Category: New Models
The Hyundai Tucson Now Offers Two Hybrid Choices
Standard and plug-in hybrid Hyundai Tucson models join the product line. Model Overview | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Hyundai is making a huge bid for electrification with its Tucson compact crossover utility vehicle. Beginning in 2022, the…
Summer Breeze: 2022 Audi Q5
The Audi Q5 supplies style and verve in the luxury realm. Midsize, two-row luxury utility vehicles are the go-to models for consumers who want something besides a sedan or mainstream model. The Audi Q5 is one such vehicle, a five-passenger…
The Head-Turning, Attention-Grabbing Hyundai Palisade
The Hyundai Palisade is elegant and affordable. Model Overview | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Hyundai shook the midsize, three-row crossover utility segment in 2020 when it introduced the Palisade. The new model immediately supplied a bridge between…
The Roomy Volkswagen Tiguan Crossover
The Volkswagen Tiguan is practical and predictable. Model Overview | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Volkswagen rolled out the current-generation Tiguan in 2018. This year, the model offers updated exterior styling, a refreshed interior, upgraded technologies, and expanded…
Kia EV6: Full-Electric Crossover SUV
The Kia EV6 is this brand’s first fully dedicated electric vehicle. Model Overview | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Korean automaker Kia continues to dazzle the market with interesting, even exciting models. The Telluride SUV may be the…
Performance Crossover: Hyundai Kona N
The Kona N throws down the performance in the small crossover segment. Model Overview | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Whoever said that the fun-to-drive on-road experience is limited to sports cars and touring models? Through the years…
History of the Ford Flex
One part crossover and another part station wagon, the Ford Flex was an unusual vehicle for its time. Introduced in 2009 and continuing through 2019, the Flex underwent modest changes during its 11-year model run. The Flex shared its underpinnings…
Nissan Z Deep Dive!
All about the Nissan Z, its history, and the current model. History | Review (Highlights) | Specifications | Key Attributes Scan the entirety of the Nissan performance universe and several models stand out. Skyline. GT-R. Fairlady. Z Series. Some models…
All-New 2023 Chevrolet Colorado Features Bold Design & Overhauled Powertrain Strategy
Pickup trucks remain an important segment for manufacturers, a strong and profitable growth sector not to be ignored. Consumers want them, typically prizing these vehicles for their style, performance, comfort, and trailering capabilities. GM is no stranger to the market,…
Improved Honda CR-V Pushes Hybrids
Something interesting is happening on the road to electrification, at least for certain manufacturers. Instead of including hybrids in the transition, several automakers are heading straight to full electrics. Happily, not everyone has chosen this path and that’s exactly the…
Ford Expedition: All-American SUV
The fourth-generation Ford Expedition rolled out in 2018 and received an update for 2022. The full-size SUV shares its underpinnings with the Ford F-150 and is available in standard and stretched wheelbase configurations. The Expedition is prized by large families…
About the 2023 Honda HR-V Crossover
Honda’s lineup of utility vehicles includes the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, and Pilot. The Honda HR-V rolled out in 2016 and originally shared its underpinnings with the Fit subcompact hatchback. The Honda Fit has departed, therefore, to keep the HR-V going,…
History of the Nissan Juke
The Nissan Juke is a rare breed, a quirkily styled model that by all accounts should have immediately failed in a discriminating consumer market. This subcompact crossover utility vehicle, however, rolled out in 2011 and stayed around through 2017, as…
Bedazzled by the 2023 Genesis GV60 EV!
The Genesis marque launched in 2015 and within a few years, it had three sedans for consideration. Soon thereafter, a succession of utility vehicles followed, including its latest model, the GV60. Unlike the others, the Genesis GV60 is electric only….
The All-New 2022 Lexus LX600
The Lexus LX 600 is all-new for 2022, a model based on Toyota’s large truck architecture. The LX is the Lexus version of the Toyota Land Cruiser, a model that is no longer sold in the U.S. but is still…
Farewell to the Ford EcoSport
The Ford brand is dominated by utility vehicles and trucks, therefore it is a bit surprising that its smallest crossover is going away. Indeed, the 2022 Ford EcoSport is the final model year for this subcompact model, an import from…
Best-Selling Crossover: 2022 Toyota RAV4
The family car is no more, at least it isn’t in the form that we once knew – a four-door sedan. Sure, there are some sedans to be had, but most shoppers prefer utility vehicles, as these are prized for…
2023 Toyota Sequoia Specifications
The Toyota Sequoia is all-new for 2023, launching this model’s third generation in summer 2022. The Sequoia is based on the identical body-on-frame platform as the full-size Toyota Tundra pickup truck. It will also be built on the same assembly…
The Affordable, Efficient Toyota Camry Hybrid
Are high fuel prices getting you down? We absolutely understand this, because as of this writing gas prices are well over $4 per gallon. We are in the record-setting territory and, sadly, there is no relief in sight. We realize…
All About the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
If you are in search for a fuel-efficient car, you’re in the company of legions of Americans. With fuel prices surging well above $4 per gallon, the search for efficiency is on. A growing list of full-electric vehicles is available….