Car Reviews

The gentleman who sold me my first car, a 1969 Datsun 2000, asked me to cup my hands as he poured out a jumble of letters. I dropped them onto the faded yellow hood of the roadster and arranged them: D-A-T-S-U-N. They likely cost pennies to produce, but they were …

While CBD is legal, the U.S. Department of Transportation has warned commercial drivers that it can show up in a drug test. CBD products are popular and only getting more so, but even though they are labeled as containing no THC, some may actually contain a little of the psychoactive …

Peter Blackert via Beyond the Brick Designed and built by a Ford engineer, these Lego models show that the new 2021 Ford Bronco looks striking in plastic brick form. Peter Blackert made two models, one in icy blue and one in orange, showing off both the two- and four-door versions. …

Morgan has always moved at a glacial pace compared to the rest of the auto industry. The most English of England’s many sports-car makers has always taken an approach to development that’s more creationist than evolutionary. Which is why, having created its first four-wheeled model in 1936, it kept most …

At the Detroit Auto Show in 2016, Ford used its press conference not to launch a car (as is traditional) but to proclaim its intent to transition from being an automotive company to an auto and mobility company. The service they launched that day, called FordPass, has yet to revolutionize …

In this week’s Window Shop episode, we set out to find the best and most interesting cars from brands that no longer exist in the U.S. market. Think Saab, Saturn, Spyker, Sterling, Suzuki—and then wonder why so many dead brands begin with the letter S. Armed with 5000 imaginary dollars, …

Henrik Fisker, CEO of EV company Fisker, tweeted out that the upcoming 2022 Fisker Ocean electric SUV will get Volkswagen’s MEB platform. The tweet coincides with an SEC slide deck that mentions the platform as a key element to bringing the Ocean to market. Neither Fisker the company nor Volkswagen …

Overview Jeep hasn’t offered a model with a cargo bed since the early ’90s, but the 2021 Gladiator finally gives the brand’s fans a cool and useful tool. The mid-size pickup truck is basically a more versatile version of the popular Jeep Wrangler. It tows more (up to 7760 pounds …

The 2020 Jeep Compass is a ‘tweener crossover SUV. It’s not quite as small as a Renegade, not quite as large as a Cherokee.  With good looks and capability but compromises in safety and performance, we give it a middle-of-the-road 5.3 out of 10 overall. (Read more about how we …