Saturday, 29 October 2022 05:36

2023 Toyota Crown Courts Controversy

Toyota embraces polemical design with the Avalon's tall four-door successor, the 2023 Crown. Nobody ever argued about the Toyota Avalon, which was universally described as "perfectly nice." But Toyota, in case you haven't noticed, is no longer content with inoffensive competence. So it replaced the Avalon with the 2023 Crown, a jacked-up four-door coupe-roof sedan that looks like a 1999…
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 03:38

2024 Cadillac Celestiq

Cadillac has been laboring in the shadow of European luxury brands for several decades, but it hasn’t given up: witness the company’s new electric flagship, the Celestiq sedan. This stunner shares a family resemblance to the new Lyriq EV SUV, but its sleek lines, sweeping roof, and bustle rear end give it dynamic proportions and jaw-dropping presence. Cadillac’s designers say…
Mazda has joined the manufacturers that offer a large SUV according to European standards, or a medium SUV according to American standards. In Leverkusen, we tested the most powerful version, which is also the most powerful production Mazda of all time. In recent years, it has been obvious that Mazda is aiming for the premium segment and it has really…
Friday, 21 October 2022 05:18

2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre

Rolls-Royce is taking its ultimate-luxury ethos to a new realm with the all-electric 2024 Spectre coupe. James Bond probably wouldn't toast the new model with one of his shaken-not-stirred signature martinis given his history of battling the international crime organization known as Spectre. But he might want to drive the regal new coupe nonetheless. The Spectre rides on the same…
Tuesday, 18 October 2022 03:01

World premiere: Electric Mercedes EQE SUV

The Mercedes EQE SUV is a versatile alternative to the EQE business sedan. Like the Mercedes EQE sedan, the new electric SUV is available with the basic innovations of the EQS model and at the same time is more dynamic than the EQS SUV model. Mercedes says that the EQE SUV is one of the most spacious representatives of its…
As a traditional-style hybrid, this compact luxury SUV is less expensive than a plug-in but also less desirable. Although hybrids are proliferating in the compact luxury SUV space, the 2022 Lexus NX350h is in a class of its own. Whereas those other compact luxury SUVs, including the range-topping Lexus NX450h+, are plug-ins (or PHEVs), the NX350h is a traditional-style hybrid.…
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 04:56

New Peugeot e-208 2022 review

Efficiency tweaks give the electric Peugeot e-208 supermini a greater range VerdictThis small update to the e-208 is definitely worthwhile, adding a little extra range with absolutely no drawbacks. However, given Peugeot’s recent announcement that its electric supermini will get a bigger battery (and therefore offer a chunk more range again) and more power, you might want to wait for…
Saturday, 08 October 2022 09:41

2023 Volkswagen Taos

2023 volkswagen taos suv front parked on a desert track Subcompact SUVs feed a hunger for space, affordability, and a certain sense of belonging—since almost everyone drives an SUV these days. Among 20 other competitors, the Volkswagen Taos quenches an additional, more recent consumer craving for parsimonious fuel economy. Available in front- or all-wheel drive, every Taos hums along getting…

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