BURLINGTON, Vt. — I have a love-hate relationship with personal watercraft. It’s not about the boats themselves, mind you. The PWC (Jet-Ski is a Kawasaki trademark) is fantastic, like a motorcycle skimming across the water. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’ve never driven across it, it’s difficult to appreciate just how large the United States is. The trick to any road trip, particularly a cross-country one, is to have the […]
SAN DIEGO — BMW has long offered electrified vehicles. The German marque was one of the first to sell a full EV with the odd i3, and it has offered plug-in hybrids for years across […]
SAN DIEGO — There are basically two flavors of electric car. First, there’s the electrified version of a current vehicle, like the Ford F–150 Lightning. It looks like a standard, gas-powered F–150 and feels like […]
SAN DIEGO — GMC’s Denali is one of the most successful subbrands in automotive. I can’t tell you how often I’ve talked to someone who had just purchased “a new Denali” rather than a new […]
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The most surprising thing about the Ford Bronco Raptor isn’t its prodigious off-road performance. That was no surprise to me, given the Raptor badge and the Bronco pedigree, that the new […]
PARK CITY, Utah — Okay, now I get it. For years, General Motors and CEO Mary Barra have been talking about the company’s Ultium platform and how it’s such a big deal. GM has invested […]
SAN DIEGO — There are some cars that outdo the competition. With dozens of car brands and dozens upon dozens of different vehicles available from those brands, competition in the automotive space has never been […]
SAN DIEGO — The engine inside the RAM TRX pickup was something no one asked for. Half a decade ago, engineers inside Dodge’s SRT division — secretly! — took the brand’s excellent 6.4L V8 and […]
AUSTIN, Texas — I like electric cars, but I don’t think they’re suitable for everyone. Not yet. With a few exceptions, most of the country does not have the infrastructure to handle long road trips […]
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