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It’s no surprise that car reviewers put most of their emphasis on the cool, flashy, high-performing and technologically advanced models. Those are the ones that garner attention and clicks. But the reality is that most drivers never actually buy a…

One of the more frustrating bits of automotive vaporware of the past decade aside from the truly self-driving car is the Mazda diesel engine in the U.S. market. After many fits and starts, the Mazda CX-5 diesel is finally on sale in the US…

It turns out that a surprising number of heavy duty pickup truck buyers spend thousands of additional dollars after they drive off the dealer’s lot to upgrade the off-road capability of their new rides. In an era when overall vehicle sales have…

It’s official: When the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV goes on sale in the next few months, it will be the first sub-$40,000 electric car with an EPA estimated range of more than 200 miles. Over the past year, GM engineers and executives have been strongly…

The age of the driverless car will probably arrive eventually, but today the reality still falls far short of the promise. In the short time since Tesla released a software update for the Model S that enables their Auto Pilot feature, several owners…

Despite the ever-growing number of hybrid electric models available in the U.S. market, the share of these dual powered vehicles has remained stubbornly flat, at least in part due to relatively low fuel prices. Despite only accounting for about 2% of…

Whenever a new generation of the Explorer arrives, it marks a crucial milestone for Ford. It’s only the third best-selling nameplate behind the F-Series trucks and the compact Escape crossover. But it has significantly higher margins than its smaller…

As the transportation world continues to accelerate toward a world of autonomous driving, it increasingly appears that partnerships and consolidation will play a critical role in success. To that end, Volvo cars has followed up its recent partnership…

We’re still about about six weeks away from our first look at the second-generation Nissan Leaf sans camouflage, but in an effort to dominate the news cycle through the summer doldrums, the automaker keeps trickling out bits of information. The…

The new political regime in Washington, makes it almost certain that any proposed federal regulations including the mandate for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications are all but dead in the water for the foreseeable future. So you might be…