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Crossover Utility Vehicles

2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime XLE AWD PHEV exterior

2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV - Bottom Line Review

SILENT AUTOMOTIVE MAJORITY : Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota, recently gave the community pause when he announced there is a guarded belief among the "Silent Majority" in diverse vehicle propulsion technologies rather than an "all eggs in one basket" [battery electric] future. The assertion was really no

2022 Hyundai Kona DCT exterior

2022 Hyundai Kona N DCT - Bottom Line Review

LETTER GAINED IN TRANSLATION: As a new rule of logic when a Meister Ingeniuer of Motorsport Division delivers a Meisterstück performance vehicle value the red, white and blue letter "M" is replaced with the red, white and black letter "N." Thus as former BMW M and

2022 Mazda CX-30 2.5 Turbo AWD exterior

2022 Mazda CX-30 2.5 Turbo AWD - Re- Driven in Red

COLOR THIS JINBA ITTAI CUTE UTE RED: What proceeds from an automotive brand legendary for the world's most competed road car has found a nearly equal amount of acceptance in active lifestyle circles. In 2020 the Mazda CX-30 debuted as the ruggedized handsome "cute ute" with

2022 Lexus NX 450h+ FSport AWD exterior

2022 Lexus NX 450h+ AWD PHEV - Bottom Line Review

SPINDLED LUXE CUTE UTE SELLS: Distinctiveness uncommonly appeals to to the discerning senses. That characteristic alone couldn't possibly explain the popularity of the Lexus NX series compact crossover utility vehicles. Despite straining the concept of Cute Ute it has bristled with luxury, quality and a sense of suave.

2023 Mazda CX-50 2.5 Turbo AWD exterior

2023 Mazda CX-50 2.5T AWD - Bottom Line Review

AESTHETICS FOR THE DISCERNING MANY: Few in the volume automotive segment do intricate patterns, the gentler shapes, the earth tones, the subdued sounds, the crisp action, or something as subtle as a monogram quite the way as Mazda does. In the evolution towards near prestige status the Zoom Zoom carmaker

2022 Subaru Forester 2.5L Wilderness AWD exterior

2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness - Refreshed Upfitted Re-Driven Review

BACK TO WILD OUTDOORS: or Out to Wild Backyard is where the already active lifestyle focused Subaru automotive brand is branching. This year's new Subie "Wilderness" trim, trickling down from an initial offering in the Outback sport wagon, joins a growing grid of Off-Road enhanced compact

2022 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.5L SEL AWC exterior

2022 Mitsubishi Outlander AWC - On a Budget 3-Row SUV Review

FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND. As in DOLLARS. Mitsubishi Motors wants consumers to keep that figure in mind. Because as of September 2021 it is the average transaction price Americans paid for a new vehicle. Walk into the rarer Diamond Star brand showroom and their most expensive vehicle undercuts the average new car