SUVs

  • GT Spirit is offering the Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4² in 1:18 scale

    If you want to own the most rugged vehicle in the Mercedes-Benz lineup, you have to part with a colossal stack of cash. This would require heading to your local Benz store and asking for the keys and title to a G550 4x4². After handing over well over $200,000, you could drive away in a massive G-Class wearing the hardware from the mental G63 6x6 but with four wheels instead of the extra two. There's now a version of this Mercedes monster, and you can probably afford it. That's because it's a 1:18 scale version produced by GT Spirit. Mercedes-Benz handed over the original design...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport preview

    Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport enters the 2018 model year with the most extensive updates since the current generation’s 2014 debut. The list includes subtle touches to the exterior, a new interior with the latest Jaguar Land Rover infotainment system, more power for the...

  • Jim Hackett (left) and Bill Ford Jr.
    Ford's new strategy: focus shifts to SUVs, trucks and EVs

    After taking over the CEO position at Ford in May, Jim Hackett immediately set to work on a 100-day review of the company to develop a strategy to address the massive forces afflicting the automotive industry, namely automation, electrification and falling demand for traditional passenger car...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR revealed with 575 horsepower

    Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport SVR is hard to beat when it comes to a combination of performance, luxury and off-road capability. The existing vehicle is bloody brilliant but Land Rover has seen fit to add a few enhancements, one of which is, yes, more power. The enhancements are part of more...

  • 2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e
    2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid first look

    Land Rover’s Range Rover SUVs, for decades the image of inefficiency and excess, are being transformed into some of the cleanest vehicles on the road. Land Rover is starting with the Range Rover Sport which for the 2019 model year will offer a plug-in hybrid option: the P400e. Arriving in...

  • 2018 Rezvani Tank
    Jeep Wrangler-based Rezvani Tank revealed with 500 horsepower

    Having impressed us with its sports car designs over the years, Californian coachbuilder Rezvani has now tackled the SUV segment with the imposing Tank off-roader. Based on the Jeep Wrangler, the vehicle boasts a 500-horsepower V-8, suicide-style rear doors and night vision. Everything about this...

  • 2018 Suzuki Jimny spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    It’s been rumored for years that Mercedes-Benz is looking to introduce a pint-sized version of its G-Class, and soon we may just see such a vehicle. However, it seems Suzuki will beat Mercedes to the punch. The Japanese automaker is working on a redesign for its Jimny and the next-generation model is looking very much like a G-Class that’s shrunk in the wash. But before you start ragging on Suzuki’s designers for copying the G-Class, note that the boxy lines and round headlights are influenced by the original Suzuki Jimny which predates the G-Class. The redesign represents...

  • 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
    Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in finally on sale in US, prices start at $35,535

    As the saying goes, “better late than never.” That’s certainly the case with Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV which is finally ready for sale in the United States. We’ll remind you the vehicle was first shown as far back as the 2012 Paris Motor Show, although the Outlander...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio at the Nürburgring
    Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio the fastest SUV around the ‘Ring

    Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio in Quadrifoglio guise is now the fastest SUV around the Nürburgring. The 505-horsepower SUV needed just 7:51.7 to lap the circuit, squashing the previous record of 7:59.7 set by the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S in 2014. Alfa Romeo also holds the fastest time for a sedan...

  • 2018 Nissan Armada Platinum Reserve
    2018 Nissan Armada goes lux with Platinum Reserve trim

    Nissan on Thursday unveiled the 2018 Armada Platinum Reserve at the 2017 Texas State Fair. The Platinum Reserve trim is the highest for the Armada and adds a number of features that brings the big SUV closer in spec to its Infiniti QX80 sibling. The list includes a dark chrome finish for the front...

  • 2019 Porsche Cayenne
    2019 Porsche Cayenne deep dive

    It’s the very antithesis of Porsche. Or is it? The Cayenne, an SUV, is the sports car company's second best seller, behind another SUV, the Macan. It may be an SUV, but it’s still a Porsche and that means it has to be sporty. Porsche is introducing the third generation of the Cayenne...

  • 2019 BMW X3 M spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 BMW X3 M spy shots and video

    Feast your eyes on the latest spy shots and video of BMW’s upcoming X3 M. The high-performance crossover SUV is based on the recently revealed third-generation X3, and when it arrives it will do battle with the Porsche Macan Turbo as well as a new GLC63 from Mercedes-AMG. We've also heard...

  • 2018 Land rover Range Rover Velar

    Land Rover is poised to offer a road-biased luxobarge to rival the Mercedes-Benz S-Class by the end of the decade. That’s according to Autocar which reports that Land Rover is developing the vehicle, code-named the Road Rover, in parallel with a next-generation Jaguar XJ. The vehicle will reportedly come with an electric powertrain and offer dynamic performance never before seen in a Land Rover. However, it's also said to be coming with some off-road capability—most likely soft-road capability—to carve out its niche in the market. The concept of a road-biased Land Rover...

  • 2019 Volvo XC40
    2019 Volvo XC40 allows your friend or family to borrow the car without a key

    Say you’re away on vacation and someone you trust, perhaps a close friend or family member, needs to borrow your car. With the 2019 Volvo XC40 arriving next spring, you’ll be able to grant a person access to the car via an app. The person borrowing the car will be able to access and...

  • Wey XEV concept, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show
    Great Wall launches luxury SUV brand Wey

    Great Wall is China’s largest producer of SUVs and pickup trucks but the company has ambitions to be much more than that. Great Wall has openly admitted its desire to acquire Jeep in its attempts to become the world’s biggest producer of SUVs but at the same time the company wants to...

  • Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept, 2016 Paris auto show
    Mercedes investing $1B in Tuscaloosa plant to build electric SUVs

    Mercedes-Benz will spend $1 billion in its Tuscaloosa, Alabama assembly plant to build batteries and electric SUVs, the German automaker confirmed Thursday as part of the 20th anniversary celebration for its U.S. plant. The electric SUV is scheduled for early next decade. The plans call for a new...

  • 2019 Volvo XC40
    2019 Volvo XC40 preview: buy your SUV like you buy your smartphone

    The 2019 Volvo XC40 may change the way cars are bought–or, rather, subscribed to. With the XC40, which reaches showrooms next spring, as a 2019 model, Volvo says it will not only introduce its third new crossover SUV in four years. It will also offer buyers a choice between a traditional sale...

  • Dodge Durango Hellcat by Plum Floored Creations
    Someone built a Durango Hellcat because Dodge won't

    You know what didn’t exist until now? A Dodge Durango Hellcat. Add some motivation and mechanical knowledge—a lot of elbow grease—and let's make tire-shredding history. You’re welcome, America. A 2012 Dodge Durango R/T owner wanted to get her husband a gift, so she called...

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger introduces the Kreisel Hummer H1 electric conversion

    Arnold Schwarzenegger was influential in getting AM General’s military-duty Humvee converted for civilian use in the 1990s. Since then his environmental consciousness has grown, making his beloved Hummer H1, the name of the civilian Humvee, quite the contradiction. Now, thanks to Austrian firm Kreisel, Schwarzenegger’s dream of an electric H1 has become a reality. The vehicle was revealed on Tuesday to mark the opening of Kreisel’s new R&D center in Rainbach im Mühlkreis, Austria. It follows the reveal in January of an electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class that was...

  • Infiniti QX50 concept, 2017 Detroit auto show
    Mull and crossbones: Infiniti QX50 on hiatus; QX60 Hybrid killed

    Infiniti is pausing two of its crossovers for 2018, the automaker confirmed Tuesday. Nissan's luxury brand said it won't offer a 2018 QX50 ahead of a completely overhauled model that's expected to hit dealers early next year. This new 2019 Infiniti QX50 will closely resemble the QX50 concept shown...

  • Teaser for Mitsubishi e-Evolution concept debuting at 2017 Tokyo Motor Show
    A Mitsubishi Evo concept is coming, and it's an electric SUV

    After multiple generations, Mitsubishi put its rally-bred Lancer Evolution out to pasture last year. Execs at the Japanese firm have been hinting for several years about a radical successor that would utilize electrification, come in new body style, and finally shed all vestiges with the humble...

  • 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque test mule spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Next-gen Range Rover Evoque will offer plug-in hybrid option

    Land Rover is working on a redesign for its Range Rover Evoque. The new compact SUV is expected in 2019 and should offer a plug-in hybrid option. The information was reported by Autocar and follows news this week that the larger Range Rover Sport and Ranger Rover models will offer a plug-in hybrid...

  • 2018 Jeep Wrangler spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Jeep Wrangler spy shots

    Jeep’s next-generation Wrangler, the JL, is almost here. The reveal is now just a few months away and the latest prototypes are wearing barely any camouflage gear. They reveal a number of details such as the new grille, front and rear fascias, front and rear LED lights, hinges for the...

  • Reservation for EQ electric SUV on Mercedes-Benz’s Norwegian website
    You can already reserve Mercedes’ EQC electric SUV in Norway

    The first product from Mercedes-Benz’s new EQ sub-brand for electrified cars will be a small electric SUV labeled the EQC. The vehicle was previewed by the Generation EQ concept unveiled at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, and it has already been spotted in test mule form. It’s confirmed to...

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