Safety is a big concern for many drivers, and a bad score may be enough to deter consumers from making a purchase. For the automakers who spend millions developing, testing, and manufacturing a vehicle, one too many bad scores could make for a bad fiscal year. Multiple recalls only add to the fire. So how …

Here’s another vehicle we wish would be sold in the US, and can’t understand the business plan behind not selling it here. It makes so much sense for VW to sell its T5 Multivan in the US. But we’re not here to debate Volkswagen’s poor judgment. You can read about Dieselgate to find out how …

The Volkswagen Atlas is a relatively new SUV that hasn't been updated much since its debut. Does the Atlas come standard with Apple CarPlay?

You need only look at the burst in Pontiac Aztek interest to see how overlanding has taken off. A desire to go off-road, or at least look like you can, explains SUVs’ strong sales, especially ones like the Toyota 4Runner. But just like in day-to-day scenarios, an SUV isn’t always the best choice. Volkswagen wouldn’t …

Why can’t German manufacturers build decent pickups? If you thought the Mercedes X-Class was a good pickup you can thank Nissan. The X-Class pickup was just a thinly disguised Navara. That’s in Nissan Navara. Mercedes odd decisions surrounding the X-Class didn’t help, either. Like leaving the largest market for pickups out of any distribution plans. …

German automakers are known for quality and impeccable craftsmanship. How many automakers is this country home to?

Volkswagen started off the whole van thing with the Microbus back in the 1950s. Then, it created the camper van. Both were good sellers in the US. Today, Ford sells almost 150,000 Transit vans in the US alone. So, why can’t the US get the Volkswagen T6.1 California van? The name of one of America’s …

Volkswagen’s agenda for the last two decades or so has been to be the largest, most dominant, Godzilla-like vehicle manufacturer, the world has ever seen. Every year it makes wild pronouncements about production goals that if met would begin the trajectory to overlords of the auto universe. Then, on the way to that glorious day, …

There are some pretty amazing vehicles in other parts of the world that the U.S. has never had the chance to buy. As automakers create lines specific to the various needs of geographic regions and foreign markets, there isn’t a need to make them for everyone. So, there are some you can’t buy in certain …

Ford and GM have a huge advantage over their Japanese and German rivals. We’re seeing it in the number of Japanese companies in the hottest segments with the oldest models, and European companies rich in cars but almost nonexistent in trucks and SUVs. It took a while for this to happen, but US manufacturers are …

The charts and analysis are so confusing. Are electric vehicle sales up or down? Are all of the other countries seeing a rise in electric vehicle sales except the US? Did electric vehicle sales tank in 2019? The standard response to the number of EV sales in the US is 2%. It’s 3% in California. …

Ford unveiled its Mustang SUV just last month at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show. Already it has announced a smaller Mustang is on the way. Ford said it wasn’t done sprinkling the Mustang name around to other new products. Man, it wasted no time in doing it. So, another, different Ford Mustang is coming …

If you think VW can’t go big, think again. The 2020 VW Atlas SUV is large-five inches wider than a Toyota Highlander, and almost 200-inches long. You know an SUV this big has a third row, even if this one seems a bit cramped. When the seats are folded down you gain almost 100 cubic …

In what can only be called a daring move on VW’s part, it began production today of the 2020 T-Roc Cabriolet. Why so daring you ask? Because it’s a convertible crossover and the last two that tried this were dismal failures. But we love oddball attempts like this so we’ll fill you in on the …

The latest sales figures are in with pickups, crossovers, and SUVs accounting for almost 75% of new vehicle sales. This is the highest level we have seen in a continuing rise in such sales. While Truck/SUV sales increase, we are seeing cars drop down to life support. Not all was bad for cars, but SUVs …

It’s practically a cliché: “no replacement for displacement.” If you want your truck or SUV to tow the most, carry the most, you need the biggest engine possible. And as a helpful by-product, you get more speed. Except, not always. There’s more than one way to generate big numbers than simply increasing the size of …

The Volkswagen Amarok is a reliable pickup truck that many Americans have never heard of. That's because it's not available in the U.S., for now at least.

Ford and Volkswagen are two auto giants. Both companies are looking to improve truck production, will the partnership work or is it a mistake?

Until recently, Europeans have largely viewed pickup trucks as vehicles owned by workers. We once thought this way in the U.S., too.

It’s beginning to look like we should prepare for a flood of new small pickups to hit the market. Ford car-based truck test mules have been spotted running around Australia. Kia is allegedly planning a similar-sized pickup for release there, too. While no pickup version of Ford’s baby Bronco exists officially, there’s a good business …