Tag: car reviews

  • 2020 Subaru Outback Pros and Cons Review: This is What Subaru Could Improve

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    Pros: Modern interior Luxury-like suspension Great value Cons: Exterior Seems Ranked Unrefined turbo Motor Poor infotainment UX From the exterior, most people won’t understand that the 2020 Subaru Outback was redesigned. But beauty is on the interior of the rocky raised noodle. The Outback is a favorite for people who like the outdoors. Even though…

  • Why the Kia Niro EV Makes It Easier Than Ever to Go Electric

    Why the Kia Niro EV Makes It Easier Than Ever to Go Electric

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    It’s never been easier to switch to an electric car. No, I don’t want to hear your excuses about range, performance, or charging infrastructure. Odds are good that today—right now—for a significant portion of Americans (especially those who own gas-powered hatchbacks), an electric car has never made more sense. The 2019 Kia Niro EV I…

  • Tesla Model Y First Ride: A Compact Crossover For Canyon Roads

    Tesla Model Y First Ride: A Compact Crossover For Canyon Roads

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    As the new Tesla Model Y approaches, about 100 people pull out their smartphones and start recording. The same Deep Blue Metallic model that was shown on stage by Tesla CEO Elon Musk stops in front of the assembled Tesla super fans and journalists who clamor impatiently to get in. View this post on Instagram…

  • 2021 Polestar 2 First Look: Scandinavia’s Tesla Model 3 Challenger?

    2021 Polestar 2 First Look: Scandinavia’s Tesla Model 3 Challenger?

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    Elon Musk has bottled some lightning, and so far nobody’s successfully reverse-engineered his formula–the precise “it factor”–that earned Tesla 80 percent of the (admittedly still tiny) market for fully electric passenger vehicles at the U.S. at 2018. Their gol-dangdest, however alike is trying, and upstart Sino-Scandinavian brand Polestar seems to be following most closely at…

  • 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 Prototype Review: Driving Mercedes’ EV SUV

    2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 Prototype Review: Driving Mercedes’ EV SUV

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    Circle back to 6 years ago when 11 MotorTrend judges unanimously recognized the then-brand-new Tesla Model S our 2013 Car of the Year. Were you really nervous? Yeah, sure, obviously. Tesla what? Elon who? I recall asking the group if anybody had publicly or forever said that the Model S was vaporware. Ten hands shot…

  • Jaguar I-Pace: 2019 Motor Trend SUV of the Year Finalist

    Jaguar I-Pace: 2019 Motor Trend SUV of the Year Finalist

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    WE LIKE Dramatic Layout, smooth performance, balanced ride and handling WE DON’T LIKE Real-world driving array falls short Toyota, please note: The future doesn’t have to appear nasty. Even the I-Pace’s superbly implemented exterior layout may well define Jaguar’s identity in the 21st century and the E-Type did in the 20th. “The I-Pace might be Ian Callum’s…