BMW X6 Pros and Cons Review: How It’s the Best One BMW Has Built Yet
By Jonny Lieberman – MotorTrend “What can be said about the X6 M that hasn’t been said before?” That’s what features editor Christian Seabaugh wondered about the third generation of BMW’s slope-roofed midsize SUV. Turns out, a lot. For one, we collectively felt that this third-gen BMW X6 is the best oneContinue Reading
2022 Volkswagen Taos First Look: A Big New Small SUV
By Nick Yekikian – MotorTrend The Volkswagen Group is the largest automaker in the world, and yet it only commands a measly three percent of the U.S. car market. Why so small a piece of such a decent-sized pie? Well, for a long time VW simply didn’t make the sort ofContinue Reading
2021 MotorTrend SUV of the Year: Contenders and Finalists
By MotorTrend As automakers walk away from sedans as family transportation, it seems ever more categories and niches are being created for the now-omnipresent SUV. Across these multiple sizes, shapes, and price points, we tested the latest models at the 2021 MotorTrend SUV of the Year competition—thoroughly evaluating nearly 30 vehicles in all,Continue Reading
So Long: The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Is Officially Being Discontinued
By Alex Kierstein – MotorTrend If you read our test of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Heritage Edition, you might have caught a bittersweet note: That special model is effectively the GT350’s swan song, at least in the car’s current incarnation. We’d speculated this to be the case earlier, but nowContinue Reading
The Best Hatchbacks You Can Buy In 2020
By Alex Nishimoto – MotorTrend Crossovers and SUVs might dominate the new car market, but for some, there is just no substitute for the practicality, fuel economy, and handling fun that a proper hatchback can offer. There’s a lot to like about modern hatchbacks—and of course, SUVs are just jacked-upContinue Reading
2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge EV First Drive Review: Pure Electric P8wer
By Angus MacKenzie – MotorTrend Quick quiz: How many 400-plus-hp production cars has Volvo built? The 402-hp 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 is one of the most significant cars the Swedish brand has launched, right up there with the P144 Amazon, the 760, and the S80. But that significance derivesContinue Reading
Mazda MX-30 Review
The Mazda MX-30 isn’t Mazda’s first electric vehicle per se – it’s made several prototypes, including the absurd, Kinder-Egg-on-wheels EX-005 concept of 1970 – but it is Mazda’s first production EV. Careering straight down the plug-in crossover route seems like a safe bet for pulling in buyers, but there are plentiful clues Mazda’sContinue Reading
This is the new Jaguar F-Pace
By Vijay Pattni – Top Gear This is the new, facelifted Jaguar F-Pace. It’s a subtle makeover of Jag’s really rather good SUV, intended to give it a “cleaner, more assured presence”. As such, the bonnet has been redesigned with a bigger bulge up top, while sitting underneath is a slightly largerContinue Reading
2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Plug-In Hybrid First Look
By Greg Fink – MotorTrend eep continues to expand its Wrangler SUV’s powertrain lineup with the arrival of a plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid option for 2021. Dubbed the 4xe (that’s pronounced “four-by-E”), the Wrangler’s latest powerplant joins the model’s 285-hp 3.6-liter V-6, 270-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder, and 260-hp turbo-diesel 3.0-liter V-6. As with the latter engine,Continue Reading
2021 Honda Odyssey First Drive Review
By: Brett T. Evans – Motor1 Updates for 2021 make Honda’s already excellent family hauler slightly better. In spite of my penchant for dad jokes, I am not in the target demographic for the 2021 Honda Odyssey – as an unmarried, childless, 31-year-old male, my automotive tastes currently skew toward three-letter abbreviations like WRX,Continue Reading