by Frank A. Aukofer Start with a blank screen or a clean sheet of paper, designers and engineers who understand the territory, and you can deliver a vehicle like the 2018 Hyundai Kona. It is an all-new, sharply competitive compact... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer In any automotive era, the hot-rodders will eventually rise to the bait, as they have with the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe RST Edition with its 6.2L Performance Package. It doesn’t matter whether it’s post-World War II gear-heads... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer Moneyed people can be picky, which likely is one reason for the all-new 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar compact sport utility vehicle. That’s a mouthful, but needed because all of the company’s SUVs bear the... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer The most important and difficult thing in the automotive business is an institutional ability to predict the future. Bavarian Motor Works has actually managed some of that soothsaying, of which the 2018 BMW X3 xDrive 30i... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer It’s hard to escape the notion that the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is an imposter. Sure, it looks like a Jeep and has off-road chops. But its price tag suggests it might be a high-end... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer As if their customers weren’t already spending plenty on perfectly good vehicles like the Audi Q5, there’s a recurring imperative among luxury manufacturers to deliver ever more powerful, luxurious and expensive models. Reigning among them is... Continue Reading →
by Tod Mesirow It’s not much of a challenge in word association to say turkey during the holidays. The same holds true for car manufacturers when you say the word crossover. They’re busy giving thanks for a category that since... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer With the 2018 Volvo XC60 T8 Hybrid as an early move toward its goal of electrification, Sweden’s top car maker finessed four new vehicle unveilings at an introduction of 2018 models in Colorado. The other three... Continue Reading →
by Frank A. Aukofer GMC scheduled the introduction of its redesigned 2018 GMC Terrain to coincide with the momentous eclipse of the sun over the United States on Aug. 21, 2017. The intro took place in Pittsburgh, Pa., so the... Continue Reading →
