Posts by Chris Haak
Just Another Day at the Office (Road Test Day)
By Chris Haak Several weeks ago, Full Metal Autos's Kevin Gordon and I had the opportunity to journey to the Catskill region of New York to the sleepy hamlet of Monticello. A...
Product Review: FaceLube Standard High-Performance Face Care
By Chris Haak By and large, men are typically not complicated creatures. Most of us don't keep our feelings bottled up, we don't gravitate toward sophisticated, high-brow...
Review: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI
I just finished reviewing a large, seven-passenger Chrysler Town & Country minivan, and now find myself moving onto my next task. In the Town & Country review, I laid...
Review: 2011 Lexus GS 460
By Roger Boylan It was no hardship driving a V8-powered 2011 Lexus GS460 for a week. The hardship was watching it being driven away. That brought it home that it wasn’t...
Review: 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Limited
By Chris Haak Chrysler Group had a busy offseason between the 2010 (which we'll call the "treading water" year) and 2011 model years. Though the lineup is not yet fully...
Journalists on Racetracks: Good Idea Or Not?
By Chris Haak Several of us here at Full Metal Autos are members of various organizations for automotive journalists. The organizations, such as the one I belong to - IMPA...
Review: 2011 Chrysler 200 Limited Hardtop Convertible
By Chris Haak A few years ago when I had the opportunity to interview Justin Thompson, the designer of the then-new 2010 Buick LaCrosse, I asked him how designers felt when their...
Saab Should Be Euthanized
As a fan of diversity and healthy competition in the global automobile industry, it's not easy to write this. I think there would be nothing better than a healthy,...
Review: 2011 Dodge Charger R/T Max AWD
By Chris Haak Just the good ol' boys Never meanin' no harm Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they was...