Car, Truck, and SUV News and Reviews

A couple of months back, I had a chance to rough up the new Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport and Off-Road editions in a challenging course of dirt, gravel and mud. …

My L33t Google skills tell me that $30,000 in quarters would weigh about 1500 pounds. Could you imagine feeding that many quarters into a vending machine to buy your new car?…

The only thing remotely appealing about the Mitsubishi brand for the last decade for me and many car folks was the Evo. I have long wanted one of those cars but that time has passed.…

Ford has announced that it is the first automaker to test its autonomous cars at the new University of Michigan test facility called MCity. The test facility is a simulated city environment spanning 32 acres.…

Brabus has unveiled a new version of its Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG-based Rocket 900. The car was revealed at the 2015 Dubai Motor Show, and it’s designed specifically for wealthy clients in the Middle East.…

Automakers like to throw the word “lightweight” around, though the term is relative. For instance the new luxury Cadillac XT5 crossover isn’t a lightweight car compared to the Mazda MX-5, but compared to the Audi Q5, it’s 100 pounds lighter despite being 7-inches longer.…

Mercedes-Benz has offered up the requisite shadowy teaser image of its new 2017 SL that will be unveiled at the 2015 LA Auto Show next week.…

One of the most exciting things that Subaru and Toyota have done in a long time was to build the cheap, rear-wheel drive BRZ and Scion FR-S performance cars.…

McLaren has unveiled a special car made by their Special Operations (MSO) division. The bespoke model is a Middle Eastern exclusive, and is called the 650S Spider Al Sahara 79 edition.…

One of the more memorable commercials to play during the 2015 Super Bowl was the “Let’s Play” one for the Lexus RC F, in which a scale remote-controlled Lexus RC F gets hooned around.…

One of the upsides to diesel trucks is that they tend to get better fuel economy, while offering more torque than their gas powered brethren. Chevy has now announced the EPA estimates for its Colorado truck with the 2.8L Duramax turbo diesel, and the truck is now officially the most fuel-efficient truck in the US.…

The Shelby GT350 and its racier brother the GT350R are two of the hottest performance cars that Ford has ever produced. Each year, Road & Track conducts a big test to determine which performance car is the best of the bunch.…

The Hyundai Genesis Coupe has become one of the bargain sports cars on the market today. Hyundai has now announced pricing for the 2016 year model.…

Chevrolet recently kicked off an epic 48-state tour of the U.S. with a convoy of its new 2016 Camaros leading the way. I was fortunate to be chosen for the trip, and got to drive the leg that kicked off in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ended in Bozeman, Montana.…

In the new James Bond flick Spectre, much of the attention has been focused on the bespoke Aston Martin DB10 that Bond drives. That is certainly a good looking car, but I was disappointed it lacks Aston’s vaunted V12 engine.…