Remember when Kia’s lineup was a forgettable fleet of cheap transportation? If you can’t recall those rental-counter bottom-feeders, trust us, you’re not alone. The Korean automaker and its corporate counterpart, Hyundai, have been successfully shedding that stereotype for many years now. They’ve recently blossomed into two of the more interesting brands out there. Kia introduced […] More
The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ roadster is the hardcore, concentrated, and undiluted essence of a classic supercar. It’s powered by a massive, 759-hp 6.5-liter V-12 stuck in the middle of the car. It’s free of turbochargers, superchargers, and any concern about fuel costs. And it’s a real Lamborghini engine—not something assembled in an Audi engine plant […] More
The third-generation version of the Toyota Highlander stills sells in the hundreds of thousands annually, which makes the cautious, calculated approach that Toyota took in fully redesigning its mid-size three-row SUV for the 2020 model year rather unsurprising. Still, a cadre of fresh competitors from Ford, Kia, Hyundai, and Subaru, among others, means Toyota had […] More
When the fourth-generation Honda Fit broke cover at the recent Tokyo auto show, it garnered attention for having two different front-end designs. Honda’s designers were not content with giving the car just one new nose. To cover the bases, they cooked up both a more conventional headlight and grille pairing as well as one with […] More
Ask marketers what’s in a name and you’ll suddenly find yourself in a meeting where you’ll be informed that the future-proofing of a product’s rationalization cycle as it pertains to branding is at its core a consumer call-to-action activation and a mission-focused key-performance indicator factoring SEO key words from the global research of the monetization […] More
It’s an almost winter day in Southern California, and the tourists in their campers have all returned home, so we’re sailing along Pacific Coast Highway in the 2020 Nissan Sentra. Immediately apparent is that the brand-new cockpit in Nissan’s redesigned compact sedan bears no resemblance to any Sentra we’ve driven before, and that’s a very […] More
Our intensive look at the entry-level Blazer is informed by our own in-depth testing and hands-on experience. More
