High-end luxury and exotic car manufacturers have been quick to get into the SUV segment and battling to have the most powerful and fastest SUV in the world. Aston Martin is now releasing a new SUV that lays claim to the title of the world’s most powerful luxury SUV called the DBX707.

Last week, Barrett-Jackson held its annual Scottsdale, Arizona auction. Among the cars sold was the first 2023 Corvette Z06, with proceeds benefitting Operation Homefront. Like the other charity auctions Barrett-Jackson has held, all of the hammer price goes to the charity.

Ford Performance has confirmed that it is returning to factory-backed IMSA racing with a team that will be managed by Multimatic. The two-car team will race a new Ford Performance Mustang GT3 car that Ford teased at the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona.

Kia previously revealed most details about the 2022 EV6, the Korean automaker’s first battery-electric production vehicle. The sleek crossover will be sold in all 50 states and offered in three trim configurations, including Light, Wind, and GT-Line.

As expensive as trucks like the F-150 have become, it might be hard to imagine that the F-150 is still the most popular vehicle in America. Ford points out that the F-Series has been the best-selling truck in the US for 45 years and the best-selling vehicle for 40 years.

Ford has worked with charitable organizations for many years by building customized vehicles, auctioning them off, and giving all the proceeds to the charity. The first custom vehicle up for sale in 2022 is today, January 27, at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction.

Toyota has taken wraps off the new 2023 Sequoia. It has styling very similar to the recently unveiled new Toyota Tundra full-size pickup, which is only natural since they ride on the same platform. The SUV shares its architecture not only with the Tundra but with the new global Land Cruiser and Lexus LX.

Nissan has confirmed the starting MSRP for the 2022 Rogue Sport SUV. The Rogue Sport compact crossover is available in both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive versions and has a range of standard safety and technology.

Italian design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina has contributed to the design of some truly awe-inspiring cars, from the original Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider to just about every Ferrari built since the 1950s. One of the stranger designs to emerge from Pininfarina has to be the Model X.

I have frequently complained about how dealerships take popular and in-demand vehicles, particularly sports cars, and tack on tens of thousands of dollars onto the MSRP. This price-gouging practice is common in the industry and has been going on for many years.

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) makes some pretty amazing hypercars, but they also are working on an unusual off-road vehicle called the Baja Boot. Recently, the company revealed a version of the Baja Boot that ditches the internal combustion engine in favor of a hydrogen fuel cell and electric motors.

BMW has announced that it will produce a limited-edition run of 12 unique M760i xDrive cars for the US market to celebrate its final run of V12 engines. The 12 cars are called The Final V12, and each will pack a 6.6-liter BMW M TwinPower turbo V12 engine that makes 601 horsepower.

Nuro is a California-based vehicle tech company that makes autonomous delivery vehicles. Their new third-generation vehicle is fully-autonomous, runs on electricity, and Nuro says this design can be produced at scale. It was designed from the ground up to need no human behind the wheel and lacks any seating or controls for humans.

I kind of consider the 1990s my “lost decade” – I didn’t really care for mainstream music, movies, or cars during most of that period. Sure, there were some outliers like Radiohead, The Matrix, and the Nissan Skyline, but for the most part, I didn’t really connect with pop culture.

In September, Ford confirmed the Ranger Splash pickup was returning as a limited-edition trim package. Now Ford stepped up and offered more details on what we can expect from the special edition trucks and the approximate launch date for each version.