SUVs

Though its starting price has increased slightly, the new 2013 Range Rover is well worth the upgrade.

After years of sales in Europe, the V-6-equipped Porsche Cayenne Diesel has just been introduced to the U.S. market, bringing with it respectable performance in both economy and speed. However, Porsche has now taken the wraps off a brand new diesel-powered Cayenne, and this one’s got a V-8...

If you’re hoping to drive an electric car, your maximum driving range with the vehicles currently on sale top out at about 250 to 300 miles. Though this limit will surely increase in the longer term, there are ways of getting around this limit already available today. The most obvious is...

In the United States, the best selling Land Rover and Range Rover model is the Range Rover Sport. The current model, based on the Discovery, is due to be phased out, replaced by a new Sport model based on the upcoming Range Rover. Jaguar Land Rover knows to tread carefully here, as making too many...

The brand new, fourth-generation Range Rover SUV from Land Rover hits showrooms this December following a global premiere at the 2012 Paris Auto Show this month. Earlier, Land Rover gave us a preview of the new Range Rover, but now we have all the specs and some beautiful new imagery of the stylish...

At this month’s 2012 Paris Auto Show, Mitsubishi will take the covers off the long-awaited plug-in hybrid version of its recently revealed 2013 Outlander crossover. First hinted at in 2009 with the Concept PX-MiEV, Mitsubishi’s plug-in hybrid Outlander, which is labeled the Outlander...

There’s talk of a new generation of the iconic Land Rover Defender SUV being built, based on the recent string of Defender Concept 100 show cars and rumors that the vehicle will be returning to the U.S. by the middle of the decade. For now, however, the Defender is off-limits for local...

The Mercedes-Benz M-Class and GL-Class SUVs have always been built in a single plant located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. That’s about to change, as final assembly of Asian-market M and GL-Class vehicles will soon shift to plants in India, Thailand and Indonesia. That doesn’t mean that the...

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Italian supercar builder Lamborghini, and the occasion will be honored with events worldwide, including a grand tour of Italy. Proving that the iconic automaker has a long life ahead of it, Jay Leno spent some time viewing Lamborghini’s latest concepts...

When it comes to engine modifications for additional performance, most enthusiasts are content to reflash the ECU, add an intake, bolt on an exhaust header and low-restriction exhaust and call it done. The more hardcore among us may add forced induction, modify engine internals and develop a custom...

Coinciding with the launch of the redesigned Range Rover flagship will be an updated version of the smaller LR2, which benefits from a new engine, revised bodywork and a much more luxurious interior. The changes help the LR2 align better with the rest of the Land Rover lineup, which has been...

Still fresh from its world debut at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this spring, Lamborghini’s Urus SUV concept made a first pass at a slew of likely American buyers this weekend at its first U.S. showing, at The Quail 2012. The Urus is the brand's first SUV concept since the LM002 of the late...

Luxury automaker Bentley has chosen the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for the North American debut of its fastest-ever production model, the 2013 Continental GT Speed. With an output of 625 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque from its twin-turbo W-12 engine, the Continental GT...

In 1907, Damiler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG), the predecessor of today’s Mercedes-Benz, launched a revolutionary commercial vehicle it called the “Dernburg-Wagen.” Billed as the first commercially available four-wheel-drive vehicle, the Dernburg-Wagen also featured four-wheel...

Back when Land Rover was in the hands of BMW and developing the third-generation of its iconic Range Rover SUV, there were plans in place to take the vehicle more upmarket. Even then, during the early planning phase of the Mk3 Range Rover, the management at Land Rover knew there was an opportunity...

Mercedes-Benz is recalling the vehicle due to fears part of the dash might break off and become a projectile when the airbags are launched.

It was back in 1963 that Ferruccio Lamborghini, the then owner of a tractor company, would venture into the risky world of manufacturing high-end sports cars. That means that next year his company, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., will be 50 years old, and you can bet that there will be plenty of...

The Range Rover SUV is crucial for Land Rover as it's not only the model that best defines the brand, but it’s also the one that most of Land Rover’s other vehicles are based on. Models like the Range Rover Sport, LR4 (Discovery) and LR2 (Freelander) all share their basic design and...

The 2013 Nissan Pathfinder is 500 pounds lighter than the outgoing 2012 model, helping it deliver a fuel economy of 20/26 mpg city/highway.

The 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 gets a handful of interior upgrades and two new exterior special editions.