The first surprise? Maybe that this beauty pageant shoo-in is a Kia. Biggest surprise? The astonishing value for the money.

The Infiniti’s cabin design continues to draw potential buyers like a moth to a flame, though I still can’t look at the big QX with its evil-eye headlights and not see a Star Wars Stormtrooper.

When you hoof it in Ford’s new, all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover, there’s definitely no shortage

Remember those heady days when you thought a 36-inch TV was the pinnacle of big-screen

For starters, it rides on pretty much the same rear-drive chassis, or platform, as Chevy’s

To drive. Or be driven. That’s the dilemma.  Do you slide behind the wheel to

Hybrids. Remember those? Not so long ago they were up there with iPod Shuffles and

Wait, what happened to the bump? I clearly saw the gnarly, Detroit-style pothole looming fast.

I’m strapped into the back seat of a screamin’ IndyCar race car. In front of me is my chauffeur, an 80-year-old Italian called Mario. Yep, that one.