So April did something odd. Mazda’s lineup, almost across the board, took a step back. SUVs down. Crossovers down. Even the Mazda3, which used to quietly carry a lot of weight for them, is
In a market where new SUVs keep popping up every week, it’s getting harder to do something that actually sticks. Jetour seems to have found a way. This is the G700. At first glance, it just l
There’s a weird pattern in the U.S. car market. We stop buying something, automakers kill it, and then a few years later everyone starts asking, “wait… why did we get rid of that?&r
The Freelander name didn’t sit around for long. Right after the concept reveal, the production version showed up in Beijing as the Freelander 8. It’s not limited to one market either. They
We drove from Austin to Dallas a few weeks ago, and somewhere around Waco I started paying attention to what was around us on I-35. Trucks. SUVs. Crossovers. More trucks. We kept counting fo
Most people treat car color like a pure taste decision. Black if they want it sleek. White if they want it safe. Gray if they have given up emotionally. Fair enough. But color is not just about wha
This year’s New York Auto Show did not feel like one of those sleepy events where automakers wheel out a few mildly updated SUVs and call it a day. It felt bigger than that. More confident. More
Hyundai brought the Boulder concept to New York, but the real takeaway sits underneath. This is not just a design exercise. It is a preview of a body-on-frame pickup built for the US, with an SUV like
People shopping for a compact car are usually not trying to make some big statement. They are trying to be practical. They want something that is not too expensive, not too thirsty, not too annoying t
While SUVs have taken over from the sedan as the vehicle design of choice for American masses, the latter still has its place. Not only do they generally look better than the tall and ungainly SUV cro