Twin-motor, zero-emission version of Ford’s best-seller will be available mid-2022. Ford has given us our first look at the highly anticipated all-electric version of its new F-150 pickup. The single image showed up yesterday during a presentation at Ford’s Rouge vehicle production...
The fourth-generation Escape and I have spent a lot of time together this year. It started in March with the SEL trim, with the smaller three-cylinder EcoBoost and optional all-wheel drive. Next was the 2.0-liter Titanium model, the highest rung on the gas-only ladder. For our third get-together...
Kia’s new sub-compact crossover has an uphill battle on its hands. Can it prevail? The general quality of cars has risen tremendously over the past decade and a half. We are at a stage in the history of the automobile where there are no more “bad cars”. This has made the job of...
On car Twitter recently, numerous colleagues talked about the double-standard performance EVs are held to that gas-powered sports cars are not: range. No EV discussion is free from the five-letter R-word, and sure enough, every friend and family member asked about the Taycan Turbo’s when I...
If you take one thing away from this review, please let it be this: the Fiat 500X is proof that looks can go a long way, even in the car world. Objectively, this isn’t the best sub-compact SUV out there. It’s pricey, it’s not as fast as its numbers would suggest, and it’s...
So you’ve decided on a compact SUV but want to save at the pumps. Good choice. The Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape are two of the biggest names in the segment. For 2020 both offer hybrid options, promising the same family-hauling capability with city car levels of fuel sipping. On paper...
These three luxury compact crossovers go about doing their business in three very different ways. One corner of the triangle is home to the BMW X3, an SUV that prioritizes sportiness and driving excitement. In the second, the Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class, an SUV that feels like a vintage drawing room...
The RAV4 is now the de facto face of Toyota’s hybrid movement—and the Prime is the best electrified vehicle it’s made yet. Toyota’s compact crossover was its best-selling model in Canada and the USA last year. Not counting pickups, it was also the chart-topper for passenger...
I’m sometimes criticized for my choices among peers for supporting Toyota cars. As an auto journo and enthusiast, I guess I’m expected to only drool over Celicas and the Supras but I love pretty much everything it makes. The simple reason for that is, you can buy any Toyota and chances...
(Cue Jan Brady voice); “Tesla, Tesla, Tesla!” When it comes to a sporty, entry-level luxury BEV sedan, that’s pretty much the only game in town, and why not? The Model3 is, by most measures (and JD Powers nit-pickery aside), a great car. But we’re so spoiled here in the First World,...
It is a testament to the success of the Genesis G90 that it wasn’t until my last day with the car that I discovered that its 5.0-liter V8 sounds absolutely stunning when you rag on it. Not only hadn’t I heard it until my last day with the car, I’d had no desire to hear it, nor play around...
The Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is an answer to a question few people are asking. Now, that approach has worked with other FCA—sorry, Stellantis—vehicles. “How much horsepower can a Grand Cherokee handle?” resulted in the laugh-out-loud, 707-horsepower Trackhawk. “Is the Hellcat...
The Cayenne GTS is the latest Porsche model to follow the brand’s anti-downsizing trend, and it’s all the better for it. Earlier this year the German brand announced the 718 Boxster and Cayman GTS 4.0 models, with larger, naturally aspirated flat-six hearts plucked from the GT4 and...
Getting back behind the wheel of the BMW X1 was an interesting experience for a couple key reasons. Those who know me will recall my soft spot for BMW, being an ex-BMW technician who put down the wrenches at the end of 2015, and someone who has owned and/or leased no less than seven BMW models...
As someone who has fetishized old sports cars all his life and tried to own one or two, I have to say, I envy the Wrangler’s universal appeal. It truly is all things to all people. And to me, this two-door Wrangler Rubicon is a Singer 911 with a reasonable price tag. Okay, so...
