Review written on 1/1951.
The media has blown a lot of smoke over the last few months over Donut's new Full Sized Sedan. It has stiff competition though from market leaders like the Scranton and even the bottom feeders like the 1694. Does the Wilkes-Barre live up to the hype? Find out more below!

I was giddy when I heard we were testing Donut Wilkes-Barre. On the track this thing is fast. How fast? Notice there are no pictures on this page? That fast! This is one of the fastest Full Sized Sedan I've ever been in. As impressive as that sounds, the 104 hp @ 3892RPMs 4778 cc I3 engine is even more impressive. Peddle to the metal, this baby will do 101 mph easily. And in a straight line we hit a 25.267s 0 to 60 mph! The engine puts out 113 lb-ft of torque which can haul 22 lbs. While testing the Donut Wilkes-Barre's handling on the track, we found that this Full Sized Sedan drives like a brick. Many times we were confronted with a corner that the vehicle just couldn't handle. At speed this vehicle may be deadly. Mommy can I keep it? Please?!

While certainly does not have the best features or materials. The Donut Wilkes-Barre does provide the bare necessities required in a vehicle of this type. No more and no less. As well as it should. If you wanted to spend that extra bit you would of bought the better vehicle. Was Donut wise in this respect? Maybe, but we do think they should of offered at least a little more bang for the buck so to speak.

Above average to good is what a friend of mine said when trying to load some junk into the 37 cu-ft of space inside the Donut Wilkes-Barre. He was right! The Wilkes-Barre is above average for vehicles in this segment. It is one of the more practical vehicles of this type on the market.

Donut really cut corners when making the Wilkes-Barre. You can tell in our test model. Only a few days old and parts are already starting to wear. But you get what you pay for. And if you buy gaps in paneling, leaky doors, and crackling speakers, well you're going to get gaps, leaks, and crackling. And the Donut Wilkes-Barre has all three in abundance.

The Donut Wilkes-Barre did very well on our dependability tests. We did not have any major issues in long term testing. The minor issues we did have were easy to resolve and not very costly. We believe that the Donut Wilkes-Barre is dependable enough for even the most unknowledgeable owner. It proper care and maintenance, even if done by a shop, the Donut Wilkes-Barre should last a very long time.

The Donut Wilkes-Barre gets 16.9 mpg. So get friendly with your local fuel station attendant. You'll be seeing him often.

While the Donut Wilkes-Barre is certainly impressive in term of safety, it's not overly designed in this fashion in a way that would imped its enjoyment. Never the less this vehicle is more than safe enough for even the most uptight and poor drivers among us.

The Donut Wilkes-Barre fits the mold of your prototypical Full Sized Sedan. It meets all the necessary requirements of being a good Full Sized Sedan and at times is quite enjoyable. It may not be the best. But it is still a good Full Sized Sedan.