Category: SUVs & Crossovers
Motoring Minute: Lincoln MKX Concept
Ford's luxury brand showed their mid-size crossover Lincoln MKX Concept for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Forecasting the replacement for the Lincoln MKX in the 2016 model year, the ...
First Look: 2017 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon
Jeep had a full spread at the Chicago Auto Show as they always do, showing off their vehicles well in their home environment, though I have yet to see water as blue as the day glow dyed stuff they had in their booth i...
Under The Hood: 2022 Volkswagen Taos 1.5T
The 2022 Volkswagen Taos features the brand's latest generation EA211 1.5-liter turbocharged four cylinder gasoline engine, here with 158 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. In our FWD Taos test vehicle it ha...
First Look: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle
Kia energized the Chicago Auto Show this year with their first ever purpose built hybrid SUV to compete with the likes of the Ford C-Max and Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. The new 2017 Kia Niro is what they call Hybrid Utility V...
Test Drive: 2018 Volkswagen Atlas SEL AWD
When the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas was first shown, they parked it aside the classic and iconic Microbus from the 1960's in a bid to paint the new SUV in the image of their brand of road going travel Americana. At fir...
WTF: Fake Exhaust Pipes
Styled exhaust tips have been around for decades but in the past decade or so have becoming increasingly bolder, pronounced and artistic parts of new car design. They are a great accent to a car's presentation that sp...
Test drive: 2014 Toyota Venza Limited V6 AWD
The term “crossover” has been so overused in the past near decade now that it's been hard to know what it really means anymore. The 2014 Toyota Venza however is clearly in the cross-hairs of what crossover means, an a...
Under The Hood: 2016 Lincoln MKX 2.7 EcoBoost
Ford’s 2.7 liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 first appeared in the 2015 Ford F-150 pickups, then the 2015 Ford Edge Sport, now the 2016 Lincoln MKX and soon the 2017 Ford Fusion Sport AWD. Here, it has the highest tune of ...
First Look: 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e
As if BMW wasn't already in cutting edge limelight, they enter the newly minted plug-in hybrid SUV fray with their 2016 X5 xDrive40e. The 2016 X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid combines a 240 horsepower 2.0-liter turboch...
Test Drive: 2015 Lincoln MKC AWD
All-new for this year, the 2015 Lincoln MKC has quickly become the top selling crossover SUV from Ford's luxury brand. This comes for a couple reasons starting with the fact the compact luxury crossover class is as ho...
