When our black sixth-gen GTI showed up last fall, it rolled in on a set of Continental SportContact 2 high-performance tires. Great tires normally, but not once the snow starts falling. The only real answer is proper snow tires.

Our 2010 Volvo XC60 recently changed hands, leaving our man George’s outpost in Pennsylvania to see out the remainder of its year with us at our Chicago home base. Just in time for a regular service and some warranty updates.

We have a month left with our 335d before it goes away; how did we manage to rack up 23,000 miles already? SImple — everybody loves to drive this car.

We recently upped our XC60’s game a bit by installing of a set of 20-inch Heico Sportiv alloys. The once-anonymous family crossover now gets its fair share of attention going down the road.

Just as we were coming down from a few stressful weeks around Kilometer's launch, we were delighted to take delivery of one very handy stress relief tool. Our long-term 2010 Volkswagen GTI was rolled off a truck and into our hearts, where five previous generations of VW’s hot hatch also reside

It’s said that Chicago has only two seasons – winter and road construction. As road construction comes to a close, that can mean only one thing: Winter is coming. We make a couple simple changes to our 335d to get it ready for the cold season.

Given the importance of the growing luxury crossover segment, it seemed like adding one to our stable might be a smart move. We chose a turbocharged Volvo XC60, and here's our initial report.

Earlier this year, in the dead cold of a Chicago winter, our sister publication, MWerks.com, took delivery of a new 2009 3-series sedan. The newest car in the company car park, it turned out, was the first diesel-powered BMW in the US in more than 20 years, the 335d sedan.