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Another day, another compact crossover utility vehicle introduction. Today, Ford is revealing the all-new 2020 Escape, the fourth-generation model to bear that badge. As Ford’s second best selling nameplate after the F-series pickups, the Escape is…

Despite the scandal surrounding Volkswagen and its diesel engines that dominated the final months of 2015, the vehicles we drive today are cleaner, more fuel efficient, safer and faster than they have ever been since Karl Benz first fired up his…

At an evening event during the 2017 New York Auto Show, Italian sports car builder Lamborghini introduced one of its fastest cars yet in the form of the upgraded Huracan Performante. In addition to the time honored techniques of reducing weight and…

The first car ever developed by Ferdinand Porsche was a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Now more than 120 years, the brand that bears his name is ready to launch its first ever regular production BEV, the Taycan (pronounced Tie-con). To date, this is…

Near the southern edge of Michigan, less than one mile from the Ohio state line, nestled among all the farms sits the Michigan Technical Resource Park (MITRP). Such facilities actually aren’t all that uncommon in Michigan. In a region where the auto…

Half a dozen years ago, Nissan really helped to kick-start the current wave of subcompact SUVs that are taking an ever larger share of the American market. The Nissan Juke is no longer the top seller in the segment, but it demonstrated that Americans…

As we’ve seen from the initial deployments of micro-mobility services over the past year, simply dropping a few thousand shared vehicles on the streets of an urban center will not magically solve any problems. In fact, when done without some planning…

When I was a budding young car geek back in the late 1970s, the first car magazine I ever bought was a copy of Road & Track with the Ferrari 308 GTS on the cover. This was more than two years before anyone ever heard of Magnum P.I. In those days…

At the recent Fiat Chrysler capital markets day, the Dodge and Chrysler brands were notable for the lack of any reference in the 5 year plan. Just because they weren't mentioned, it doesn't mean that at least Dodge has been completely forgotten . For…