The Kia Sorento was redesigned for the 2021 model year. It’s a small, three-row option for those needing a smaller, but still family-versatile crossover. For this year, the Sorento gets a new appearance package called X-Line and some standard features additions. It’s otherwise the same excellent Sorento we reviewed last year.

The question posed in the title is a fun one because most people have a knee-jerk answer for it. Usually not a nice one. But considered on their merits, there are use cases for electric vehicles in Wyoming beyond the golf course and rental scooters downtown.

The return of small pickup trucks is finally happening. The Ford Maverick enters alongside the Hyundai Santa Cruz to kick off the re-emerging compact car-based truck genre. Where the Santa Cruz aims towards fun and style, the Maverick steers towards being a truck.

The advertised fuel economy for your vehicle is probably not the MPG returns you’re going to get while driving around Wyoming. There are several reasons for that. Some of which you may not know.

The mantra "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" carries with it the ideal that thoughtful application is superior to brute force. Hurrying through means making mistakes. The 2023 Nissan Z is an embodiment of this philosophy from its inception, and it’s paid off.

Our family just returned from our first Alaskan cruise. And it was one of the best vacations we’ve ever taken. On board were myself, my wife, our three kids (aged 11, 12, and 13), and my mother-in-law. Our cruise was a 7-day adventure from Seattle, Washington to three ports of call in Alaska, one in Canada, and the spectacular Tracy Arm Fjord. This was, coincidentally, not our first cruise, but was our first family cruise with everyone on board.

Jaguar debuted the F-Pace in 2017 and its I-Pace electric twin in 2019. The F-Pace is mid-sized and is offered in both a four- and a six-cylinder engine option. After a significant amount of facelift surgery last year, the 2022 Jaguar F-Pace sees few changes, with just a couple of feature options moving around.

Last month, I wrote about how car dealerships, in particular dealerships selling new cars, are going to find peace with the dodo bird as the world changes around them. My opinion returned a lot of commentary. Unlike most of the things I write here, the commentary was largely non-political. To summarize, the dealership model I foresee coming in the near future will be more about service and a lot less about sales. Dealers will have small inventories of various vehicle models from their respective brands. These will be “demo” models meant only for test driving and tire-kicking purposes.

Kia redesigned the Sportage for the fifth generation of its small crossover. For the first time, a hybrid is available, slotting between the smaller Niro Hybrid and the larger Sorento Hybrid. The result is a not-quite-compact-sized SUV that is extremely fuel efficient and fills an attractive size gap in Kia's SUV lineup. We spent a week with the new model. Kia, like most of the more pragmatic automakers, realizes that not every buyer is all-in on the battery-electric idea. A full EV is not for everyone. But fuel efficiency certainly is. The 2023 Sportage Hybrid competes with hybrid options like the Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CR-V. Kia recently announced that a plug-in hybrid model of the Sportage will be coming for the 2023 model year.

The Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60 are very closely related crossovers. The Pathfinder enters its fifth generation while its luxurious cousin at Infiniti enters its second. New for both is a re-tuned engine, a return to a geared transmission, and new interior and exterior designs. We drove both the 2022 Pathfinder and the 2022 QX60 as daily drivers for about two weeks each in two trim levels each. We found a lot to like, but also a lot of things that could use some improvement.

For years now, we’ve seen the car dealership change as trends and technology came and went. But the traditional “walk in, kick the tires, sit down for the sales pitch, haggle, and sign the paperwork” model hasn’t changed that much from the consumer’s side. Yes, electronic titling, easier access to loans, and other changes on the back end have come to speed up the process, but the basic here-to-there for most consumers isn’t much different now than it was in the 1960s. But that’s about to change. It’s not a question of if, but a question of when.

The Jaguar F-Pace was introduced in 2017 as a new, larger SUV in the Jaguar lineup. Keen to get the public’s interest in a time when sedan sales are falling, Jaguar went with the times and offered the F-Pace and (soon after) the i-Pace crossovers. The F-Pace is quick, roomy, and handles like a sports sedan. It has a few quirks, however, and a couple of issues that could be deal breakers for some luxury buyers.

The new BMW i4 is a beautiful example of what can happen when an automaker pulls no punches in making something timeless. It's a luxury car in every sense of the term. Like a tailored suit, the i4 fits its intended category well.

For 2022, the Volkswagen Golf R enters its third generation as the all-wheel drive hot hatch in the Golf family. Much like the GTI it was born from, the Golf R aims towards exhilarating fun behind the wheel combined with the practicality of a small hatchback car. It mainly hits those points, but feels a little uninspired in this new rendition.

This is going to burst some bubbles. I know. You’ve probably already come up with a response based purely on the title of this article, but bear with me a little before you type off in all caps at me. It’ll be worth it. I promise good information and bad dad jokes.

The 2022 model year Chevrolet Silverado 1500 comes in two off-road-centric options, the Trail Boss package edition and the ZR2 trim level. There is a large price difference between the two and the capabilities change, and we think one is better than the other.

Briggs & Stratton made its name making lawnmowers, weed trimmers, and generators. Most people are unaware that the company was founded as a car company. Well, to be more specific, a company that made parts and engines for cars. Then, at the height of its lawnmower age, it created what is considered the first true modern gasoline-electric hybrid automobile.

Statistically, most people in the U.S. buy a new car about every six years. So if you’re looking for a new car now, be ready for some sticker shock. The good news is that used car values are pretty high, so some of that shock might be of lower voltage if you’re trading something in.

When we first encountered the Polaris Slingshot, it was in its new design with an in-house engine. That 2020 model was a lot of fun, but we bemoaned not having the ability to control gearing with the new automatic transmission. We were concerned, however, that the manual transmission offered would make the autocycle feel dangerous. We were wrong.

When it comes to luxury SUV beasts, there are few as bulky as the QX80. As the largest of the Infiniti line, the biggest QX features an exterior that boasts luxurious mass and an interior that is more truck than sport utility. The QX80 is, by far, the boldest of the big SUV options in the luxury segment.

Ferrari has unveiled a new four-door, four-seat vehicle – it's the first time the Prancing Horse has done so. Swearing that it's not an SUV, Ferrari bills the Purosangue as more of a shooting brake, with all the expected performance the Italian master could summon.

The Ferrari Purosangue is a four-door, four-seat wagon-styled vehicle (call it a shooting brake) that the Italian carmaker swears is not an SUV. If it is, it’s one of the most high-performance utilities to ever launch on pavement.

Fully redesigned for 2022, the new Outlander is a small, three-row crossover that is most well known for its excellent mechanics and low price tag. The new Outlander (not to be confused with the smaller Outlander Sport) shares a platform with the Nissan Rogue as one of the first full collaborations with Mitsubishi’s alliance partner.

“Hi. My name is Aaron and I like to drive.” This is how I imagine my introduction would be were there some kind of group therapy for driver’s anonymous. And even then, I’d probably only be there under court order. Driving doesn’t interfere with my life. It is something I love doing and I get to do it (more or less) for a living. Well, technically, I get paid to write, but I do a lot of driving to lead up to said writing. And the driving is the fun bit.

There’s a lot to be said for a well-done minivan. These are the most versatile vehicles on the market, combining people hauling, cargo carrying, and mixtures of the two in a way other vehicles can't match. A well-done minivan is spacious, comfortable, maneuverable, and extremely practical. The 2022 Pacifica meets all of those criteria. The current-generation Chrysler Pacifica was introduced in 2017 and it changed how people viewed the minivan market in the US. Building on Chrysler’s best-selling Town and Country model, the new Pacifica took versatility and ergonomics to a new level. Now, five years later, the Pacifica is still a benchmark for those things, but its age compared to newer rivals is beginning to show.

Probably the most-asked question right now, as gas prices finally begin to drop, is why used cars cost almost as much as new ones. “Used care prices are insane right now!” a friend told me as we discussed good options for his teenager’s first car. “My first car cost me $300 and was good all the way through college.” Ya, well, this isn’t the 1990s anymore. My first mortgage was barely $500 a month and that was a decade later. Things are definitely not the way they were. My dad’s stories about buying his first car, cash money, for $3,800 and a first house for $9,000 were, well, unbelievable to me during my 20s in the 1990s when my rent was over $300 a month.

The town of Ketchikan is often the first or last port for most Alaska cruises. Situated as the southernmost city on the Inside Passage, this town of about 13,000 people started life as a fishing and logging community that morphed into a tourist destination. It occupies a 10-mile stretch of waterfront along the Tongass Narrows. This port offers numerous activities that are perfect for families, including the Alaska Lumberjack Show to walking tours and even fishing as well as whale watching expeditions.

Many Alaska cruises now offer a stop in Icy Strait Point, one of the most popular Alaska cruise ports and the 2020 Seatrade Port of The Year Award-winner. This cruise stop is owned entirely by the Alaska Huna Totem Corporation, which in turn is owned by the Huna, a native tribe. Profits from Icy Strait Point go directly to support the Huna tribe in Hoonah, Alaska. It’s for this reason that Icy Strait Point is both a historical museum and cultural learning center.

At the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari unveiled a new concept car called the Modulo. Designed largely by Paolo Martin of Pininfarina, the Modulo stole the show. It’s ultra-low, wedge-shaped bodywork and canopy-like glass roof were showstoppers, but the partially covered wheels and engine cover holes that revealed the large V12 powering the concept were indications that this was something special.

The latest vehicle from Kia is the battery-electric EV6. Designed as a wagon-like crossover, it’s more akin to a car-based station wagon than it is a car-based SUV. And that means it’s a wonderful drive. There are some downsides to the 2022 Kia EV6, the primary one being that its wagon-like design means less cargo space. It’s real-world range also depends heavily on driving style and some of the advanced features are a little shaky, but this new-generation electric vehicle is definitely one of the better ones we’ve driven thus far.

The mid-90s were an exciting time for supercars as the Italian makes rolled out wedge car after wedge car and every television show and movie featured perfectly manicured men driving them. As the automotive mainstream went “boring is good” and “we all look alike because it’s aerodynamic,” high end models went flashy. Into this entered the Ford GT90, as much a combination of Ford in its “we own everything” heyday as it was a high performance concept.

The Mazda CX-9 arrived in its current generation in 2016 and began winning awards for its interior experience, design, and well-balanced drive dynamic. Six years later, all of those things still apply. The CX-9 has a beautiful interior, smart design, and good dynamic. But there are a few sacrifices made to get those things.

The Aerovette XP-882 started life as Experimental Project 882 in the late 1960s, culminating in two prototypes in 1969. General manager, at the time, of Chevrolet John DeLorean, however, nixed the project over lead design engineer Zora Zora Arkus-Duntov’s objections, calling it impractical and costly. But one of those prototypes was quickly dusted off and shined for the 1970 New York Auto Show after Ford had announced plans to sell the DeTomaso Pantera in Lincoln dealerships, potentially making Chevy look less exciting without a supercar of its own.

There are a lot of questions that car owners might have about their vehicles. Especially new car owners who aren’t sure about maintenance requirements or costs. Here we’ll look at the top four things we’re asked about here and on our YouTube channel. Many just buy the maintenance package from the dealership and wait for the notifications on their dashboard or phone let them know when to schedule a visit. That solution is certainly the most convenient and, if your vehicle is under warranty, may be the best way to ensure that the warranty remains in force. But it’s still worth knowing when and how maintenance should happen.

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a commercial van with extremely varied capability. It can be outfitted simply, as our cargo van version was, or with a fully self-contained camping/living quarters, or anything in between. There are three engine options, rear-wheel or four-wheel drive setups, and two wheelbase lengths.

Back in 2006, Saab introduced a concept car that was determined to overthrow the company’s “boring professor car” image. The Saab Aero-X showcased several engineering marvels that proved that the Swedish carmaker was capable of going beyond daily driven sedans and station wagons. Its innovations found their way into a few future Saab vehicles, but didn’t prevent the company’s demise a decade later.

I spend a lot of time at school. Or at least, in school zones. I have three kids and that means two different school drop offs in the morning and three different pickups in the afternoons. I always arrive early for both. Because I’ve learned, after three kids through elementary, that’s a lot easier than trying to skin-of-your-teeth the timing. While sitting in those school zones, I often listen to the radio and observe the other parents. People watching is a favorite pastime and I indulge as often as possible. What I notice in school zones is both frightening and amusing at the same time. In the same way that watching videos on Yellowstone National Park: Invasion of the Idiots is. You know bad things might happen, but you’re unable to stop them and can only take solace in the dark humor that they present.

The Toyota Prius was introduced over 25 years ago and quickly became the synonym for "hybrid" – and often for ugly design as well. Now Toyota has unveiled the fifth generation of the car, and it's actually quite impressive.

Korean luxury automaker Genesis unveiled its new concept, the X Convertible, just ahead of the Los Angeles Auto show. A 2+2 electric drop-top, the car is based on the same architecture and electric powertrain as 2021's Genesis X Concept and Genesis X Speedium concept, and marks the final chapter in the luxury brand’s X concept series.

In the 1960s, the muscle car era was just getting started. General Motors had previously shown a concept series called Firebird in the 1950s. To continue that theme, and to add performance as a motif for the Pontiac brand, the Banshee series was created. The first of the Pontiac Banshee cars debuted in 1964 and 1965 as three concepts under the XP-833 and XP-851 tags. The “Banshee” name was added later, having been previously considered for some Camaro concepts that eventually became the Firebird series of production cars.

The 2022 model year Range Rover is split between the previous-generation and the new fifth-generation model. This confusing setup happens because the model year designations for Land Rover differ in Europe versus the United States and what’s left of the previous-gen Rover is being sold in a pared-down trim lineup while the new-gen hits dealerships.

There are few things as fun as throwing rooster tails and sliding turns in the sand. In Southern California not far from the Arizona and Mexico borders lies the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, near Glamis. Miles of sand dunes that are open to the public for ATV, UTV, and off-road vehicle driving are to be had there. And every year, Polaris fans congregate for an event called Camp RZR.

Every year, out in the sand dunes of Glamis, California, there converges a group of off-road enthusiasts for Camp RZR. This Polaris-sponsored event happens every fall and is the mecca of dirt- and sand-throwing machine lovers around the country. And their kids. As a dad, it is also a great way to get the entire family introduced to the fun and excitement of off-roading without investing in kid-friendly gear that they might not be ready for yet.

We just had our first snow and for a place with a lot of local plates, I was amazed at how many drivers seem to have forgotten their lifetime of snow driving after a summer off. When the snow came, my wife and I were on our way to a parent-teacher meeting at the grade school. It was really coming down as we headed over and continued while we were in that meeting. It was an opportunity to notice something: the number of people put their wipers up was about half. A pretty even 50/50 split.

The 1990s were a heady time of power innovation as the aftermath of the oil crisis and the advent of emissions controls changed the automotive landscape. Where the 1980s saw blah-mobiles with choked back engines, the 1990s began a resurgence of engine power as a driving goal. Enter Volkswagen with these W12 concepts.

The Aston Martin Bulldog was first shown in 1980 at the Bell Hotel at Aston Clinton in the UK. Designed by William Towns, the Bulldog was given its name from an airplane flown by Aston Martin’s then managing director Alan Curtis. During production, the Bulldog was nicknamed “K9” from its official designator, DP K901, and in winking homage to the Doctor Who TV series robotic dog.

Volkswagen is hitting the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show hard in 2022. Several custom builds and some showcases are on display this year, beginning with an SUV known as the Atlas Basecamp Camping Concept.

When Nissan debuted the new Z, it was a huge announcement that, while not surprising, definitely turned on the speculation spigot. Now we've had it for a week, and the speculation is over. Spoiler alert: it’s magnificent.

The Highlander entered its fourth generation in 2020, keeping the family-oriented, three-row midsized SUV market in line. The Highlander has long been a mainstay and “best-of” choice for that important segment and its changes for the new generation kept that expectation alive. However, there’s a lot of competition in midsized three-row options.

The Lexus UX was introduced in 2019 as a small, but not compact, crossover. It’s since become the entry-level option for the Lexus lineup. Priced and sized underneath the NX crossover SUV, the UX comes in both a 200 and a 250h model. The 2022 Lexus UX 200 is the gasoline model while its 250h stablemate is the hybrid.