By Angus MacKenzie – MotorTrend Volkswagen invented the hot hatch, launching the Mk 1 Golf GTI in 1976, and it has honed and refined the formula ever since. Like most Japanese automakers, Honda and Toyota have toyed with the hot hatch genre, but these companies’ enthusiasm for it has waxed and waned over the years, tuggedContinue Reading
By Jeff Perez – Motor1 Lexus and Acura bring out the big guns in their battle for mid-range supremacy. Let’s be honest: The Germans still dominate the compact luxury segment. Those companies have been building sporty sedans for decades and doing it very well. But there’s enough room in thatContinue Reading
By Jeff Perez – Motor1 These 16 powerful trucks have lots of pickup. Here and now in 2020, there are a lot of ways to go fast. But absurd speed isn’t just for supercar and sports car owners anymore. Many companies now offer performance SUVs – the quickest of which we’ve onContinue Reading
By Nick Yekikian – MotorTrend The 2021 Kia Seltos is the brand’s latest entrant in the SUV octagon, and it enters the arena with a full head of steam. Last year Kia delivered a knockout punch in the form of the three-row Telluride. It was so good, we named it our 2020 SUV of the Year. WithContinue Reading
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
By: Jeff Perez – Motor1 The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX is here, and it packs a powerful Hellcat engine and some of the toughest suspension bits available. And just by looking at the numbers, we can already tell that the TRX is going to be one badass truck; 702 horsepower (523 kilowatts), 0 to 60Continue Reading
By Jonny Lieberman – Words, Brandon Lim – Photos – MotorTrend A Carmaking 101 lesson for you: Full-size SUVs with hefty price tags selling in large numbers equals big profits. How big? I don’t have the specifics, but in general terms, Chevrolet sells around 100,000 Tahoes every year, and Ford moved nearlyContinue Reading
By Alexander Stoklosa – MotorTrend The average price of a new car in America keeps inching up, so that now it sits just over $30,000. Luckily, for that $30K average price, one can afford a car that’s anything but average. Here, we’ve gathered 15 sporty cars (arranged in alphabetical order)Continue Reading
By Michael Floyd – MotorTrend There used to be a time when the full-size sedan was a must-have for any automaker and a common sight on American roads. But thanks to the rise of the SUV, with extra cargo space and higher ride heights, big four-door sedans fell out of favor withContinue Reading
By Ed Tahaney – MotorTrend The phrase “premium performance coupe” hardly does justice to these fabulous two-doors, which include some of autodom’s most exciting—and exciting to drive—sports cars. If you’re looking for practicality, forget it; the sporty two-door models we’ve collected here place a premium on being drivers’ cars at the expenseContinue Reading