Tag: Crossover
First Drive: 2016 Lexus RX450h Hybrid
When it comes to luxury crossovers, the Lexus RX has been at the top of sales charts both in its class and in Toyota’s luxury brand showrooms. Adding to its gravitas, its hybrid offering the RX450h has been a signific...
First Look: 2017 Nissan Pathfinder
The Nissan Pathfinder as we know it gets its first major makeover since its introduction as a 2013 model, when it moved from a truck based SUV with hair on its chest to a car based crossover tailored more for the shop...
Under The Hood: 2016 Mazda CX9 2.5T
For 2016 the Ford sourced 3.7 liter V6 gives way to Mazda's new top engine in the CX9, a 2.5 liter direct-injected and turbocharged four cylinder engine. In the CX9 it is always paired with a six-speed automatic trans...
Test Drive: 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
The 2016 Toyota RAV4 is the top selling compact crossover SUV right now with over 32,000 copies sold in May of this year. It's ahead of the Ford Escape and Honda CRV as well as all the rest. Adding to its success is t...
Under The Hood: 2016 Lexus RX450h Hybrid
The Lexus RX 450h Hybrid, and before it the RX400h was one of the first hybrid-powered crossover SUV's on the market. Back then and now, it comes with a powertrain that actually bucks the trend of hybrids and is quite...
Special Report: Nissan takes stake in Mitsubishi
Today Nissan and scandal rocked Mitsubishi announced they're forging a new strategic alliance, a merger of sorts to combine forces to share engineering, product platforms, and manufacturing facilities. The bold mov...
Test Drive: 2016 Audi Q3 Quattro
The 2016 Audi Q3 comes to showrooms this year with a few styling updates and upgrades inside and out that are welcome since our last test drive of the brand's compact luxury crossover utility. These updates start ...
Under The Hood: 2016 Audi Q3 Quattro 2.0 TFSI
Because the the 2016 Audi Q3 is still based on the older A5 or Golf V architecture, it was not updated with the latest generation of the 2.0 VW/Audi EA888 engine. This means that it's one generation back of what most ...
Test Drive: 2016 Lincoln MKX EcoBoost
The all-new Lincoln MKX is built upon the same mid-size chassis as the popular Ford Edge, both of them built at Ford's Oakville, Ontario, Canada assembly plant. For this generation MKX however, it features its own uni...
First Drive: 2017 Kia Sportage
If you didn't already know it, Kia is a brand on the move. Over the past decade, they've completely transformed their products from what might have been considered bland, entry level cars to stylish, sporting, and eve...