Casey Williams

There’s a certain feel to a Mercedes.  They’re smooth, sure, but with a heaviness that imbues a sense of quality and safety.  Styling evolves over time so one generation doesn’t completely obsolete the previous one.  Interiors provide the technology and authentic touches upscale buyers appreciate.  Mercedes could have delivered an entirely different type of vehicle…

Take a look at the Volvo C40 Recharge.  It’s extra handsome with its substantial crossover coupe styling, but there’s a world-class supercar hiding within.  “Recharge” means its all-electric, and while it won’t outrun the fastest Teslas or even the quickest gas-powered Corvette, it would have thirty years ago.  That’s how far we’ve come and how…

As Toyota confronts the end of the gasoline era, it goes all-in with Subaru to produce the second generation of two nearly identical sports cars that revel in their classic heritage. Think of the GR86 as a front-engine MR2 or scaled down Supra, crisp to the touch and pleasing to the eye. Toyota will not…

One of my favorite test cars this year was the Kia EV6. While driving it, I realized the world had changed. It’s everything we expected in a future-think EV, but there’s always room for more style, more technology, and a total upscale makeover. For that, we get the 2023 Genesis GV60 from Hyundai/Kia’s luxury brand.…

When we look back on the transition from gas to electric vehicles, this will be the one that changed everything.  General Motors gets credit for the first modern electric vehicle with the EV1 a quarter-century ago, and Tesla showed the world a way towards mass adoption, but Ford will get credit for taking them truly…

This year will go down as the year during which electric vehicles hit critical mass and became normal.  Auto buyers are engaged in all they offer, but many are not quite ready to throw away normalcy for an advanced all-electric future.  They might like an EV that still cradles a gasoline engine for longer drives…

Mercedes-Benz once built its reputation on rock solid sedans that ate German Autobahn for snack.  Of course, the traits that made them great at speed also made them delightful family cars and executive perks for Americans.  A quarter-century ago, the German automaker debuted its first crossover – built in Alabama.  While the plant will soon…

My friends and I are ready for our annual bourbon run to northern Kentucky, or what’s in reality nothing more than a bougie bar crawl that usually requires a luxury conveyance equal our quest for distilled, barrel-aged corn liquor.  And boy, did we get the right one this time in the 2022 Lexus LX600 that…

Change has come to the British Empire.  We knew it was inevitable, but is sad nonetheless.  It is hard to replace an icon that’s beloved by millions across the realm.  The next one will be a worthy successor, but will neither sound nor drive the same.  It’s a different world.  Yep, Jaguar is going electric…