MotowayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

(March 19, 2023) While the entire "everything electric" push continues at breakneck speed, there's considerable argument against this massive trillion dollar effort. We won't get into the negative side in this review. We will dwell on the positive, and we positively love the dozen or so electrics we have been privileged to drive and road test over the past couple of years. And some we love more than others.

MotorwayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

(March 12, 2023) Kia struck gold in 2020 with the Telluride, a new three-row mid-sized crossover SUV. It has wowed customers for three years, and for 2023 the Telluride has undergone a mid-cycle refreshening that includes updated exterior styling and interior upgrades that include a twin gauge cluster and an infotainment screen that together provide nearly 25 inches of continuous screen across the dashboard.

MotorwayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

(March 5, 2023) When Infiniti debuted its current entry-level compact QX50 sport utility crossover in 2019 we heaped it with a fair amount of praise. The current generation QX50 is now in its fifth year with only minor modifications and design tweaks here and there and we still find a lot to like. But in the intervening five years a host of competitors have brought fresher and more appealing vehicles to the segment, which makes the QX50 a tougher buying decision.

MotorwayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

(February 26, 2023) Hyundai's Kona N is the "Ultimate Driving Machine" for the those of us on a budget. It's wildly fun to drive never mind that its a subcompact crossover SUV and a member of a rather large family that offers four ways to travel. In addition to the N, the Kona klan consists of the standard model that is motivated by a 147 horsepower four-cylinder engine paired to a continuously variable transmission, a turbocharged N-Line model that elevates horsepower to 195 ponies, and an all-electric. 

MotorwayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen

(February 19, 2023) While the nation's automobile manufacturers are feverishly designing and building electric trucks to meet the "green" demand that seems to be sweeping the country, they continue to sell in great numbers trucks with brutish V-8 engines endowed with gobs of horsepower and torque and with incredible off-road capabilities. And despite the perceived desirability of everything without a gas tank, people still love their outlandishly capable trucks.

MotorwayAmerica.com

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

(February 12, 2023) Kia arrived in the United States in 1992 with the Sportage compact SUV, well ahead of the current crossover popularity. The other initial entry was an inexpensive compact sedan called the Sephia. The Sportage, which quickly gained fans in the soon-to-be small SUV segment, was a collaboration of Kia, Ford and Mazda — Ford having a stake in the company and Mazda providing the powertrain.

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By Dan Scanlan
MyCarData

(February 5, 2023) It’s a ruby red chunk of a truck, a near-luxury 3-row SUV — real SUV, not crossover — that has three rows of seats and can tow up to 8,100 pounds of trailer. Yet it’s as quiet as can be on a long trip to dinner with five on board. Borrowing the Silverado’s bold face for 2021 saw a respectable 106,000 sold, over the last-generation 2020’s 88,000 and close to its almost record-breaking halcyon days in 2018 and 2019. And on a rainy weekend’s travel between two states and three different events, it did its job as a truck, bus and commuter.