It used to be if you wanted an off-road-capable compact SUV your search began and ended with the words “Jeep Wrangler.” Love it or hate it, the iconic Wrangler (and its CJ forebearers) have during the last 80-years set the standard for go-anywhere mobility. While in years past, Wrangler rivals have been similarly constructedContinue Reading
This is a Mustang like you’ve never seen before. Bucking the tradition of muscular two-doors, the all-new Ford Mustang Mach-E is a four-door electric crossover. But this isn’t meant to be the tree-hugger’s Mustang—the Mach-E emphasizes performance and technology. Still, the Mach-E needs to achieve good electric driving range andContinue Reading
Is Ford’s Family SUV Right for You? By MotorTrend The Ford Explorer is recognizable all over America. With millions of units sold, it’s helped define the family-oriented crossover as we know it today. A full redesign for 2020 put the SUV on a rear-wheel drive platform with a choice ofContinue Reading
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
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: Jeff Perez – Motor1 The Ford F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in America, with nearly 900,000 examples of the truck making their way to customer’s hands last year. The Ranger, meanwhile, managed nearly 90,000 units in 2019 (even though it isn’t the top seller in its class). That’s all to say: Ford knowsContinue Reading
By: Anthony Alaniz – Motor1 Battle lines are being drawn. Reservists are being activated. The battle between the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler is just beginning. And, like most things online, will never go away. With the new 2021 Bronco making plenty of waves since Ford revealed it last week, there’s been plenty of attention paid toContinue Reading
By Frank Markus – Words; Steven Pham– Photos – MotorTrend Every Jeep model carries a spark of the original flame kindled by the iconic WWII Willys original. This makes it way easier to sell Jeeps, even the ones that don’t still resemble the primordial jeep. Ford (which incidentally built almostContinue Reading
By Jonny Lieberman, Frank Markus – Words; Steven Pham,William Walker– Photos – MotorTrend Thunderclouds threaten as our group stands in the middle of Johnson Valley OHV Area, looking at two pre-production versions of the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco. One is a Cactus Gray four-door Badlands hardtop, but we can’t take ourContinue Reading