Justin Pritchard

Advanced CVT technology lies at the core of the new Maxima’s refined performance

Give the 2016 Nissan Maxima a bootfull of gas, and it sails away from where it was on a silky wave of thrust that comes on strong, swells up, and keeps on keepin on until the throttle is released. Running a Continually Variable Transmission (CVT) has been the name of Maxima’s game for years, and the just-launched, latest version of the long-lived sports sedan capitalizes on Nissan’s expertise in this type of virtually gearless transmission in a big way. Read more →

My little brother is a devoted owner of two former Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks and, presently, a Toyota 4-Runner and RAV4.

The other day, he hurried over to check out the latest iteration of the much-loved Toyota Tacoma, which I’d be spending a few days with for review. Read more →