Getting Away in the New Kia Seltos When someone says road trip, people’s minds go in a number of directions. Some think of thrilling GT cars, others thing of old station wagons with mom and dad arguing directions in the front seats. However, if you’re like me, you think of an SUV loaded down and ready to take on about anything. That was my wife and me with the all-new Kia Seltos.  The Kia Seltos is a new addition to […]

The Off-Road-Ready Truck You Should Buy Jeep brought back the pickup truck in a big way with the Gladiator at what appears to be the right time. The midsize truck market is an important one and there are plenty of players in it from the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon to the Ford Ranger and Toyota Tacoma. The truck will primarily compete with the off-road-ready versions of its competitors.  The Gladiator is based on the overall Wrangler design, though it’s […]

A Bit of a Tough Sell in a Tough Segment I’ve always thought of the Avalon as an old man’s car. The big sedan is a family car that’s been focused on comfort and spaciousness. The idea of a sporty Avalon seems to go against everything that Toyota has done with the vehicle up to this point. However, times are changing, and Toyota isn’t the only company to realize it needs to start marketing it’s stuff to The Youths. In […]

As I sit here on the plane after spending time with GMC for two days, I’m beginning to realize that future product reveals will likely be private events. Auto shows are becoming less and less relevant, and I could see more manufacturers turning to private events to reveal products.  GMC invited me out the Vail, Colorado, to drive the new 2021 Yukon. The company hadn’t officially revealed the large SUV yet, so I was pretty excited. What I didn’t realize […]

Hyundai and Kia have always represented a strong value since the companies climbed near the top of the quality rankings. Now, with the Genesis brand, the Korean automaker tries to do it again just on a grander scale.  Genesis is the luxury brand of the Hyundai Kia Auto Group, and the G70 is the small luxury car that gets the unenviable job of taking its fight straight to some of the best in the segment from the Germans and Swedes.  […]

GMC’s Sierra 1500 came out as a new model in 2019, and it’s a seriously good model. General Motors created a heck of a pickup for both the Chevrolet and GMC brands and each brand has its own unique spin on the vehicle.  While the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra share a lot of the same parts, components, and tech, GMC does have a couple of things that set it apart from its bowtie brethren. This makes it worthy of […]

GMC has a new truck for 2020 just like its sister brand Chevrolet. I drove the Chevrolet Silverado HD in Bend, Oregon, not long ago, and I found it to be an excellent heavy-duty pickup.  The GMC Sierra HD follows much of the same playbook as the Chevy, so you might expect me to say it’s just as good. I’m not going to say that. The GMC is better, but only slightly. GMC managed to take the same design as […]

The Kia Telluride is the company’s entrant into a very profitable and important segment of the market—the three-row crossover SUV market. The vehicle brings bold styling, a big overall footprint, and lots of room. It’s designed to be a people mover, and it is going up against some of the industry’s stalwarts. The Telluride is big and knows it. It’s for drivers with big families who want a lot of space, plenty of power, and high levels of comfort. The […]

All I think of when I see the Kia Soul is hamsters. Kia had a successful marketing campaign that included them a while back and the image has stuck for me. It’s not an inspiring one, but then should the Kia Soul really inspire you? The Kia Soul is honestly a cross between a hatchback and a crossover. It sits high like a crossover but drives and looks a lot like a funky hatchback. It’s also often lumped into the […]

The Toyota RAV4 is one of the best selling models on sale today. It leads the pack in terms of sales so far this year in the U.S. for small SUVs and is a high seller in other markets, too.  In the past, the model has offered a blend of practicality and versatility better than many other models. Toyota redesigned the RAV4 for the 2019 model year. The company gave the vehicle an all-new look, more safety technology, better infotainment […]