It’s strange to me that Mercury was still making cars as recently as 2011. I had it in my mind that Ford retired the brand long before that. While I don’t remember Mercury offering any car that I…

With the recent – and very well done redesigns of their XC90 and XC60 SUVs, Volvo has just taken wraps off of its third entry into the space – a compact crossover known as the XC40. Given its…

The “entry level” Lamborghini Huracán is a very impressive supercar in its own right – with the dramatic styling that Lambo is known for, and driven by a crazy powerful 600+hp V10 that can launch it to 62…

Pulled straight from the purpose-built performance pages at Honda, the Civic Type R emerges onto the scene amidst great fanfare. It’s the first time in history that America has been offered the Civic with a factory R-rating, and…

It’s been quite some time since the Land Rover Defender was sold here in the US. In fact, it was sold only from 1993 to 1997 due to ever-changing safety regulations. I’m hopeful that the Defender will be…

When you think about the Mercedes-Benz S-class, fuel economy is probably the furthest thing from your mind. But the German luxury car maker thinks full-size sedan owners deserve a break on their gas usage and emissions too. With…

The 1980s were an odd decade. While they produced many iconic objects and styles which are still appreciated to this day, they also produced a boatload of bad cars. Sure, there were some needles in the haystack, but…

Fresh for the 2019 model year, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo looks like it could be the performance SUV to beat once again. Over its lifetime, the styling of the Cayenne has gotten cleaner and more modern, and the…

The Lamborghini Countach is one of the most iconic and infamous supercars of all time. Produced in various configurations from 1974 to 1990, designer Marcello Gandini’s second Lambo masterpiece (he also designed the Miura) was notoriously uncomfortable, hard…

British sportscar maker TVR’s latest vehicle looks pretty damned impressive, from its aggressively styled design to its powerful drivetrain. The two-seat TVR Griffith will be available in both coupe and convertible versions, and packs a big V8 engine…

The  automakers at Korea’s Kia and Hyundai have sure stepped up their game in the last decade or so, with dramatic improvements in styling and build quality to go along with their feature rich, yet value-priced equipment. This…

There’s a wildfire burning in the Pacific northwest right now that is roughly the size of Maryland. Evacuations are in order, roads are blocked, hundreds of firefighters deployed, and everywhere you look, a fine layer of ash cloaks…

The current generation Ford F-150 Raptor is already an amazing off-road performance truck. But as Shelby has been known to do, they couldn’t just leave things there, and decided to amp the Raptor up even more. With the…