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I grew up driving a 1983 Toyota truck, a slow, four-cylinder 4x4 Hilux that was my parents’ answer to a question too many police officers asked me in my short 16 and a half years on this planet: “Son, do you know how fast you were driving?” Although

The irony is not lost on us. The all-new, redesigned 2020 Ford Escape looks more carlike yet makes its debut as the automaker exits the sedan market. Still, we get the logic. Ford has a similar-sized crossover coming that’s designed for the urbanite

The Corsair makes a clean break from the MKC it replaces, so much so that it adopted a new name that drops alphanumeric monikers. Like the new Escape, the Corsair was engineered on Ford’s new front-drive unibody car platform. However, the Lincoln tea

At first glance this is one of those don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it redesigns, but it’s spanking new based on Subaru’s new Global Platform (Impreza, Forester, Ascent). We’ll save the Where’s Waldo exterior updates until after we open the hood and fron

It might take a few seconds to notice the design changes on the new Mercedes-Benz GLS, but if you look closely, you’ll notice the shape of the grille has changed slightly, and the lower vents are more angular. Mercedes also streamlined the design of

Hyundai’s crossover chess board is nearly complete. The recently introduced Palisade fulfills the role of profits-raking king, and now, five nameplates down the roster in the subcompact segment comes the brand’s pawn: the all-new 2020 Venue. Before w

After a brief cancellation, the Toyota Yaris Hatchback is back as a rebadged Mazda2. The Yaris Hatchback shares the cab-rearward look of the Mazda, though it features a decidedly Toyota face. We’re a little skeptical, but Toyota promises “tenacious h

The McLaren GT is not simply a kinder, gentler 720S. OK, dig and you’ll find plenty of 720S DNA. But the GT is very much its own car, specifically designed and engineered by McLaren to carry two people and their luggage across continents, in comfort

For the third-generation Versa, Nissan aims to change the way we see A-to-B transport—which explains the new model’s substantial makeover and generous equipment list—but only as a sedan. The Versa Note hatchback goes out of production after the 2019

Back in its 20s, the BMW 7 Series knew exactly what it was. Sleek, powerful, athletic, the 7 Series was confident. It was the Ultimate Driving Machine for the masters of the universe. Now in its mid-40s, the 7 Series has lost confidence in itself, in

My expectations were the size of the Great Smoky Mountains. The assignment: drive the new 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI on the famous Tail of the Dragon stretch of Route 129 outside Knoxville, Tennessee. The expectations were warranted. This latest GLI h

There’s a new sheriff in town. Ola Källenius, 49, took over as CEO of Daimler AG on May 22, replacing longtime boss Dieter Zetsche, who faced mandatory retirement but will return as chairman of the supervisory board in 2021. Zetsche, CEO for 13 years

The “King in the North” comparison from way back in the October 2017 issue was one of your best stories ever. But those three trucks are now old (with all three of them having been replaced), and there's an entire company of new trucks waiting to pro

Have you been paying attention to the international moon race going on right now? I’d somehow missed that countries ranging from India and Israel to China and Japan all have moon missions underway or imminent. China’s Yutu-2 rover is currently prospe

What’s New: Despite fears that the new Bronco would be a warmed-over overseas-market Ford Everest, that’s thankfully not the case. With a boxy shape, round headlights, and a rectangular grille, the new Bronco should be the retro off-roader fans have

Last year, automakers like Ford abandoning the manufacturing of sedans for more popular (and profitable) SUVs was shocking news. But even though some of those cars haven’t gone out of production yet, it already feels like reality. The feeling only ge

What’s New: Ram won’t officially confirm it, but who wouldn’t want a 707-hp Hellcat-powered high-speed off-road SRT Ram TRX? The 2016 concept (pictured) made its debut on the previous platform/body with a 575-hp 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi and a none

What’s New: The CT5 is a new nameplate for Cadillac. This compact sedan replaces the ATS and CTS and is an evolution of Cadillac’s design language. The standard engine is the new 237-hp, 258-lb-ft 2.0-liter twin-scroll turbocharged I-4 that made its

What’s New: Combining the luxury appointments and off-road capability of a Range Rover, the space of a Ford Expedition, and the electric performance of the Tesla Model X, the Rivian R1S aims to please well-heeled millennials when it launches. Built o

Sixty years ago, Detroit was one of the richest cities in America. The largesse was on display in its magnificent theaters, the mansions of auto-industry czars, and the 18-foot-long luxury sedans cruising Woodward Avenue, many bearing the Cadillac cr

What’s New: It’s Aston’s take on a Ferrari mid-engine supercar, aimed squarely at the new F8 Tributo revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March. If it looks anything like the concept and revives the Vanquish name, we’ll be extremely happy. The Vanqui

What’s New: Many EV startups promise the world only to crumble before their first car gets out the door, but Michigan-based Rivian seems to be doing this right. The R1T pickup will be its first model. Powered by a motor at each wheel, the R1T will be

Americans are at our best when we look forward instead of at what others are doing. Cadillac and Lincoln used to epitomize this idea. When your slogan is “Standard of the World,” you have to live up to that promise. When the first tailfins sprouted f

I’ve hardly driven 100 feet out of our parking lot before I’m already talking to myself: “Wow, this thing’s steering and brakes feel worlds better than the Prius.” I’ve just belted into the Toyota’s archnemesis—Honda’s latest Insight Touring—having d

During my early days at MotorTrend, there was a running joke that Kia had abandoned the long-term Borrego it had lent us. Long-term test vehicles typically stay for a year, but our burnt-orange Borrego was a fixture for almost twice as long before it

In a high-walled interior courtyard within Hyundai’s Namyang design studio, a team of Hyundai designers pulled back silk drapes on a pair of 2020 Sonatas—a red sedan equipped with a 1.6-liter turbo-four Smart Stream engine and a gray version powered

Sometime in the next few months, someone will buy a Volvo S60 sedan with a panoramic sunroof that I installed. Good news: The experienced operators on the assembly line at Volvo’s spanking new plant near Charleston, South Carolina, didn’t let me mess

In science class we learned “entropy is always increasing.” We may not remember what this fundamental tenet of the second law of thermodynamics really means, but it comes to mind as we face a daily fire hose of new products, services, clutter, inform