Jason's SUVs Blog June 2007 Archive

I'm not an experienced offroader. I generally leave the offroading to my pal Jim Walczak, About.com's Guide to 4-Wheel Drive and Offroading. But when Land Rover contacts me and asks ... Read More

Back when the Subaru Outback first hit the market, Philip Powell and his colleagues derided it as "a wagon on stilts." Outback's first spokesman was, of course, Paul Hogan of ... Read More

Subaru reviews make me nostalgic. For me, nostalgia is almost always for a car I once owned, or drove. My first car was a 1972 Subaru GL. I know, shocking, it ... Read More

We've discussed branding and rebadging several times in this column, and I'm usually the one complaining about it. Today, I'm going to show you some rebadging that actually works. Take a ... Read More

I'm headed out to Malibu, California today to attend the Range Rover: Extraordinary in Action Tour. According to the press release, it's "a hands-on immersion into the world of the ... Read More

I've never owned a Saturn, but I have several friends and some family members who swear by theirs. They like the cars, but what they really like is the company -- ... Read More

That's a picture of my actual odometer, taken this morning. It reads "141762." If you're a frequent reader of this blog, you can guess that the odometer in the picture is ... Read More

I'm just back from Durango, Colorado (elevation 6,512), glad to be back in the thick air of Southern California (elevation 0). I had a fantastic time driving the new 2008 ... Read More

Please forgive me if I'm a little bit giddy today. I'm about to head out to Durango, Colorado for a little bit of driving with the HUMMER folks. I'll be ... Read More

The more I stare at the pictures in the 2007 Nissan Murano SE AWD Photo Gallery, the more I'm forced to think about other vehicles that have led the way ... Read More

A few years ago, before there was an SUVs.About.com (hard to believe), I reviewed the 2005 Nissan Murano for Trucks.About.com. I flipped for it -- I said "I think I ... Read More

I've got to get in on this research deal. I saw a headline in the Los Angeles Times that set me immediately to googling: "Hyundai scores top spots in ... Read More

It must be hard to arrive at a look for a whole lineup of vehicles -- some unifying theme or set of visual cues that say "This is our brand." Cadillac ... Read More

It's not fair to play favorites. We all know that. I'm trying to keep from doing just that, but Mazda's making it difficult on me. There's just something about their SUVs ... Read More