Author: Daniel Golson

Back within the early 2000s once I was a wee lad, I used to be obsessive about the 4×4 Evolution video game series, which I played on our Mac computer. In each games you’d purchase, upgrade and race principally every American and Japanese truck and SUV in the marketplace on fictional off-road tracks in all forms of exotic places. I put truly tons of of hours into these games, I used to be even energetic within the fan forums, where I downloaded user-made cars (each real and pretend) and deeply detailed custom tracks and environments. Newer titles like Forza Horizon…

A number of months ago we shared spy photos of the brand new Kia Tasman, the brand’s first pickup truck. Designed primarily for Australia, Africa and the Middle East to do battle with trucks just like the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux, the midsize body-on-frame Tasman is rapidly approaching its debut, and Kia just released the primary official teaser image. Despite the wrap designed by Recent Zealand–based artist Richard Boyd-Dunlop, we will see the Tasman may have the strangest styling of any pickup on sale — and I believe that’s thing.We’re Driving the 2024 Kia EV9, What Do You Need…

For the subsequent five days, I’m in possession of a 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic, the tenth generation of E-Class (however the sixth generation to really use the E-Class moniker). The W214 E-Class is just now beginning to hit U.S. dealerships, though I won’t find a way to speak driving impressions until March twenty eighth. Until then, I need to know what you need to know in regards to the latest E-Class.Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s Bumpy Ride: A Ford with Troublesome BrakesAs with the previous generation the E350 is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 engine, though the brand new model gets a…

It’s a bit hard to imagine that the Porsche Taycan has now been out for nearly five years, with nearly 150,000 of the brand’s first EV having reached the hands of shoppers. While the Taycan still looks spectacular and stays the motive force’s selection amongst EVs, it’s fallen a bit behind when it comes to efficiency and tech. Enter the face-lifted 2025 Taycan, which Porsche guarantees is improved in every way.2024 BMW 530i xDrive | First DrivePorsche hasn’t released full specs for the Taycan lineup yet, but every version needs to be quicker than before. The bottom rear-drive Taycan is…

Last week we reported on Daihatsu halting sales and shipments of all of its cars amid a probe into the Toyota subsidiary rigging safety tests of 64 different models, and now the situation has gotten even worse. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Daihatsu has now stopped production in any respect 4 of its Japanese factories, with the corporate admitting that it has forged the outcomes of crash tests for greater than 3o years.The Toyota CH-R Is Dead in AmericaThe factory shutdowns will last at the least through the tip of January and affect around 9,000 employees; there’s no word on…

Photo: Daniel Golson/JalopnikIt may well be hard to persuade the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a couple of weekend hours at a automobile show, especially if it’s one which starts before 9 a.m. (even I even have trouble with that). As enticing because the boozy brunch with friends afterwards could be, the considered spending even half-hour surrounded by cars you don’t care about and nerds being super annoying about them isn’t exactly appealing.There’s one method to get a friend or better half to affix you for a automobile show, especially in the event that they are a fan…

Photo: RM Sotheby’sThe Porsche 928 is one among the brand’s funniest looking cars ever, with a rounded rear and greenhouse paired with an extended, low nose that features uncovered pop-out headlights, giving the automotive a lovable frog-like look. Porsche sold greater than 61,000 cars from 1977 to 1995, and the 928 has change into one among its most beloved models. At RM Sotheby’s upcoming Paris auction, which kicks off Rétromobile week and the European auction season, possibly the rarest Porsche 928 of all of them goes up on the market.Porsche’s Latest Concept Is The Sexy Electric EV HyperCar Of Our…

While Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to go EV-only where markets allow by 2030, with a growing lineup of electrical vehicles already on sale, it isn’t giving up on internal combustion engines just yet – especially relating to the AMG performance division, which is using electrification to extract massive power from gas motors. The newest model to get the AMG E Performance plug-in hybrid treatment is the SL roadster, making history as each the primary PHEV droptop from Mercedes and essentially the most powerful SL of all time.In line with Bob: Why the AMG C63 Hybrid Is So Goddamn CoolThe powertrain…

For its second model 12 months Lucid is streamlining its Air sedan lineup, discontinuing a few of the more area of interest trims, adding newly optional features and lowering some prices.On Track In The 2023 Honda Civic Type RThe bottom rear-wheel-drive Air Pure continues on with its $78,900 price tag (including $1,500 destination), however the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Pure is not any longer available. The Pure’s powertrain is unchanged, but its range has barely increased from 410 to 419 miles. Recent for the Pure is a Comfort & Convenience package that adds four-zone automatic climate control, heated rear seats, a heated…