SUV

General Motors is issuing a recall for 193,652 SUVs from the 2006-2007 model years, for a potential water leak issue on the driver's side door that could affect electrical components. Recalled models include the Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Saab 9-7X, Buick Rainier, and Isuzu Ascender. Owners are advised to park ...    Read more

Since its New York Auto Show debut a few months ago, the 2014 Jeep Cherokee has stirred up quite a conversation about its looks. Whether you like them or not, you've had time to realize they would be heading to a street sometime near you eventually. Now they're getting nearer, ...    Read more

Chrysler Group has announced that it will be recalling 620,000 Jeep vehicles, and no, it has nothing to do with this proposed recall. This time around, both the Jeep Compass and Patriot are involved with airbag and power steering defects at the root of the problem. In all, ...    Read more

Production of the Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Panamera have been stopped at the automaker's Leipzig, Germany assembly plant, on account of flooding in the region. The plant produces the Cayenne SUV and Panamera five-door hatchback for global markets, including the U.S. According to a report in Automotive News, ...    Read more

This may be the first and only time outside a mall parking lot that you see all three generations of the BMW X5 midsize crossover next to one another. ...    Read more

It's an important question that many people overlook when they're in the market for vehicle. "Would I buy the same vehicle I just owned again after the experience I had with it?" A new study suggests that Porsche and Cadillac owners are happy with their vehicles, and return to each ...    Read more

Throw away the lens cap. That's the advice I received from my photography professor when I first bought a Holga camera. The Holga is a cheap, plastic lens "toy camera" that uses medium format film, and it's known for its ...    Read more

Usually, when the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration asks an automaker to recall a certain vehicle and repair a widespread problem, the automaker obliges. Not this time though. Today, we've learned that the NHTSA asked Chrysler Group to recall certain Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty models, to which the Auburn ...    Read more

For some, May 2013 was a month for the record books. Others are glad to see the fifth month of 2013 slip away. Overall, Detroit enjoyed a solid May with all three major automakers (Ford, Chrysler Group, and General Motors) seeing a bump in sales when compared to the same ...    Read more

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The Nurburgring has long been considered the benchmark for testing vehicles on a race track. So what better place to set up a full-time testing facility than at the Nurburgring? That's what Hyundai thought, so the Korean automaker did just that, dropping $8.3 million into a year-round purpose-built facility at ...    Read more

If you live in the U.S. and you've never heard of the Ford EcoSport, you're not alone. The compact SUV was launched back in 2003 as a 2004 model for the Brazilian market, and was redesigned last year. The second generation EcoSport was launched last year, and plays nicely with ...    Read more

When it rains, it pours. Unless you live in Southern California. It neither rains nor pours here, and every few years when this thing called moisture drips from the heavens, it manages to scare away every sense of competent driving ability from everyone on the gridlocked thoroughfares. More than that though, ...    Read more

Remember Land Rover's plans to introduce a new Defender in the next few years? Unfortunately for fans of the iconic nameplate, this has been put on hold, along with the opening of Land Rover's latest engine plant in India. The original plan was to offer a lightweight Defender model but ...    Read more

When Fiat took over Chrysler back in 2009, there were rumblings that the Italian automaker would bring the Pentastar back to Turin. Now, as Italy's economic turmoil rages on, it appears that Fiat is kicking around the idea of ditching its home of more than 100 years in Lingotto--and its ...    Read more

With power ratings for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and its truckin' cousin, the upscale GMC Sierra, revealed last week, it looks like the floodgates are just starting to open regarding General Motors' full-size truck chassis and the vehicles riding atop it. ...    Read more

Chrysler Group has announced recalls concerning two of its brands, Ram Trucks and off-road centric Jeep. The first vehicle needing a fix is the 2013 Ram 1500, which was assembled from June 25, 2012 to December 12, 2012. The problem at hand concerning the Ram deals with a coolant bypass ...    Read more

When the 2014 Toyota 4Runner was introduced two weeks ago at the Stagecoach Festival, Toyota said the SUV would have plenty of features carry over from the pre-refreshed version in addition to a more luxurious ...    Read more

British off-road legend Land Rover is celebrating its 65th anniversary today, and to mark the occasion, it will be launching a limited-edition Defender, the "LXV." Only 65 of these special edition Defenders will be with a hard top and will include the usual 2.2-liter diesel engine and six-speed manual transmission. ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has published a report stating something we've known for a while now. Swedish automaker Volvo makes safe cars, and that's due in part to its forward collision warning system, as noted by a recent report released by the IIHS. As it currently stands, three ...    Read more

Real SUVs are a dying breed. Gas is expensive, and while people still like the rugged style and utility of an SUV, they can find much of it in a crossover without such a penalty in fuel economy. But for some, a proper SUV is the only way to go, rugged ...    Read more

It all comes down to personal preference. Do you want a beefy V-8 engine? Or are you more concerned with your carbon footprint? Do you want smartphone integration? Or do you like left being left alone while you drive? According to a recent report by J.D. Power and Associates, when ...    Read more

When it's unveiled this weekend at the Stagecoach Festival--country music's Coachella--the refreshed 2014 Toyota 4Runner will be noteworthy for two reasons: It will be the first time a major automaker has introduced a vehicle at an arts festival, and the 4Runner carries on as one of the last of the ...    Read more

The redesigned 2014 Toyota 4Runner will debut at the 2013 Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California on April 27. This is the automaker's first public reveal at a major music festival. The 4Runner is now in its fifth generation, and one of the few fully capable SUVs in the segment. ...    Read more

Johan De Nysschen is no stranger to rebuilding an automaker. In a past life, De Nysschen was responsible for giving Audi models a letter designation followed by a number, making it easier to see the portfolio's lineage. Now, De Nysschen, who was recently appointed to president of Infiniti, Nissan's luxury ...    Read more

More and more SUVs are switching to lighter, car-based "unibody" construction in order to achieve higher fuel economy numbers. However, there's a subset of SUV buyers who actually need the body-on-frame, heavy-duty construction of a truck-based SUV. Or they're rappers or athletes who just want a swanky ride. ...    Read more