When Ford launched the fourth-generation Escape last year, they took the opposite approach that Toyota had done with the latest Rav4, instead of toughening up the design, they softened it up, making it more of a street-oriented urban commuter. The…

For more than 70 years, the name Jeep has been synonymous with go anywhere, off-road capability. Even in the modern era as the brand has expanded with car-based crossover models, every nameplate has been available in a Trailhawk model with serious…

The Insight name is back in the Honda lineup for the 2019 model year. This is the third iteration of a vehicle with this nameplate and like the others, this one is exclusively available as a hybrid electric vehicle. With each new iteration, Honda has…

The state of Michigan this week announced a partnership with Cavnue to develop a next-generation transportation corridor between Detroit and Ann Arbor. The goal is to integrate a range of technologies including cameras and sensors to enable connected…

At Ford Motor Company’s annual December media briefing this week, CEO Mark Fields took to the stage to announce that “Ford would be investing $4.5 billion to bring 13 new electrified vehicles to market by 2020.” While that seems like a pretty clear…

When I first drove the Lexus LC500 nearly a year ago, I came away with the impression that it was an incredibly striking and surprisingly engaging grand tourer. This impression was reinforced when I had a chance to lap the big V8-powered coupe at…

When automakers started producing and selling modern plug-in electric vehicles over the past decade, they did so without a real plan for how they were going to make a profit. The push for those vehicles was largely based on government mandates. As…

Five years ago when Dieter Zetsche and Carlos Ghosn formed a partnership between Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, one of the first products to be added to the roadmap was a compact crossover for Infiniti. At the time, Infiniti was looking for…

It should come as no surprise that the big news from Lincoln at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show will be the debut of the production version of the new Aviator crossover. However, the first detail we’re getting about the three-row utility that goes…

Among the automakers based in the Detroit area (at least with a physical presence if not in a legal sense) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been in the peculiar position of being both prominent and a laggard when it comes to automated driving. Through…