SUV

Last week, we reported that Toyota had told dealers at NADA in Las Vegas that it would be releasing 19 new models across its Toyota, Scion, and Lexus brands in the next year. Specifically, we have driven the 2013 Lexus GS and Toyota Prius v and ...    Read more

A silent war is being fought by the German automakers and the U.S., and Spartanburg, N.C., is the latest battleground. Spartanburg is the center of BMW's manufacturing here in the states. Last year, the automaker sold 1.38 million vehicles worldwide, just ahead of rival Audi's 1.30 million units sold but well ...    Read more

Early this afternoon, Tesla invited us to its Los Angeles headquarters where CEO Elon Musk unveiled a 7-passenger EV SUV called the Model X. Based on an extended platform of the 5+2 passenger sedan, the Model S, the newest creation is shaped like a high-performance SUV, yet offers third row ...    Read more

Toyota announced yesterday it plans to expand its Princeton manufacturing facility in Indiana, and will add 400 jobs with it. The added support will increase production of the Highlander and Highlander hybrid. The Highlander is currently exported to Russia and Australia, and the Indiana production facility will be in charge ...    Read more

Ford announced today that the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion and redesigned Flex will come standard with SYNC, the Detroit-based auto maker's multi-media player. First introduced in 2007, SYNC hasn't turned out exactly how Ford execs had planned, with consumers finding it difficult to use. With the standardization of a refreshed ...    Read more

Is this the next-gen Mercedes-Benz GL SUV? This dressed-up Mercedes-Benz SUV has been caught sporting camouflage a few times over the past couple months, but this time is slightly different. These shots snapped by our spy photographer show the Mercedes-Benz SUV testing on a California road with much less camouflage ...    Read more

Since coming to terms on an agreement five months ago, Chrysler and the United Auto Worker's union have been able to work so well together,  the pentastar's workers are being rewarded for their duties with an early payday. Chrysler is coming off its first net profit ($183 million) in fifteen years ...    Read more

Toyota has big plans for 2013, and aims to introduce 19 new Toyota, Lexus, and Scion models to the market, including the 2013 Toyota Avalon. We've heard rumblings about Toyota's premium sedan for several months now, that a radical redesign is on the horizon. This news, and more, was unveiled last weekend in ...    Read more

The GMC Terrain has been one of GMC's best-selling vehicles since its inception back in 2010 and the Detroit-based auto maker is looking to continue that trend. Last year saw Terrain sales rise 37 percent, its biggest gain ever with 83,179 vehicles finding new homes. In an effort to boost ...    Read more

Months after its initial launch, the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is still in high demand, and dealers are struggling to fill orders. It may not be the dealerships' fault however: Some are crying foul because of where they are located in the United States. This could spell trouble for ...    Read more

If the Range Rover wasn't luxurious enough for you before, try these new Special Editions on for size. Land Rover has introduced three special edition Range Rovers to celebrate 10 years of production for the third generation luxury off-road vehicle. The TDV8 Westminster Edition, TDV8 Autobiography Edition and the TDV8 ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said that Toyota is recalling more than 400 of its 2011 model year RAV4 crossovers. The issue involves the vehicle's airbag system, specifically the curtain airbag. According to the federal agency, the wrong propellant was installed with the airbag system. The concern is that ...    Read more

It goes without saying the Range Rover is one of the most luxurious SUVs available to the public. But what many forget are its tremendous go-anywhere off-roading capabilities. Sounds funny for sure when thinking about its rough-and-tumble heritage, but most Range Rovers are instead destined for a life of grocery ...    Read more

Keeping in tradition with stuffing ludicrous engines into everything short of a Braunschweig-class corvette, Mercedes-Benz has a price to go with the ML63 AMG’s twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V-8 engine: $95,865. With a 0-60 time of 4.7 seconds, that equates to $20,396 per second. How fast do you want to go? For ...    Read more

Thirteen. That's how many new 30-second anthropomorphically-themed dog videos Subaru recently filmed. On Subaru's YouTube channel, in one neat and numbered list, you can watch dogs ski, camp, parallel park, hit the drive thru, and visit the pet store, among other people'y things. Oh, and the dogs all drive Subaru's en ...    Read more

The snow has finally settled and all of the medals have been awarded. That isn't stopping Jeep from continuing to celebrate its tenth year as a sponsor of ESPN's winter X Games. The X Games, which took place January 26th-29th, has been in an exclusive partnership with Jeep now for ...    Read more

Its been a busy week here at Automotive.com, and there's a good chance you missed some of it. So to help out, we've compiled our top five stories, one from each day, to help you stay on top of what's going on in the automotive world. Monday, January 23 ...    Read more

We're only three months away from the New York Auto Show, site of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe debut, but as you well know, the inter-webs don't much like that waiting stuff. Thanks to the enthusiastic folks at the Hyundai Blog, we've got a sneak peek at Hyundai's redesigned crossover. One ...    Read more

BMW this afternoon announced a recall for certain 2012 X5 xDrive 35i utility vehicles for a potentially faulty transmission. The affected vehicles were manufactured between December 19, 2011, and December 21, 2011. Because of a manufacturing error, some transmissions will not properly engage when shifted into park, even if the lever ...    Read more

The past few years has seen major shakeups in the automotive industry, and it shows in a recent survey on brand perception conducted by Consumer Reports. Once dominant players Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Chevrolet remain on top, but each automaker has seen its points gap decrease compared to last year. ...    Read more

Updated: Check out the full photo gallery below. Jeep paraded out its latest Grand Cherokee "production-intent" concept today at the Houston Auto Show and is letting fans of the off-roading brand name it. The "Name My Ride" contest, as dubbed by Jeep, will give consumers the responsibility of naming the new ...    Read more

With the recently introduced 2013 Dodge Dart bowing at the North American International Auto Show Chrysler is riding a rising wave of momentum, and the Dart is at its core. Today, the Detroit-based auto announced it will introduce a new mid-size sedan to replace the unloved Chrysler 200 and Dodge ...    Read more

Like many other Japanese auto makers, Infiniti was affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that ensued shortly after earlier this year. Sales figures for many of Infinitis models declined with the exception of the ever-stalwart G sedan and coupe and the QX SUV. However, company officials believe the recently-introduced JX ...    Read more

The winter represents different things to different people. Many people pack up and head to warmer climates at the first sign of snow. Others wait for it to pile up so a weekend at a favorable ski resort can happen. If you fall into the latter category of those who ...    Read more

Many hardcore Porsche fans view the Cayenne SUV—which launched in 2002 as a 2003 model—and the more recent Panamera sedan as Frankenstein monsters fit only to be burned and the ground beneath them salted until not even bacteria could thrive there. But both "monsters" are alive and thriving thanks to ...    Read more