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Honda’s own mass-market EVs are taking form, previewed in an Accord Series 0 EVs will be built in Ohio starting late 2025 Series 0 has been designed from the start for lighter weight and lower rooflines The Honda Accord sedan I’m piloting around a small course at the automaker’s Tochigi, Japan, R&D facility accelerates quicker and corners flatter than any Accord I’ve ever been in. It’s also the quietest. While this may be Honda’s midsize mainstay in appearance, it is something very different from the ground up. It’s one of just a few prototypes acting as a development proof point…
2025 Infiniti QX80 trades a 400-hp 5.6-liter V-8 for a 450-hp twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 QX80’s cabin is bigger and better appointed The QX80’s luxury is in its many details, including massaging second-row seats and headrest speakers Driving the 2025 Infiniti QX80 around the roads of Napa Valley, Calif., I keep noticing new details. Between the big SUV’s cool tech gadgets, luxurious cabin, numerous amenities, and new design, I find a lot to like. That’s important because few people need a big, lumbering, thirsty SUV like this. They have to want it, and those fun features give buyers reason to consider…
New GTS version kicks in 493 hp, 486 lb-ft of torque Porsche claims 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds, top speed of 171 mph It’s $126,895 for the Cayenne GTS SUV, $131,495 for the Coupe Porsche took its scalpel to the wildly successful Cayenne just last year. And while it updated the SUV extensively for 2024, with an eye toward even more plug-in versions, it saved a little time and space for the thumping V-8 engine that’s easing into its sunset years with uncommon dignity. That V-8 brings us here—well, more precisely, to the Truman Show-like suburban utopia north of Atlanta,…
The GranCabrio Folgore is the only electric convertible available in the U.S. Faster and more fluid, the electric GranCabrio Folgore one-ups the gas-powered Trofeo The $206,995 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore arrives this fall The invite said we’d get to experience both the electric 2025 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore and gas-powered GranCabrio Trofeo convertibles. But the extra hook for me, Mr. Lake Life, was the electric Maserati boat. Maserati spokesperson Matt Rindone told me over the phone I could absolutely drive this $2.6-million electric Maserati Tridente boat—just fly to Italy, we’ll drive some cars, and I can captain the boat. Sold. I should’ve…
The latest generation of the Toyota Tundra uses a twin-turbocharged 3.5 V-6 engine, either as a standalone unit or in combination with a hybrid system. Turbocharged engines are widely known for being easy to upgrade, and Toyota is ready to get in on the act with a power bump for the Tundra’s mill. The automaker used this week’s 2023 SEMA show to present the TRD Performance Package that is designed to add 32 hp to the Tundra’s V-6, lifting the base powertrain’s output to 421 hp and the hybrid powertrain’s output to 469 hp. Peak torque also arrives about 400…
Polestar follows up the 3 SUV with a coupe-like 4 with seats for five It’s fast but flappable: the 4 has scalding electric power, but the ride needs fine-tuning With Android firmware and wireless Apple CarPlay—and ambient lighting themed on the solar system—it’s a tech-forward statement Will a small sales network spike early sales? Polestar has swung swiftly from the pricey, plug-in Polestar 1 coupe to the more pragmatic plug-only Polestar 2 sedan. It’s in the midst of launching a big three-row 3 SUV—and now, it’s pushing its fourth car out the door. The sequentially named Polestar 4 has a…
A redesigned 2024 Toyota Tacoma bowed earlier this year exclusively with turbo-4 powertrains, but a concept unveiled at this week’s 2023 SEMA show at least teases the possibility of a twin-turbocharged V-6 making its way under the midsize truck’s hood. The Tacoma X-Runner concept is a modern take on the classic street truck formula, in that it’s lowered, fast, and probably next to useless when heading off-road due to the ride height. It also features rear-wheel drive. According to Adam Rabinowitz, the chief designer at Toyota’s Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Calty Design Research, one of the reasons for developing the concept…
2025 Audi SQ6 E-Tron goes on sale in November for about $15,000 less than the Porsche Macan EV Audi’s PPE architecture has more efficient and powerful motors than other SUV E-Trons SQ6 E-Tron benefits from an available air suspension with adaptive dampers An underground parking garage below the cobblestone streets of a Basque old town might be an unlikely place to detail the cutting-edge technology underpinning Audi’s evolutionary electric vehicle platform. With concrete pillars as stout as a Gothic basilica, parking spots no wider than a Lancia hatchback, and convoluted exits so narrow that even Moped riders exit in single…
Ringbrothers may be best known for its show-stopping muscle cars, but the Wisconsin company isn’t afraid to try its hand with models not normally associated with the custom car world. It turned up to the 2023 SEMA show this week with several builds, and one of them was based on a 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. It’s been christened the Ringbrothers Paramount, and it combines the opulence of a modern Rolls-Royce with the muscle of a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 from the General Motors parts bin. The engine is the same LT4 V-8 that debuted in the C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06,…
The Defender now tussles with mainstream Wranglers and Broncos Defender charms include build quality, functionality, and strong powertrain options Expensive competition makes it seem almost reasonably priced Rivals from all around have the Land Rover Defender in their sights. Yet, the Brit still manages to stand alone. I spent a week living family life with the 2024 Land Rover Defender 110. What did I learn? Dismissing this icon for the competition would be a mistake. Why? I found the Defender to be screwed together well, and I liked it strong turbo-6 powertrain option, and its packaging and controls. But living…