Almost two years ago, Dodge pulled the covers off its Charger Daytona prototype––an all-electric take on its infamous muscle car lineup. A year later, it announced the “last call” for the HEMI V8 versions of the Charger and Challenger. After that, the brand went radio silent on its plans for the future, and we had […]
Author: Wyatt Moreton
The 2025 Ford Explorer May Not Be Exciting, but It Delivers
The refreshed 2025 Ford Explorer is here, and it’s not particularly exciting––but that’s not a bad thing. Even though the Explorer has now gone untouched for five years, that hasn’t slowed it down. Last year, Ford sold no fewer than 186,799 Explorers, making it the brand’s second best-selling vehicle after the juggernaut that is the […]
The 2025 Mazda CX-70 Is a New Class of Luxury SUV
Last year, Mazda impressed us all when it unveiled the 2024 CX-90, an all-new three-row SUV designed to take the place of the dependable CX-9. The CX-90 was a vehicle of many firsts, introducing a new rear-wheel drive platform, a new turbocharged inline-six engine, and a new plug-in hybrid powertrain, further burnishing Mazda’s credentials as […]
The 2025 Lucid Air Gravity Is Ready to Floor You
More electric vehicle (EV) options are entering the market seemingly every day, but it’s no secret that the real competition is between three California-based startups: Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid. While Tesla is by far the best-known of the three, Lucid currently holds the record for the longest-ranged EV on the market. The Lucid Air Sapphire […]
The 2025 Toyota Camry Goes Hybrid-Only for Its Ninth Generation
The Toyota Camry isn’t a model known for making waves. In fact, it may well be one of the most unassuming vehicles on the market. But Toyota has decided to do something radical for the all-new 2025 Camry, ditching all the traditional gasoline engines in favor of a standard hybrid powertrain. It’s a bold move […]
The 2025 Crown Signia Expands Toyota’s Premium Offerings
Two years ago, the name “Toyota Crown” meant nothing to the average driver. Despite being the oldest model in the manufacturer’s lineup and the first Toyota sold in the United States, the Crown never found much success in America and vanished from our shores in 1973. Now, the Crown is back with a vengeance. The […]
The 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger: The EV That Isn’t
With the debut of the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Chevy Silverado 1500 EV, only one member of the Big Three was left without an electric pickup truck. Ram plans to remedy that problem with the upcoming 2025 Ram 1500 REV, but it has just announced a second electrified option: the 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger. […]
The 2025 Ram 1500 Brings the Power of the Hurricane
The Ram 1500 and the 5.7L HEMI V8 engine go together like ice cream and apple pie, with the two being inseparable since the big V8 was introduced in 2003. However, the winds of change are blowing, and the redesigned 2025 Ram 1500 brings an all-new powertrain in the form of the mighty turbocharged Hurricane […]
New Features, New Tech For the 2024 Ford 150
When the fourteenth-generation Ford F-150 debuted for the 2021 model year, it upped the ante for the full-size truck segment, sending competitors scrambling to keep up. With a revolutionary PowerBoost full-hybrid powertrain, a massive 12-inch infotainment screen, and BlueCruise hands-free driving, there was nothing else like it on the road. Now, the Chevy Silverado and […]
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Is More Capable and More Affordable
In the list of Toyota’s legendary off-road vehicles, one name stands above them all––the Land Cruiser. Designed in 1951 as a Jeep copy for the Japanese National Police Agency, the Land Cruiser has evolved over the years into a powerful and incredibly reliable vehicle known for conquering some of the harshest terrains across the globe. […]
The 2024 Lexus GX Gets Serious With the Overtrail Project
The Lexus GX has long had a split identity. On one hand, it is a luxurious midsize SUV offered by a brand known for its comfortable vehicles. But on the other hand, it has secretly been an off-road monster that shares its underpinnings with the legendary Toyota Land Cruiser. For 2024, Lexus has fully redesigned […]
A New Age of Luxury Is Here With the 2024 Lexus TX
If you are searching for a reliable and comfortable luxury SUV, then Lexus is probably on your radar. However, the Lexus SUV lineup has long had a problem––if you wanted more than two rows of seats, you were forced to buy one of the brand’s rugged body-on-frame models. While the Lexus GX and Lexus LX […]
Three Pedals and a Six-Foot Bed: The 2024 Toyota Tacoma
No one knows midsize trucks better than Toyota. Despite being last updated in 2016, the Toyota Tacoma continues to dominate the market with its reputation for unbeatable reliability and dependable performance. In the last twelve months, we’ve seen some strong competition unveiled in the redesigned 2023 Chevy Colorado, 2023 GMC Canyon, and 2024 Ford Ranger—but […]
Is the 2024 Ford Ranger Worth the Wait?
The 2024 Ford Ranger is here! We mean it; it really is this time. It’s been 18 months since the model was originally announced back in November 2021, and the rest of the world has been able to buy it for over a year, but now you can finally get behind the wheel of Ford’s […]
The Jeep Wrangler Gets Serious for 2024
Ever since the Ford Bronco returned in 2021, Jeep has been putting some real effort into upgrading the Wrangler. The powerful Wrangler Rubicon 392 with its V8 HEMI engine and the electrified Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid both debuted in 2021 to steal some of the Bronco’s thunder and the 2022 model year brought the Xtreme […]
Is the 2024 Buick Envista the New Face of Entry-Level Luxury?
Buick is a brand that has spent a great deal of the last few decades reinventing itself, and to be honest, it’s needed to. As the American premium market shifted from full-size sedans like the Buick LeSabre and Park Avenue to trucks and SUVs, Buick found that its position as the affordable luxury brand in […]
Three Engines, Four Stances, Countless Possibilities: The 2023 Chevy Colorado
The redesigned 2023 Chevy Colorado is here, and it’s picking up accolades left and right. However, if you’re getting ready to buy this all-new midsize truck, prepare yourself—there are a lot of different options, and it may get confusing. Unlike most pickups—including the previous generation of this truck—the new Colorado doesn’t offer a variety of […]
2024 Hyundai Kona Gains Style, Loses Power
The Hyundai Kona is a rarity in the often bland and forgettable subcompact SUV segment, offering a pair of souped-up turbocharged engines and an all-electric variant. It has been completely redesigned for the 2024 model year, and it may now even be more compelling, depending on what you are looking for. If you want a […]
Is the 2024 Kia EV9 the Family SUV We Have Been Waiting For?
It’s no secret that American drivers are obsessed with large SUVs. However, anyone shopping for a family-friendly electric SUV hasn’t had much in the way of options. In fact, your only alternatives to the cramped three-row variants of the Tesla Model X and Model Y were the incredibly scarce Rivian R1S and the overpriced Mercedes-Benz […]
Toyota’s Third Three-Row SUV: The All-New Grand Highlander
The Toyota Highlander has long been the best-selling three-row SUV in America, offering unbeatable reliability and practicality at an affordable price. However, what if you want something more but don’t feel like upgrading to the full-size Toyota Sequoia? Well, now there is a model just for you––the all-new 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander. This new addition […]