When deciding what car to send your newly minted college student away to school in, you often have to balance your child’s desires against your sensibilities. With that in mind, DECISIVE’s auto experts were asked to enumerate three choices for the best new set of back to school wheels––taking into...

ORLANDO, Fla., (April 8, 2010) – AAA released the 2010 edition of its annual ‘Your Driving Costs’ study today revealing the average cost to own and operate a sedan has risen 4.8 percent to 56.6 cents per mile, or $8,487 per year, based on 15,000 miles of annual driving.   “Rising...

Nissan and Mitsubishi both unveiled compact crossover vehicles at the New York Auto Show. 2010 Nissan Juke: With more and more compact crossovers entering the market, nobody's going to accuse the Nissan Juke of blending in with the crowd.  Slotting into the lineup below the Rogue, the Juke is…what is it, exactly? It's a cheeky...

As far as SUVs and crossover introductions go, the MINI Cooper Countryman and Infiniti QX56 represent the large and small of things.  2011 MINI Cooper Countryman: Is MINI's new crossover vehicle evidence that the party is over and the iconoclastic manufacturer is going mainstream, or is the brand's cheeky, fun to drive spirit...

After several years with minimal changes, Scion's three-model lineup gets a much-needed freshening in 2011.  The xB gets a minor facelift, while the tC and all-new iQ bring the total number of Scion nameplates to four. 2011 Scion iQ: As expected (at least by me), the Toyota iQ, introduced last year in...