Mid-size three-row crossovers are big business these days. The de facto replacement for the last generation’s minivans, these vehicles provide space for seven or eight people plus their stuff, with the added security of (usually optional) all-wheel drive. Toyota was one of the first on the...
Hyundai wants you to think of its new Venue as a pint-size crossover. But don’t believe the Korean brand. I’m not saying the Venue is a bad vehicle: it isn’t. In fact, it’s one of the most enjoyable autos I’ve driven in the last six months. This little box on wheels...
With the number of options available in the segment, the mid-size SUV segment is probably the most competitive segment in the North American market. The sheer number of options in the segment—and good ones at that—make it that much harder for the customer to settle for one. The Honda Pilot...
AutoGuide readers, I need your help. I need you to comment on this review, and make your voices heard to the good folks who run this website. AutoGuide needs to invest in a trailer – preferably with something on it. You see, I’m tired of driving vehicles like this 2020 GMC Sierra 2500 AT4...
Pragmatism. That’s what the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, two recently refreshed titans of industry, represent. Pragmatism isn’t sexy. It isn’t an inspiring motto. But pragmatism gets the job done without a fuss. Pragmatism doesn’t need a self-congratulatory pat on the...
As anyone who owns a toddler knows, it is easier to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem than it is to get a small child to eat their vegetables. How many of us were told as tykes not to eat cookies before supper lest we ruin our appetite? Fortunately, as your author rapidly enters his fortieth year, he...
As anyone who owns a toddler knows, it is easier to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem than it is to get a small child to eat their vegetables. How many of us were told as tykes not to eat cookies before supper lest we ruin our appetite? Fortunately, as your author rapidly enters his fortieth year, he...
To call the Escape the most important car Ford launches all year is an understatement. Forget the Mustang, or all the hype around the big electric crossover that’s borrowing its name. Even the upcoming Bronco, in all its glory, can’t match up. The Escape is Ford’s best-selling...
Auto reviewers are a weird lot. We pay attention to details that very few car shoppers ever notice, and we are so jaded by the tsunami of high-tech features appearing each week in our driveways that we often forget that a buyer new to the market after a few years will be amazed (or confused) by...
The Honda HR-V is one of your many choices in a small crossover. Like all of those, it has some strengths, weaknesses, features, and functions that could make it the right choice for you. But it depends on what you’re after. Your writer found the HR-V to be a very willing and eager driving...
It’s about time. Just over 20 years since the first Honda Insight arrived on US shores—beating the Toyota Prius to US market by a year—the company has launched a hybrid version of its popular CR-V crossover. And it couldn’t have come a moment sooner. The Prius, not the Insight,...
While success is never guaranteed in the car industry, launching an SUV in North America these days comes pretty darn close. At the risk of oversimplification, a carmaker needs only roll the thing out and then sit back and watch buyers flock to dealerships to hand over their money. I realize...
Manufacturers of trucks are wising up. They seemed to have figured out that not everyone needs (or wants) an enormous Ramerado Latinum Carbon Lithium Edition pickup truck the size of three football fields. It is not uncommon for a truck buyer to want something with a rugged appearance. The bed,...
Sometimes I feel like GM’s truck and SUVs merely exist in the background. Just like ordinary scenery that you zoom past. Sure, you see a lot of GMCs on the road, but most seem like workhorses consigned to schlep tools and equipment around for landscapers and plumbers. There’s nothing wrong...
There’s no getting around it: the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport is a calculated business move. And there’s nothing wrong with that. VW has seen the tide-change that’s sweeping across both America and Canada. The majority of its sales in the US last year weren’t from...