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5 days ago | 
registrytampabay.com | Howard Walker
Talk about a cool party trick guaranteed to gain you celebrity status at the next Cars and Coffee gathering. Mercedes-Benz’ brand new, all-electric G 580 with EQ Technology has, among its considerable technical repertoire, the ability to do a “G Turn”. G What, I hear you exclaim? Courtesy of its four potent electric motors – one for each wheel – which can spin in opposite directions, the 580 can rotate in its own length. Just like a tank.
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1 week ago | 
naplesillustrated.com | Howard Walker
Big news. No, really big news. The all-electric GMC Hummer EV SUV you see before you may look as gargantuan and ungainly as a Waste Management dump truck. But surprise, surprise, it might just be the most fun and feisty SUV you’ll drive this side of a Lamborghini Urus. A lot of that comes down to raw power. This thing is a Hoover Dam on wheels, a road-going Saturn V rocket.
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1 week ago | 
registrytampabay.com | Howard Walker
A lot happened 35 years ago in 1990. The Dow closed above 2,800 for the first time ever. Tim Berners-Lee created the internet. The Exxon Valdez dumped oil in Alaska. And Pretty Woman opened at the movies. It was also the year Ford unwrapped its tall-riding Explorer and introduced those three little letters – SUV – to our vocabulary. Designed to replace the much-maligned Bronco II, the boxy Explorer became an instant hit.
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2 weeks ago | 
naplesillustrated.com | Howard Walker
Such an odd word, “coupe.”Back in the day it covered everything from a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage to a fancy glass for serving Champagne. In car-speak, it tended to describe a two-door with a slanted rear window. Who can forget Cadillac’s mile-long, two-door Coupe DeVille, derived from the French word couper (to cut) and ville (for town)? Of course, me being from Merrie Olde England, I pronounce it coupe-hay and might even write it with an accent on the ‘e’ as in coupé.
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2 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Howard Walker |Victoria Gomelsky |Sean Evans |Peter Jackson
Here are five of our favorites from the field of 16 examples set to cross the block on May 19.
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2 weeks ago | 
registrytampabay.com | Howard Walker
Such an odd word ‘coupe’. Back in the day it covered everything from a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, to a fancy glass for serving Champagne. In car-speak, it tended to describe a two-door with a slanty rear window. Who can forget Cadillac’s mile-long, two-door Coupe DeVille, derived from the French word couper, or to cut, and ville for town? Of course, me being from Merrie Olde England, I pronounce it coupe-hay and might even write it with an accent on the ‘e’ as in coupé.
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3 weeks ago | 
naplesillustrated.com | Howard Walker
Typically, when someone asks you what you’re driving, it’s a one- or two-word answer. Oh, it’s an Audi Q5. Or BMW X1. Or simply, a Corvette. Or Mustang. But with the latest Alfa Romeo I’ve been piloting this week, you need to take a deep breath, and maybe adopt a Tony Soprano accent. Which might just scare a few people if the conversation is in the Whole Foods parking lot. Say it after me: Alfa Romeo Tonale Tributo Italiano Utilita Sportiva eAWD. Capisce?
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3 weeks ago | 
registrytampabay.com | Howard Walker
Driving should be fun, right? Slingshotting away from the stoplight. A tsunami of power when you pull-out to pass. The feeling of running on invisible rails as you rocket round a tight freeway on-ramp. Of course, any serious sports machine, from Porsche to Ferrari, from Lamborghini to Lotus, will check all those boxes. But at a price. Looking for sportscar fun on a budget, with the bonus of four doors?
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1 month ago | 
registrytampabay.com | Howard Walker
Talk about surprise and delight. My first mile in Chevy’s electron-powered Equinox EV and I’m nodding my head in approval and mouthing the word “Hmmm”. Which is proving a little disconcerting to my wife in the passenger seat. By mile 10, I’m pulling over to Walgreens to buy flowers and chocolates and declaring unrequited love to this hugely-appealing electric crossover. My wife? Oh, she’s taking an Uber home, and booking me in for therapy.
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1 month ago | 
naplesillustrated.com | Howard Walker
Full disclosure here: I’ve long harbored a lustful, heart-palpitating, Bogart and Bacall love affair with Bentley’s Continental GT coupe. From the day it glided on to the automotive landscape way back in 2003, I’ve continued to swoon over that achingly gorgeous profile, its towering W12 12-cylinder power, and interior brimming with artisan-stitched, diamond-quilted leather. It’s a sickness, I know. I’m getting counseling.
