2019 Honda Insight
The biggest problem for hybrids is that gas is really cheap. This makes it harder to sell a hybrid based mostly on how little gas it uses.
Which probably explains why the...
2019 Ramosaurus Rex
Conan, what is best in life?
Crush enemies, see them fleeing before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Yes, indeed.
In thirty years - from 1989 to 2019 - the horsepower produced by...
2019 Nissan Kicks
Crossover SUVs have become as popular as fireworks on the Fourth of July - which is why the cost of crossovers continues to increase.
But there is an antidote to the high...
Rear-Drive Explorer Returns!
Every now and again, some good news crops up. Here is some very good news:
The next-generation Ford Explorer will be a real SUV again.
Not (yet another) crossover SUV.
Unlike the current car-based Explorer,...
2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e
How many vehicles with all-wheel-drive average 50 miles-per-gallon?
The answer, of course, is not many. Very few manage even 35 MPG. That's best case, on the highway. Usually just barely.
Cue The Exception...
Ford’s Little Big Truck
The Ford Ranger is back - and it’s much bigger.
The formerly compact pick-up (which was last available in the U.S. back in 2011) returns for the 2019 model year after many...
2019 Chevy Sonic
Chevy’s second smallest car is also, as it turns out, one of its roomiest.
It’s also less than half the price of Chevy's smallest car - the Bolt electric car - and...
2018 Mazda6
How good a car is the Mazda6?
Good enough to go without its six for four long years - and still sell better than it did when it offered a six.
When Mazda...
2019 Toyota Sienna
Minivans used to be hugely popular because they were hugely practical. Which may explain why minivans have become less popular than they used to be.
Because they are very curiously less practical...
2019 Jeep Compass
Most crossover SUVs can't really cross over very much.
They look like rugged, off-road-ready SUVs, but they're really just high-riding cars, with light-duty AWD (usually optional) and not much more off-road...