ORIGINAL INTENT for this piece was a brief commentary on the exceptional steering of the Mitsubishi Outlander, which uses good old-fashioned hydraulic power assist. Outlander’s steering quality stands as a measure of what we have lost with the nearly wholesale move to electric power steering, where some companies have it figured out, mostly, and other [...]
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Cars In Context,
CUV,
Hyundai,
Mazda,
Mitsubishi Outlander
Ford’s PR guys don’t seem to like many of our comments about their cars—we get the same routine with other car companies—so we decided to rent a Ford Edge Limited for a working week in coastal Orange County. Both Editor Ewing and I had seat time. The first-gen Edge was CEO Mulally’s first rescue project, [...]
Tagged as:
Crossover,
CUV,
Ford Edge,
Ford Flex,
Honda Accord Crosstour,
Leo LaPorte,
Michelin,
MyFord Touch,
Nissan Murano,
Sync,
Toyota Highlander,
Toyota Venza,
V6
