Daily Drivers : Car News And Reviews

In the history of automotive advertising, the Kia Soul hamsters are legendary. The adorable human-sized hamsters that loved to party were the ideal way for Kia to launch this cute and quirky compact car. It showed a youth invasion was coming, and Kia was there to capture the next wave of drivers and car buyers.

Reviewing a 2018 vehicle in the closing hours of the year might seem odd, but the newly redesigned 2018 and 2019 Ford Expedition are basically identical, so I figured my thoughts might still prove useful for those SUV shopping for the new year.

It’s been nearly 45 years since the Honda Civic hatchback first burst onto the scene, kicking off a long line of Japanese hot hatches for decades to come. While today’s Civic Type-R is certainly the most technically impressive and powerful of the Civic hatch family tree, it’s not necessarily everyone’s favorite when it comes to its over the top aero kit.

The 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class is one of the least expensive ways into the world of Mercedes ownership. It’s also a good looking car just as it is built from the factory. But if you’d like to upgrade things a bit, German tuning house Brabus has announced that it is tweaking that 2019 A-Class with better aero, suspension, performance, and style.

Honda teased the new 2019 Passport a while back, and promised to unveil the new SUV at the LA Auto Show. That official unveil has happened, and it turns out that the Passport is a 5-passenger V6 SUV aiming at adventure seekers.

The Range Rover Evoque has remained largely unchanged since its original release back in 2010. If you ask me, that’s because Land Rover got so much right with its original styling that it’s held up all this time.

I’ve long thought the Toyota RAV4 was a solid and dependable ride for everyday driving. But with the new 5th-generation model due out for the 2019 model year, the RAV4 isn’t just a good vehicle, it’s a great one.

Honda is teasing the 2019 Passport – an SUV that will sit between the CR-V and the Pilot in the SUV line. If the name sounds familiar, that’s because Honda sold a Passport SUV back in the 1990s that was basically a repackaged Isuzu Rodeo.

If you can believe it, the Toyota Corolla has been around for over 50 years. And to celebrate the subcompact sedan’s 5+ decades on this planet, Toyota has rolled out the 12th-generation Corolla. While in Carmel, California testing out the 2019 RAV4, I was able to check out the all-new 2020 Corolla up close and personal as a bonus.

With winter pretty much upon us, thoughts of warmer days take hold, and with them memories of various off-road adventures we have undertaken. Take the Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium for instance, which serves as a time capsule both in the bright green foliage around it, and within the vehicle itself.

Chrysler discontinued the 200 midsize sedan. Ford announced that this will be the last generation of the Fusion midsize sedan. Sales of the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord midsize sedans aren’t what they used to be.

If the Audi TT were an exotic animal, it would probably be a flying squirrel. Small in stature, yet ferociously unafraid of swift flight, it rambunctiously leaps from place to place; an adorable little acrobat with loads of personality and a “never-say-die” look in its eye.

Ask yourself this simple question: Is this the golden age of performance automobiles? We tend to think so. Fuel prices remain relatively reasonable, engineering advancements have provided us with more forced induction solutions than we can shake a piston at, torque-vectoring is not just brake-driven but power oriented as well, and automakers are taking unassuming family cars and are making performance models out of them.

Ford is getting ready to toss the new 2019 Ranger onto the market here in the states, and while competitors from Chevy, GMC, and Toyota are all using V6 engines, Ford’s mid-size pickup truck will come only with four-cylinder turbocharged engine here in the states.

It’s not often that one of the big talking points of a vehicle involves the sound system. But that’s exactly the case with the completely redesigned 2019 Acura RDX. Don’t get me wrong, the new look of this midsize SUV are stunning.