If you’re looking to spend between eighty and a hundred thousand dollars on your next mid-size luxury, two-row crossover, i think this is hands down the best option in america. Right now, for 2020, bmw has significantly bumped the power from the 4.4 liter twin-turbo v8. Under the hood up to 523 horsepower and that…
2022 Hyundai Tucson First Look
Hyundai just announced that the best-selling vehicle in their lineup, the hyundai tucson, is getting a complete redesign for 2022., now full disclosure. There is a ton that we know about the tucson, but also quite a bit that we do not know, especially when it relates to the north american market. So hyundai today…
2021 RAM 1500 TRX — The Raptor Killer With The Hellcat Heart
The worst kept new vehicle secret for 2020 has to be the supercharged RAM 1500 — the RAM 1500 TRX. But today we know all of the details and we know it’s going to be on sale here very soon. I have to say this is the new car launch that probably made me smile…
2020 Toyota Highlander | Refining The 3-Row SUV
This is one of the biggest launches in the 3-row crossover segment, because the Highlander is one of the best-selling 3-row crossover in America and for 2020 Toyota has completely redesigned this vehicle. Aside from sharing a displacement of three and a half liters under the hood, and essentially the same 8-speed automatic transmission that…
2021 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring Plug-In Hybrid First Look Review
This is the plug-in hybrid version of the Corsair, and this will compete very directly with other hybrids and plug-in hybrids. In the luxury compact crossover segment, so this is going to be a direct competitor to the Lexus UX hybrid and, of course, a very direct competitor to something like the Volvo XC60 T8….
2020 Hyundai Sonata | Hyundai Is Not Giving Up On Sedans
If you paid attention to the automotive news, you’ve probably heard that sedans are dying in America. The reality is that sedans are changing in America because of a changing demographic for sedan. Shoppers, a lot of active families have moved away from midsize, formerly known as family sedans. In America and move towards compact…
2021 Kia Seltos First Look
Hotly anticipated Seltos crossover is slotting in the lineup between the Kia Soul, which you sort of could consider a crossover and something like the Kia Sportage, which is definitely bigger than this. The Sportage is designed as a direct RAV4 and CRV competitor, whereas this is very similar in overall size to the Hyundai…
2020 Mazda CX 30 First Look Review
This is the sexier formatted crossover in Mazdas lineup, so it doesn’t have quite the same shape as the cx-5 and it’s designed to slot between the cx-3 and the cx-5 and their overall lineup. This will be a competitor, something perhaps like the all-new Kia, SEL tous. In terms of its overall size and…
2020 Nissan Sentra First Look
Some manufacturers are saying that sedans don’t have any potential in their future lineup. Nissan is not one of those companies and the Sentra is one of their most popular vehicles in America and the most popular nameplate. They tell us when all sales are calculated, they’ve sold over 6 million Sentras in the world…
2020 Hyundai Palisade – The Premium Three Row
If you’ve been wondering what hyundai had up their sleeves for 3-row crossover, shoppers then wonder no longer, because here at the 2018 LA Auto Show that pulled the covers off of the all-new hyundai palisade. This will replace the three row santa fe in their lineup. The overall look is definitely distinctive. We have…
2020 Ford Escape — The Turbo Alternative
The compact crossover segment in America is absolutely red-hot and that’s why, for 2020 Ford has completely redesigned their popular escape crossover, so this model shares virtually nothing with the previous generation escape it’s a little bit bigger. It’s definitely a lot more luxurious and we finally have a hybrid back in the escape again…
Tesla Model 3 Review — The Truth After 26,000 Miles
Almost one year ago I took delivery of my Tesla Model 3 and since then I’ve driven it over 26,000 miles. So is it still the best car I’ve ever driven or was it a $50,000 mistake? When I first got my Model 3, I was a little skeptical on how reliable it would be…
2020 Toyota Prius Prime — Updating The Ultimate Fuel Sipper
This is Toyota’s premier plug-in hybrid vehicle for 2020, but it is very soon going to be joined by a 2020 RAV4 plug-in hybrid. Although we don’t know all the details of the RAV4 plug-in hybrid, yet we do know that the mission of the RAV4 is going to be different than this Prius, prime,…
2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid — The Prius Alternative
When Toyota redesigned the Corolla for 2020, they made two notable changes. First, the interior got a little bit smaller than the last generation model, and the second and probably biggest change is that we now have the availability of a hybrid drivetrain under the hood and that’s the model that we’re taking a look…
2020 Ford Escape Hybrid — Watch Out RAV4!
For 2020, if you’re, looking for a compact crossover with a hybrid drivetrain, you have exactly two options: the tota rav4 and this all-new Ford Escape for 2020. That’s because Nissan has killed off the hybrid version of the rogue and, if you’re looking for a plug-in hybrid, then you have two options as well,…
2020 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid — The Best Compact Crossover
Over the years, hybrid vehicles, especially Toyota’s hybrid vehicles, have gotten a bit of a bad rap. They’ve, been accused of being a little bit too boring a little bit too expensive, not really saving you any money in the long run, etc. But this hybrid right here is a very different kind of hybrid….
2020 Volkswagen Atlas — The Child Seat Champ
The biggest Volkswagen sold in America and our top pick for a 3-row crossover if you’re a family with kids still in child seats. The only major change for 2020 is a two row Atlas without any engine changes or any major changes of options on the inside. The Atlas is big, boxy and square…
2020 Kia Telluride — Our Top 3-Row Pick!
The Kia Telluride is quite simply one of the best 3-row crossovers available in America. On the inside. We find class-leading legroom one of the best cargo room figures available in the 3-row crossover segment and interior volume that definitely rivals some of those big body-on-frame SUVs out there, but the Telluride is only a…
2019 Nissan Murano – The Softer Side Of Things
Nissan has refreshed their mid-sized toro crossover for the 2019 model year to try and keep it current, because this segment is really heating up in 2019, we’ll be getting an all-new Honda Passport. An all-new, Chevy, Blazer and, of course, that’s on top of the recently redesigned Hyundai Santa Fe. In a nutshell, this…
2019 Genesis G70 – The War Is On
The 3-series has long been the benchmark in the compact luxury sedan segment, not because the 3-series is the best at everything, but because the 3-series is a very well-rounded luxury car. When designing competitors in this segment, manufacturers have often not competed directly with the 3-series, but instead tried to pick off certain customers….
2019 Nissan Maxima – Marching To A Different Drummer
The Maxima has been mildly refreshed for the 2019 model year in order to keep this current with new entries like the Toyota Avalon and, of course, the Kia Cadenza. This segment is actually shrinking a little bit in America because we no longer get the Hyundai Azera. Part of that is because crossovers are…
2019 Lexus RC F – Has Lexus Done Enough?
If you like, the look of the Lexus LC, but can’t quite afford one, then don’t wear a Lexus has another coupe for you, the Lexus RC, and that’s what we’re taking a look at in this video after receiving a number of emails from viewers it occurred to Me that we never really took…
2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 – Widest Bed In The West
The all-new 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup truck, the close cousin to the GMC Sierra. But for 2019 General Motors is trying to separate the two trucks a little bit. So we have a few things on the Silverado that we don’t find on the Sierra and vice versa up front. We see a design that…
2019 Kia Niro EV Review — Kia’s Newest Electric Car
Out here, in Los Angeles, it appears that kia has beat other brands to the multiple electric vehicle party by giving us not just the Seoul Electric, but also this all-new enero, the electric version of their already efficient, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle. The Niro EV has a battery capacity, that is over 60…
2019 Lexus UX Review – A 9/10ths Scale NX
The all-new Lexus UX is the smallest crossover in the Lexus brand. It slots just one step below the Lexus NX by its overall size and very much like the rest of its competition in the luxury segment. This was really designed for Europe initially, but they’re also bringing it to the US, because Americans…
2019 Mazda CX-5 – The New Performance King?
This is Mazda’s best-selling vehicle in the United States, and it has also been a longtime favorite here, because the cx-5 is simply gorgeous to look at. It also is fun to drive, but the cx-5 has had a few problems in the past. It’s not as accommodating on the inside as some of the…
2019 Toyota Prius – Now With “AWD”
Toyota recently pulled the covers off of the refreshed Toyota Prius at the LA Auto Show. The Prius has had a slightly polarizing look in this generation, but they’ve definitely toned that down for the new refreshed model. They’ve also made some interior changes borrowed some technology out of the plug-in Prius Prime, like the large…
2019 Nissan Kicks Review
Some people are saying that this isn’t really a crossover that it really is more of a subcompact hatchback, because in the u.s. at least, you cannot get all-wheel-drive in this vehicle. That makes it very similar to something like the Kia Soul or the tow to CHR whether you want to call this a…
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe – The CUV Middle Child
For those of you paying attention in the past, Hyundai has had two different crossovers that wore the Santa Fe name. They had a midsize two-row crossover called the Santa Fe Sport and then a midsize thee-row crossover called the Santa Fe without the sport for 2019 they’re clarifying things a little bit and we now…
2019 Mazda CX-3 Review – The Tiny Zoom-Zoom
If you’re looking for one of the smallest and least expensive Mazdas in America, then you really have just one choice: the 2019 Mazda CX-3, that’s because in the United States Mazda does not sell the Mazda 2, which is the smallest Mazda in other world markets. Although, if you really wanted a Mazda 2,…