Profile of Brian Armstead - CAP staff

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• 2013 Tesla Model S Road Test Review
  The reviews are in, and they are stellar. Wrap a sensuous body around sophisticated electric car technology, and the result is ...
• 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT Road Test Review
  When you think of what it takes to entice new car buyers in these tougher times, value ranks high on economies of scale. Car ...
• 2013 Range Rover Road Test Review
  It's not everyday that you take a vehicle with a base price of about $115,000 and slog it through mud, crawl across rocks, or ...
• 2013 Audi S8 Road Test Review
  The Auto Union was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers, founded in 1932 and established in 1936 during the ...
• 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed Road Test Review
  It was a scene I did not expect, but should have given the prodigious performance of the 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed. Not ...
• 2013 Volvo S60 T6 AWD R-Design Road Test Review
  If the 2013 Volvo S60 T6 AWD R could speak, this is probably what it would say: "I'm ticked off. I'm tired of all of the automotive ...
• 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4Matic Road Test Review
  When Mercedes-Benz launched the then new GLK in 2009, the auto industry was still in a bad way. Sales were down in every ...
• 2012 Hyundai Azera Road Test Review
  Rarely do automobiles that are not assembled in Europe excite me. Yes, there are exceptions of course, as Lexus and Infiniti ...
• 2012 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Limited 4-Door Road Test...
  For the 2012 model year, Subaru's Impreza received top marks from Consumer Reports in their annual "best" survey. And for good ...
• 2012 Toyota Prius c Road Test Review
  In 2000, Toyota in the North America came forward with a broad stroke, creating the then unique Prius Hybrid. Remember, this was ...
• 2013 Bentley Continental GT V8 Road Test Review
  Okay, take my favourite ultra luxury Sports Tourer, the Bentley Continental GT, strip out the rock solid W12 motor, and insert a ...
• 2012 BMW 3 Series Road Test Review
  Take any near luxury sports sedan on the market today. Any one. And I would bet the farm that from concept to production, the ...
• 2012 Mazda CX-9 GT Road Test Review
  I'll start this review with an admitted bias: I love products from Mazda. The Japanese company has always bucked the Honda/Toyota ...
• 2013 Lexus GS F Sport Road Test Review
  I've always liked Lexus products. They're safe, reliable, and luxurious. They also tend to be boring to drive, unless you are driving ...
• 2012 Kia Rio 5-Door EX Auto Road Test Review
  If you are looking for a well equipped, gas saving car, then look no further than the Kia Rio. Part of an outstanding lineup ...
• 2012 Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom Experimental Electric...
  Take a $500,000-plus handcrafted automobile, strip out the 12-cylinder engine, seven-speed transmission and fuel tank, and then add an electric ...
• 2012 Mercedes-Benz S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC Road Test Review
  I've been a fan of Mercedes-Benz products for decades. I remember my freshman year in college, when everyone still drove American ...
• 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost Road Test Review
  During a recent test drive of the 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost, I constantly felt like another "Spirit" was with me. Could it have ...
• 2012 Bentley Continental GTC Road Test Review
  I generally don't get excited about convertibles in November. My personal Mercedes-Benz drop top is in mothballs now, ready for ...
• 2011 Volvo XC60 T6 R-Design Road Test Review
  I like Volvos. When my daughter Eden was born 19 years ago, we sold our diminutive Ford Festiva and bought a Volvo 740 Wagon. ...
• 2011 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Road Test Review
  I hurtle along the straightaway, revs building in response to turbo boost pressure. My instructor, legendary racer Hurley Haywood, ...
• 2011 Infiniti G37 Convertible Road Test Review
  Much of North America has been in the throes of a heatwave, and some would question the sanity of dropping a convertible top in ...
• 2011 Saab 9-4X Aero Road Test Review
  Saab has been through a lot over the past few years, having been put on the market and sold to a Kuwati firm, the iconic Swedish ...
• 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LT Turbo+ Road Test Review
  Watch out Honda and Toyota. Your vise-like grip on the entry-level sedan market is loosening with each model year, as there are ...
• 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid Road Test Review
  Take one of the best selling, most reliable small cars in history, the Honda Civic, add an advanced hybrid system, and the result ...
• 2011 Audi A8 Road Test Review
  Okay Bimmer, Benz and Lexus fans. I've got a challenge for you: visit your local Audi dealer, test drive the 2011 Audi A8, and ...
• 2011 Audi A7 Road Test Review
  Dear Audi, I'm pretty ticked off with you right now. You know I have been a devotee of the brand, having owned a couple of 1986 ...
• 2011 Porsche Panamera 4 Road Test Review
  Take the already stellar Panamera S or 4S V8, lop off two cylinders but retain the V8's 90 degree configuration, and lower the ...
• 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara Limited 4WD Road Test Review
  Whenever I drive an automobile from Suzuki, I think back to the 1980s, when I was fresh out of college. As a new grad, I had choices to ...
• 2010 Mazda6 GT I4 Road Test Review
  Mazda has used the "Zoom Zoom" tag tirelessly to promote their vehicles. The emphasis of their marketing has always been ...