SUVs : Car News And Reviews

Mitsubishi has announced a “striking concept car” heading to the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The Japanese automaker has been purposely vague about the new concept, providing just this teaser image at this point. But in my mind, it looks very much like the XR-PHEV Concept we saw a few months back.

I just got back from Iceland where I drove the new Land Rover Discovery Sport. While that was a very nice car that you’ll be hearing about shortly, the car I saw there that I wanted to drive the most was a Land Rover Defender with a tracks kit.

I have two kids and I know firsthand how a car guy or gal can go from a cool two-door sports car to a boring SUV. At some point in our lives, we tend to need enough room for car seats and the neighborhood kids that come over an eat all your food.

Earlier this month, we talked a bit about the Jeep Renegade concepts that were on hand at the Detroit auto show. These little SUVs are a bit strange looking to my eyes and aim at an urban crowd than Jeep vehicles like the Wrangler.

Land Rover has been making off-road vehicles for decades and its Defender is one of the most capable SUVs out there. The company has been making the Defender for over 30 years, and 2015 is the final model year for the sturdy off-roader.

SUVs are very popular, and just about every automaker out there is making them these days. Even Porsche has gotten into the SUV market with the Cayenne and Macan and those are some of the coolest SUVs around.

One of the most unexpected reveals at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show has got to be Hyundai’s funky little urban crossover – the Santa Cruz. Designed to provide a multipurpose urban adventure vehicle, the Santa Cruz is basically a modern spin on the mini pickup.

Volkswagen rolled into the 2015 Detroit Auto Show with a new mid-sized SUV to show off. The Cross Coupe GTE Concept is a mid-sized crossover that has room for five passengers and is shown with a hybrid drive system consisting of a 276 hp six-cylinder engine paired with two electric motors.

Mercedes-Benz will be officially unveiling the boosted version of its G-series crossover soon, but in the meantime they’ve released a a very loud teaser video. We expect to see the official unveiling at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show with official specs and, hopefully, we’ll get to hear what it sounds like on the road.

The coachbuilders and Land Rover enthusiasts at A. Kahn Design have unveiled the first model of its upcoming “Flying Huntsman” line, a Defender-based 105 Longnose. As the name suggests, the Defender wheelbase has been extended from the production 90 inches up to 105 inches in length.

The Nomad off-road vehicle comes from a company perhaps best known for their lightweight track car, the Ariel Atom. The new Nomad is now official and available for order. Priced at  £27,500 (~$41,600 USD), the open-body, dune buggy-like off road racer comes weighs in a just 1,477 pounds and is powered by a 230 horsepower, 2.4-liter Honda engine.

Subaru makes several car models but only three of them have any interest for the car guy in me. They have the cool WRX, the BRZ, and the Crosstrek. I am not a SUV guy, but I really like the looks of the Crosstrek.

Land Rover kicks off a year of celebrations around the retirement of the iconic Land Rover Defender with the release of three limited edition models: The beautiful Autobiography Edition, the retro-styled Heritage Edition, and the bold Adventure Edition.

To show off the capabilities of their 2015 Cherokee, Jeep pulled off an impressive feat, transforming a street in downtown Vancouver, Canada into a rocky mountain road. For a commercial spot called “River in the City,” the company took unsuspecting drivers on a GPS detour onto a city street that was covered with boulders, rocks and sand to simulate an off-road driving environment.

The Toyota Highlander has long been one of the most popular mid-size SUVs on the market. Its most recent redesign was for the 2014 model year, and that’s the version I managed to spend some time with.