Hyundai fields five Veloster N race cars in the dramatic first race at Daytona Speedway in pursuit of the 2020 IMSA TCR Championship. #HyundaiRacing …
Month: March 2020
I’ve come to appreciate a few things in our long-term Mazda3 that set it apart from its main rivals, the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. For starters, the optional head-up display (Active Driving Display in Mazdaspeak) is well executed, and Mazda gets bonus points for including its brightness and screen height in the programming of
Aston Martin has a very new, very powerful 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 on the way, and here’s a closer peek at it. Like a proud parent, the marque released a slew of photos of its in-house designed and hybrid-capable engine that will make its debut in the 2022 Valhalla. The engine’s codename, TM01, is a tribute
You could hear a Supervan long before you could see it. A screaming V-8 thumped the eardrums, but what eventually barreled into view was not a sleek race car but a massive, boxy…van? These custom creations were essentially pure race cars stuffed inside Ford Transit van (or vanlike silhouette) bodies, with outrageous performance. Wildly popular
RADwood Austin 2020 was quite the event, showcasing hundreds of cars from the 1980s and 1990s. If you haven’t checked out our Rad All-American ’80s and ’90s cars from this year’s event, you should. But if you’re here for Fox Bodies and Fox Bodies only, you’re in luck ’cause we have that handled, soo. The
Innova’s CarScan Pro will excite both professional mechanics and DIY enthusiasts with special reset functions and dealership-level reader procedures.
If you drive a new Volvo, then listen up. The Swedish brand is recalling every vehicle in its 2019-2020 lineup due to concerns over its automatic emergency braking system. The feature may fail to detect obstacles and thus may not engage when needed, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
I don’t really know the process manufacturers follow to name a car, but I’m sure the approval protocol involves a long list of people. CEOs, CMOs, product planners—all have some kind of input in creating the name of a new model. And some carmakers have come up with brilliant names over the years that have
The 21st Century has seen Americans ditching minivans for midsized three-row SUVs. In the last decade and a half, about a dozen minivans have been discontinued as the family-hauler of choice. And in the past three years, new names like Atlas, Ascent, Telluride, and Palisade have joined the hyper-competitive three-row SUV segment. I grew up
In Los Angeles, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a go-to destination for us staffers at Automobile, and there isn’t one of us who hasn’t wiled away an afternoon there immersed in all it has to offer. While the museum is understandably closed until at least the end of March, it hasn’t taken long for it
As I write this, we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With every browser refresh, there’s more breaking news, and the commentary online ranges from doomsday prognostications to hoax conspiracies. For many of us, sports provide an escape from the serious news of the day, but as every hour brings news of sporting event
You may not know it, but you need a minivan. Join Jonny Lieberman for a complete walkthrough of the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica right here. #MotorTrend #Chrysler …
The company email read: “Our vast employee population across a footprint covering most of the globe is working remotely, and will do so for the next two weeks, or more if necessary.” This whole working home thing due to the coronavirus outbreak is going to take some getting used to here at Casa Reynolds. My
Volkswagen packed the 2020 Atlas Cross Sport with an abundance of cool and useful technology. Check out our complete walkthrough here!
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio’s sportscar-level performance made it the first SUV ever to be invited to MotorTrend’s Best Driver’s Car. Learn more about …
With the first Tesla Model Y deliveries reportedly beginning this month, there’s more and more information about the electric SUV surfacing on the internet. Now, thanks to the officially released owner’s manual, we know the upcoming crossover’s exterior and interior dimensions. Let’s take a look at how in compares with its Model 3 sedan sibling and
Lincoln’s flagship 2020 Lincoln Navigator is a tech-enhanced luxury SUV that stands apart. MotorTrend’s own Scott Evans does a complete walkaround of this …
Mazda’s Global MX-5 Cup car is easy to like. It is the relatively affordable turnkey racing version of the MX-5 Miata sports car, built up by Long Road Racing for competition in Mazda’s spec racing series: the MX-5 Cup (the car also can be raced in other series). Giving to charity also is easy to
Alfa Romeo’s attractive and athletic 2020 Giulia is an homage to 110 years of beautiful design and fantastic performance. MotorTrend’s own Scott Evans does a …
What’s a life worth? The answer probably depends on the life in question. Young or old? Related to me or not? Well, relax, this isn’t another robocar-chooses-nuns-or-baby-carriage treatise. It’s a tale of two technologies aimed at saving 300 to 400 lives per year—but at dramatically different costs. The first is the reverse camera, which became
Quick Stats: Trey Wingo, co-host, ESPN Radio’s Golic and Wingo Daily Driver: 2017 BMW X5 (Trey’s rating: 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10) Other cars: see below Favorite road trip: Connecticut to Texas Car he learned to drive in: late 1970s Toyota Supra First car bought: 1986 Jeep Wrangler When Trey Wingo was
Daimler may have invented the automobile, and Ford may have invented the automobile factory, but General Motors invented the modern automobile company. When GM was founded in 1908, there were 253 automakers in the United States, all with entrepreneurs and engineers, dollar-men and dreamers, vying to make their fortunes with a technology that was going
We all make mistakes. Sure your van, crossover SUV, or wagon seemed like a smart purchase decision a few years ago, but now you want a camper. The #VanLife is calling and you’re tired of sending it straight to voice mail. That’s where Egoé steps in with its array of Nestboxes. Ranging in price from
As North America’s appetite for sport utility vehicles continues to swell year after year, automakers are responding by making SUVs to fill every nook and cranny of the market. There are now crossovers and SUVs for every occasion—be it large, small, extra-small, off-road, on-road, and even on-track. As a result, picking the one that’s right
From the newest model GTs to custom 911s, we’ve reviewed perfect Porsche after perfect Porsche on Head 2 Head. Here’s how some of our favorite models …
A few days ago, we learned about Tesla’s most recent over-the-air (OTA) update to its handling-enhancing Track Mode, called Track Mode V2. But bundled with it were five less-celebrated improvements meant to enhance the driving experience of certain Model 3s, Ss, and Xs when you’re not driving at the limit. Here’s what else you can
The Toyota Land Cruiser-based Lexus LX luxury SUV has been with us for a while now, and it is nearing the end of its current life cycle. That’s too bad, because the big brute is a throwback to 4x4s of yore—it has actual off-road capability, for example—but the LX isn’t done quite yet. In fact, Lexus
Here it is: Our first instrumented test of the monumental new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette. We drove the all-new C8 Corvette as hard as possible around the skidpad …
It’s amazing sometimes how two cars with shared underpinnings can have such radically different executions. Unlike its Smart Forfour platform-mate, the Renault Twingo Z.E. doesn’t look like a robotic boxfish. Nor was it conspicuously canceled recently in a major market. It’s instead a charming, newly-electrified variant of a typically French minicar. And while it’ll never
Whenever a little rain falls on the streets and freeways of Los Angeles, the city’s drivers seem to fall apart. Rates of accidents, commute times, and tempers all go through the proverbial roof. But driving in the rain doesn’t have to be stressful or particularly treacherous. Common-sense tips like not being in a hurry to