Since we were in Nashville, we popped over to the Lane Motor Museum to say hello. The museum let us pose the Maverick next to some very big and very small trucks. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Ford provided flights to Nashville and two nights in a hotel so we could drive the Maverick trucks. Ars […]
The BMW X5 xDrive45e is a 50 mpg plug-in hybrid SUV. [credit: BMW ] It’s been a while since we spent time with BMW’s plug-in hybrid X5. Since then, the German automaker replaced the X5 with an all-new model called the X5 xDrive45e. The brand has returned to its iconic inline six-cylinder engine configuration under […]
Enlarge / This sketch is all we’ve seen of Porsche’s forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. (credit: Porsche) In 2021, there is a real buzz building in the world of sports car racing. After many years of running incompatible […]
The 2021 F-150 4X4 SuperCrew Lariat. [credit: Eric Bangeman ] Ford’s F-series pickup trucks have been the best-selling vehicles in the United States for what seems like forever, so there’s probably a powerful temptation not to mess with something that has worked so well. But the times, they are a-changin’, and so must pickup […]
Hyundai describes the styling of the 2022 Tucson Hybrid as “Parametric Dynamics.” [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] I’m not sure what they feed them at the Hyundai HQ cafeteria in Seoul, but whatever it is, it’s working. The Korean automaker has been on a hot streak these past few years, having upped its game across the […]
Mercedes-AMG has been developing this Project One hypercar—which uses the same powertrain as its all-conquering F1 cars—for a few years now. It’s not quite ready yet, but the hybrid system is about to appear on some other Mercedes-AMG road cars. [credit: Mercedes-AMG ] This week should have seen the start of the New York International […]