Everyday Driver

Ford’s Ecoboost Mustang brings Turbo Charged 4 cylinders back to the Mustang lineup and offers a lot of performance for around $25,000. But, there are a lot of great performance cars available for similar money. So we brought along the Subaru WRX, the Scion FRS, and Ford’s own Fiesta ST to put our favorites against each other and see how the EcoBoost deals with the competition.

With the introduction of the latest MX-5/Miata, we gathered equivalent versions of the four generations for a back to back drive. Along the way we discuss the history, changes, and most-enjoyable versions of this icon. In the end we find some surprises, and discover we still don't agree about this car.

The Focus RS is a car of expectation and history, but it drops into a market that does have excellent competition. We gathered the three other AWD, 300hp cars available for around $40k, and went to a favorite road in search of fun. That means we dusted off an Evo X to stand alongside the Golf R and enduring STI in this showdown with the shiny new, nitrous blue, RS.

These two cars have surprising similarities on paper. They are in many ways attainable everyman supercars. In fact, co-host Paul is debating between them. He bought this Cayman GTS used, and has a BMW M2 on order. So, paired with a Press car from BMW, we set out to see which is the best one to reach for.

We love the Boss 302, but everything we've heard about the Shelby GT350 suggests we'll have a new favorite. So we found both cars and sought out a new road to see what Ford has created. Join us for one of the loudest, fastest, and most illuminating comparisons we've ever done.

The Alfa 4c, Porsche Cayman, and Lotus Elise share the rare mixture of exotic mid-engine looks and dynamics with near-affordable prices. These are cars you'd normally see compared on great roads in the Alps, so we took all three to American equivalents just north of Los Angeles.

Wait for it.... The guys take a drifting course, and it doesn't go well at first. But with the right venue and instruction, this proves to be a great step by step progression to understanding drifting.

A SUV/CUV once meant an off-road capable family vehicle. Now, the definition has blurred so much that track ready cars like the Mercedes GLA 45 AMG and Porsche Macan S are sold as CUVs. On this episode, first seen on Velocity Channel, the guys put these two "CUVs" with a Jeep Grand Cherokee to discover where they belong and which is best.

Alfa Romeo has bombarded us with ads about the Giulia Quadrifoglio. It's gunning for BMW M3. We've driven the F80 M3 a few times, but never with the Competition Pack. So we grabbed both cars and headed to a favorite California road for this last episode of our first season on Velocity channel. While other outlets have had breakdowns with Giulias they've tested, we're thankful ours ran without a problem and allowed us to argue the finer points of these two monster sedans.