Monthly Archives: February 2020

America’s love affair with SUVs has sprouted ever more new models in every shape and size, and more than a few ultra-powerful performance models. Yet, the Venn Diagram of the SUV realm’s myriad size classes and its horsepower-crazed offerings isn’t exactly an eclipse—particularly left out? Small SUVs, which generally are tepid and weak. Not the…

There are plenty of inclined surfaces on which to stake one’s reputation, but here’s a hill we’d die on: There aren’t enough mini cargo vans for sale in the United States. There, we said it. Sure, we get the ho-hum Ford Transit Connect, the okay Ram ProMaster City, and the spindly Nissan NV200, but we need more of…

It’s all about balance.View Entire Post › Source: buzzfeed

Volkswagen’s R performance brand, the same one churning out the hottest Golfs you can buy, continues to grow—just not in the United States. The foreign-market R family is growing by way of a 456-hp, gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid version of the Touareg crossover SUV. Yes, that Touareg, the luxurious one VW stopped selling here in 2017 because…

“He had trouble personalizing the impacts of his policies — I guess that’s just his business way,” New York City’s public advocate said of Bloomberg.View Entire Post › Source: buzzfeed

Feast your eyes on this forbidden fruit, Americans: French automaker DS is getting ready to debut a luxurious plug-in hybrid sedan at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show—and no, you can’t have it. The mid-size DS squares up against the likes of Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class and Audi’s A6, but separates itself from both with its trio of…

Valentino Balboni is smiling. “This is a good car,” the retired Lamborghini test driver says with a chuckle as he bends the million-dollar Drako GTE electric supersedan around a corner for the first time. We’re hurtling around The Thermal Club’s North Palm Circuit—a track Balboni has never driven and in a car he’s never driven….

I believe I can be forgiven for my quite negative preconceived notions going into this drive. See, at our annual Car of the Year brouhaha, we drove the non-V version of the CT5. We did not like it. It was one of the first cars we culled from the field, as I recall, and one…

Once again, Polestar is taking aim at Tesla. The Volvo-owned car company has built a pure electric four-door grand tourer concept that shows off its new sustainable interior, latest digital interface, and eye-tracking technology. The Polestar Precept is making its official debut at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. Polestar announced a plan for its future…

The 2018 Nissan Kicks has been living with the MotorTrend team for a year now, and we’ve found it to be an agreeable companion in the congested streets of Los Angeles. But is this subcompact SUV the ultimate commuter or the first vehicle in a brave new SUV world? Utilitarian Millennial Mobile Since its arrival,…

Goodwood Festival of Speed. The British Motor Museum, Gaydon. Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb. A track day at Silverstone. Now you can add another quintessentially British automotive experience to your bucket list: The Bicester Scramble. The what? Think of it as a British version of Woodward Dream Cruise meets Monterey Car Week. Except this one happens four…

Ford is adamant its new Explorer is worth a look for shoppers considering a new SUV, especially those interested in the Honda Pilot. One might think they’re right to assume their brand-spanking-new SUV is a proper contender for one of the class leaders. After all, the Pilot is nearly five years old, and the Explorer…

The 2021 Kia Seltos is entering the small SUV segment with style, roominess and decent comfort features. The Seltos is Kia’s newest SUV, slotting between the boxy Soul and sleek Sportage. We recently drove from San Antonio to Houston and spent a long weekend in Kia’s stylish new SUV, learning some of the pros and…

It’s not a phase, mom!View Entire Post › Source: buzzfeed

Because tiny messes add up.View Entire Post › Source: buzzfeed