Jim Prueter

2025 Infiiniti QX80 Autograph — Dramatic new QX80 impresses



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(July 22, 2024) Infiniti's largest vehicle, the QX80 hasn't received a full generational redesign in a more than overdue fifteen years. Now completely new for 2025 the third generation QX80 boldly ups its game with a concentrated focus on opulent luxury ready to compete with the Cadillac Escalade, Lexus LX 600, and Lincoln Navigator.

2024 Ford F-150 Tremor



Ford's best all-around F-150
is nothing short of awesome

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(July 10, 2024) The Ford F-150 Tremor is about as perfect a half-ton truck as one could spec out regardless of manufacturer brand. Reintroduced with the current 14th-generation F-150 for 2020, Tremor slots between the base FX4 Off-Road trim and the monster-like Raptor, this quarter-ton overloading truck is engineered to better handle more serious off-road adventures but short of hard-core Rubicon Trail capable.

2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness



Third gen Crosstrek everything
that Subaru faithful desire

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(July 4, 2024) The Subaru Crosstrek is the brand's smallest and most popular best seller since first introduced in 2013. Now for 2024 the Crosstrek enters its third generation. A small five-seat crossover utility vehicle (four can sit comfortably), the redesigned Crosstrek gets a modest updating to its exterior styling and to the untrained eye it's difficult to distinguish it from last year's outgoing model.

2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited



Refreshed Sonata hybrid
sedan a mileage champion


By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 30, 2024) I'll save you the time of reading my entire review to find out if the 2024 Hyundai Sonata Limited Hybrid is worthy of my praise or not. Starting with my bottom line, the Sonata Hybrid is nothing short of a fantastic fuel sipping family sedan, with a roomy and upscale interior, distinctive styling, available all-wheel drive, excellent technology features, a smooth ride with a price that's a very good value. 

2024 Mazda CX-50 Turbo Premium Plus — Excels in just about everything



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 26, 2024) Last year the Mazda CX-50 was an all-new SUV model for the brand selling alongside the nearly same sized CX-5. It is longer, lower and wider that the CX-5 and will likely replace it in the near future. The CX-50 shares its platform with the subcompact CX-30 crossover adopting its athletic handling, its spirited twin scroll turbocharged engine and overall premium refinement to the joy of driving.

2024 Toyota Tundra Limited CrewMax



Hybrid Tundra flexes muscles,
but has a big appetite for gas


By Jm Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 22, 2024) Toyota's all-new Tundra has already been out for three years, making a significant departure for the made-in-Texas, Japanese pickup truck. Last year we did a thorough review of the Limited 4X4 CrewMax powered by its all-new and standard 389-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine. Now for 2024 Tundra receives a few minor styling and package updates including a new Platinum Grade trim level that's mostly exterior nips and tucks with a black grille, door handles, mirrors and window surroundings. 

2024 Hyundai Santa Fe



An excellent new Santa Fe —
if you don't mind getting noticed


By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 17, 2024) Hyundai has always been an outlier when it comes to new vehicle styling design. One need look no farther than the now discontinued Veloster (2012-2022), and the current IONIC 5 and IONIC 6 to name a few whose looks are eye-catching to be sure but for the wrong reasons. 

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser


Toyota resurrects Land Cruiser —
Smaller, cheaper, an absolute winner

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 16, 2024) After being discontinued three years ago, Toyota's seven decades flagship Land Cruiser returns for 2024 as a smaller, less expensive and completely redesigned SUV built on the same chassis frame with the Lexus GX and LX 600 along with Toyota's full size Tundra pickup truck, Sequoia SUV, midsized Tacoma pickup and soon to be introduced 2025 4Runner.

2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport — Big on room, short on sport



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 26, 2024) A mantra ever present in Volkswagen's branding of its huge Atlas SUV is the common refrain: "Built in America, for Americans." Offering the Atlas in either three-row or two-row seat configurations like the Cross Sport reviewed here, Volkswagen makes it perfectly clear the vehicle is targeted squarely at families looking for interior room, a road presences and an attractive sleek and sloping roof vehicle whose price won't bust the budget.

2024 Genesis GV60 Performance — A sweetheart of an all-electric SUV



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com
 
(May 18, 2024) Genesis, the upmarket luxury brand of Hyundai, makes its second entrant at a fully electric SUV with the compelling GV60. It isn't the first full electric SUV for Genesis but unlike the electrified GV70 it isn't a conversion from the original gas only powered combustion SUV.