2016 BMW X1 feels more like a crossover, less like a compromise
"Is that the new BMW X5?" asked my neighbor. When I tell him it is actually the X1, two sizes smaller, he looks perplexed. "It has grown up!" Exactly. It...
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Chevrolet acting like 105-year-old startup
Later this year, an American auto company will launch a 200-mile electric car that costs $30,000. It's not some Silicon Valley startup, but Chevrolet. Started in 1911 to honor racing...
2016 Volvo V60 Cross Country is AWD antidote to the crossover craze
Back in the day, Volvo built wagons shaped like a brick but powered by turbo. It seems appropriate that the automaker fortifies its heritage with a jacked up turbo wagon...
Why concept cars matter
Concept cars can cost over a million dollars and they may never drive a mile. But they can take the brand much farther. Concept cars communicate brand direction, showcase technology,...
BMW boosts plug-in market with 2016 models
BMWs are not fuel efficient. Yet with corporate average fuel economy standards ratcheting up to 54.5 unadjusted mpg by 2025, BMW — and other luxury and performance brands like it...
Winter tires or all-season tires? Winter ones are worth inconvenience
Roll with the wrong rubber this winter and you won't be going far. Those low-profile summer tires may look cool, but they slip and slide when snow falls. That's when...
2016 Ram Rebel yells for off-road adventure
The 2016 Ram Rebel is a big-wheeled backwoods pickup that combines Ram's heritage of building Army command vehicles with luxury pickups that double as an office. Rebel's styling channels the...
Collector car market fueled by love, then money
"For love or money" may be a phrase as old as capitalism, but it acutely applies to the resurgent collector car market, where record-breaking valuations have fueled a hobby best...
Truck wars intensify for 2016
Trucks are no longer the gas-thirsty roughnecks from yesteryear. Today's best full-size and midsize pickups are packed with more technology than your media room, ride more comfortably than a private...
From ugly to cool: Automotive outcasts find favor with Millennials
The Pontiac Aztek didn't warrant many compliments. The crossover minivan compact looked worse than it sounded. It was functional, but the short-lived Frankenstein (2001-05) has made virtually every "most ugly...