Autos

2022 Grand Wagoneer vs The Competition: Power Struggle. Since looks are entirely subjective, we’ll leave that sort of stuff out of this comparison. It’s safe to say the Grand Wagoneer, Navigator, and Escalade are all well-executed, but the rest is up to the eyes of the beholder. Instead, we’ll start with what motivates these gargantuan family haulers. The smallest (in terms of cylinder count and displacement) is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6 that rests under the hood of the Lincoln. It’s the only engine offered in the Navigator, but it isn’t wanting for power. The turbocharged mill churns out 450 horsepower and 510 lb-ft of torque. That’s more than enough get up and go for the big SUV, as we recently found out. See all 104 photos Under the hood of the Esc...

With a base price of $59,995, the 2022 Jeep Wagoneer enters the scene as either an expensive mainstream full-size SUV or a bargain-priced luxury one. We’re tempted to view the new Jeep as the latter. Although the base Wagoneer Series I’s sub-$60,000 starting sum undercuts the entry-level 2021 Cadillac Escalade and 2021 Lincoln Navigator by almost $17,500, it strikes us as a model intended to strictly serve as a price leader. Even so, we’re sure it’ll come reasonably well-equipped given it costs over $8,000 more than a base 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and 2021 Ford Expedition, its more direct competitors. A Series of Wagoneer Trim Levels It seems Jeep hopes most consumers will skip past the Wagoneer Series I and drive off in the higher-end Series II model. At $69,995, the S...

Your 101-level business professor was right: There really is no such thing as a free lunch. Take the 2022 Hyundai Tucson, for instance. It’s bigger, more stylish, and comes with more features than the model it replaces. And guess what? It’s also more expensive than its forebear. SEe What You Get? With a base price of $26,135, the entry-level 2022 Hyundai Tucson SE stickers for $1,250 more than its 2021 counterpart. Those extra bucks, however, buy you an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment display (one inch bigger than before), LED headlights with automatic high beams, a 187-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine (up 26 horses from the old 2.0-liter), and those aforementioned hard-edged wares.  Step up to the $27,685 Tucson SEL and the compact SUV brings additional kit such a...

Kia Motors America (KMA) is voluntarily recalling the following vehicles: 2017-2019 Cadenza vehicles manufactured from June 2, 2016 to June 14, 2019 not equipped with Smart Cruise Control (SCC); 2017-2021 Sportage vehicles manufactured from December 10, 2015 to October 23, 2020 not equipped with Smart Cruise Control (SCC). The recall population was determined by a review of vehicle and supplier production records. Kia is conducting this recall as a preventative measure to mitigate any potential fire risk. It has been determined an engine compartment fire may occur in the area where the Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) is located. The electrical circuit within the HECU may experience a short circuit condition that results in excessive current, thereby increasing the risk of an engin...

The phrase “green with envy” has moved so far past the point of cliché that it’s effectively impossible to justify using it. However, when an Irish Green Gunther Werks 993-series Porsche 911 shows up, well, our jaws drop, our eyes widen, and our hearts are struck with nothing but pure, unadulterated want. We’ve covered a few of Gunther Werks’ remastered 911s in the past, and we continue to believe this tuner company is simply unable to disappoint us. As you may or may not know, the SoCal-based company’s creations start life as a regular 993-generation Porsche 911. The engineers at Gunther Werks then take the entire thing apart. That means every nut, bolt, body panel, electrical gizmo, and mechanical do-dad is stripped away leaving just the body-in-white....

Texans have good reason to be concerned with their energy grid after it failed spectacularly this winter. Happily, Ford owners and dealers came to the rescue with their F-150 PowerBoost hybrids, and now Tesla is building what appears to be a more permanent solution. According to a report by Bloomberg Green, a company called Gambit Energy Storage, which is a subsidiary of Tesla, is building a 100-megawatt energy storage facility about 40 miles south of Houston. Such a system could produce enough power to run roughly 20,000 homes on a hot summer day. See all 13 photos Tesla already has other mega-batteries in operation, including a 20-megawatt facility east of Los Angeles and a 100-megawatt unit in Australia. Such battery systems serve as buffers for renewable energy sources—for example, sto...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This applies to the 2022 Ford F-Series Super Duty, a solid hauler that has absolutely nothing in need of fixing. Since the Super Duty received most of its major upgrades for the 2020 model year, the truck will mostly carry-over for 2022, which isn’t a bad thing. It will, however, get infused with some (more) cool technology upgrades. If anyone thinks of new three-quarter- and full-ton trucks as rudimentary, then, well, you’re wrong. These trucks are as technologically-advanced as any automobile on the road and continue to get boosted with more and more techy goodness. Same Super Duty Swagger The F-Series Super Duty—consisting of the F-250, F-350, and F-450—packs a multitude of best-in-class towing, hauling, and performance numbers, w...