Our most recent experience with one of Toyota’s 4Runner trucks was in 2019, when we drove a 4Runner 4X4 TRD Off-Road Premium to that year’s Indianapolis 500 race. The loan covered the race week and we took advantage, bringing a blow-up mattress, pillow and blanket, sleeping in the hatch (one…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2025 Toyota Corolla FX
It’s been more than six months since I drove the 2025 Toyota Corolla FX. Quite frankly, I thought I’d known about every single Corolla model, but I’d never heard about the FX until Toyota graciously loaned us this black example with its gray interior. Toyota’s four-door sedan Corolla has been…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2026 Volvo XC60 Ultra T8 AWD plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Review
Safe as houses. When we think of Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo, safety is usually the first thought that comes to mind. Which is appropriate, as the company has focused on its ability to produce safe cars and SUVs for the American and world markets. But what if we talked tech,…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2025 Lexus UX300h Premium AWD Review
In 2019 we had the opportunity to drive a Lexus UX200 Premium from Long Beach to Monterey for an INDYCAR race. At the time, we liked the sizing of the machine, its luxurious components and its ability to haul whatever we needed there and back. Mileage was acceptable. Late this…
Proffit at the Wheel: The 2025 Camry XSE hybrid
It’s quite a distance from our home in Long Beach to the Wine Country of Sonoma County and the Sonoma Raceway (nee Sears Point), site of the 37th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, the 12th race in NHRA’s 20-race calendar. Toyota offered two choices: a 2025 Camry XSE hybrid or…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid Premium Plus Review
Let’s admit it: I’m old school when it comes to cars I want to drive. They’ve got to have some emotional entanglement for me, which means I prefer vehicles that have some personality, some spunk, plenty of mechanical joyfulness and, of course, every non-extraneous modern technical tool I need. When…
Proffit at the Wheel: The 2025 VW Taos SEL 4Motion Review
The springtime NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Four-Wide Nationals on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway called. A tidy vehicle to get us from Long Beach to Sin City was necessary and Volkswagen helped fulfill that need with the 2025 VW Taos SEL 4Motion Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2024 Volkswagen Golf R review
Hard to believe but it’s been twenty years since I’ve had the chance to drive the wonderful Volkswagen Golf R pocket rocket. Back in the day, I drove a two-door hatchback R from Indianapolis to Kansas to cover an Indy Racing League (IRL) event. That Golf R was dressed in…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2024 Toyota Prius Prime SE review
Toyota’s Prius has become the ubiquitous hybrid five-door liftback hatch. Now in its fifth iteration, redrawn for the 2023 selling season, Prius gained something it didn’t have in the four generations that came before it: a handsome face. Introduced in December of 2022, the fifth generation Prius is good looking,…
Proffit at the Wheel: The 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan S
Volkswagen has been expanding its lineup of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) over the past few years. The Tiguan, now VW’s mid-class gasoline-powered SUV, slots between Taos and Atlas. Now in its second iteration as a compact cross-over SUV, Tiguan has been on the market since 2007 and has smooth sheetmetal,…
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