invited to test drive the 2013 Buick Enclave through the rolling hills of Kentucky. Dinner that evening will be accompanied by a private bourbon tasting.” I’m in. It would have been tough...