Hyundai’s entry into the subcompact class, the new-for-2018 Kona crossover, sure made a splash. It was small and affordable, but wore bold styling with odd eyebrow-like running lamps hovering over headlights disguised as fog lamps in the bumper. Mix in its fun paint colors, available turbo engine, and cheeky vibe, and the Hyundai Kona was about as exciting as subcompact crossovers come. A couple years later, it’s due for an update, and it is getting one: Meet the 2022 Hyundai Kona.
Will the ’22 Kona make as big of a splash as the original? As a mid-cycle refresh, not an all-new design, you’d expect it to wear mildly revised exterior lights, maybe add a new paint color option, and [...]
Finally, Nissan will show off the next-generation Z sports car in the coming weeks. Well, at least in prototype form. The Nissan Z Proto will make its official debut on September 15.
Nissan teased the car in a new video, but we already have a pretty good idea of what it will look like. An older video flaunted the Z’s sexy and streamlined design, including its long hood and rounded haunches. The car features distinct throwback cues such as a C-pillar-mounted Z badge, sloping rear glass, and round headlamps that recall the design of the car’s earlier generations.
It’s still unclear what will power the new Z. The car may get a 4.0-liter V-6 as rumors of a 400Z badge would suggest. Or it could pack the twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 that powers Infiniti’s Red Sport 400 models. Perhaps we’ll find out at the reveal this month, although it’s quite likely Nissan will hold this [...]
The current state of the world has us thinking about getting away from it all. This story from our September 1968 issue, featuring a Jeep Wagoneer, Ford Ranchero, GMC pickup, and Dodge camper, helped us scratch that itch. Hopefully it does the same for you–Ed.
Something’s wrong. The moment you find yourself and four other virile, red-blooded males of unquestionable romantic heritage sitting innocently in the Corkscrew Saloon 187 feet below sea level at midnight in Death Valley discussing epistemology, theoretical physics and the insidious road to Beatty, Nevada, you know, just know, that this neat little progressive civilization of ours screwed up somewhere along the way.
Off-the-road? Remote? Bull. There we were, cursed with a four-wheel-drive Jeep Wagoneer, a rugged Ford Ranchero GT with a 6.4-liter V-8 engine, GMC’s new Golden West Special pickup prepared for the worst and carrying four trail cycles, and an Orange County-Modern Dodge A-108 camper van outfitted luxuriously [...]
The 2021 BMW 4 Series is arguably one of the most polarizing cars to have come out in the last few years. And by polarizing, we mean that pretty much everyone on the internet hates it. Honestly, we can’t blame the masses for turning their backs on the 4’s nose given BMW’s famous—and typically handsome—kidney grille has been turned into a set of proverbial buck teeth.
Fortunately, there are a lot of really talented people with access to Photoshop. One such person is Instagram user @Spdesignsest (or Siim Designs), and he has given us a number of possible front-end fixes to the BMW M440i. To our eyes, these are some of the best reinterpretations of the new Bimmer two-door we’ve seen so far.
Volvo’s ’90-series’ models are the brand’s flagships, and as such the XC90, S90, V90, and V90 Cross Country represent the biggest and best from the Swedish brand. For 2021 they’re getting a number of updates to keep them competitive against rivals like Mercedes and BMW. We covered a few of the car models’ changes previously, but for the sake of a recap we’ll include them here and add new details, such as U.S.-market pricing.
Both the S90 and XC90 Recharge—that’s Volvo’s new name for its T8 plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles, as the T8 badge is retired—get a major price cut for 2021. The XC90 Recharge is now $64,445 at base—a $3,550 reduction compared to the 2020 T8—and that’s before a possible $5,419 federal tax credit is applied. The S90 Recharge is now $3,150 less expensive than it was last year, and will start at $61,045 in 2021, again, before the tax credit.
The price difference between [...]
