SUVs

Once upon a time, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 laid claim to being the fastest SUV on the planet, offering 0-60 times of under five seconds and a top speed in excess of 155 mph. Since then, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo and BMW X5 M and X6 M have nabbed the title away. Jeep doesn't look to be content...

Poor Jessica Alba. The girl can't seem to catch a break. Sure, she's been genetically gifted. Sure, she's got a handsome husband and a cute kid. But Good Luck Chuck? The Love Guru? Ouch. Now she's been pulled over by one of Los Angeles' finest. Our powers of telepathy are on the fritz today (damn...

The 2012 Range Rover Evoque has been a surefire hit, wowing audiences at its Kensington Palace reveal with its cutting edge looks and brilliant quality. Land Rover is now looking to build on that success by launching another new model designed to fill the gap in the more luxurious Range Rover...

When MINI set out on the road to building a bigger, taller crossover, the car world's ears perked up--and if they could have, they'd have formed question marks. A big MINI? Isn't that like jumbo shrimp? The oxymoron from Oxford's ready now for all critics, and after our first drive of the 2011 MINI...

Motorsports is a valuable tool in selling cars according to Foresight Research.

The Cadillac Escalade is undoubtedly popular with a wide range of people, but especially so with car thieves, who made the luxury SUV and pickup their number one choice for stealing this year. Meanwhile, the Volvo S80 sedan was the least popular with thieves and was 14 times less likely to be...

Without the deadweight that was Mercury dragging it down, Ford’s premium division, which now only consists of Lincoln, finally has the resources and freedom to transform into the upmarket luxury brand it should have always been. This means that we’ll likely be seeing Lincoln expand into new...

Jeep’s entire lineup is in for a major overhaul, with the brand being transformed into a global player and injected with fresh new models and technology borrowed from new parent company, Fiat. We’ve already seen the first of Jeep’s new lineup in the form of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee...

The 2011 Ford Explorer just went live to the web at midnight, launching with a standard V-6 engine and optional EcoBoost four-cylinder in the car-based Taurus/Flex platform. Now we have the latest photos and videos of the new Explorer to help you get a better feel for what it looks like, what it...

Finally, after months of drip-fed teasers, mysterious leaked shots and countless spy images, the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer has finally been revealed in all its glory. The new ute is an accurate representation of current trends in the new car market and the embodiment of everything that Ford is...

The 2011 Ford Explorer will get an electronic unveiling ahead of its sales debut this summer.

The recently revealed 2011 MINI Countryman could soon spawn a handful of new variants as BMW continues its expansion of the iconic MINI brand into something that is edging closer to becoming a full line automaker. We’ve already reported on MINI launching a seven-seater Countryman Plus, as...

While closest rival Ferrari persists that it will never build a four-door model, Lamborghini is looking closely at launching a high-performance SUV as a spiritual successor to the original LM002 from the 1980s. The Italian marque’s closer integration with the Volkswagen Group ensures access...

Ford’s new EcoBoost engine technology is heralded as the key to finding a balance between power and economy, and having seen the performance in cars like the Lincoln MKS and Ford Flex we can only agree. Now the automaker’s SUV line is about to benefit from the new direct injected and...

Less than 48 hours after the reveal of the all-new 2011 BMW X3 comes the first images and details for the compact SUV’s latest M Sports Package assortment of goodies. Giving the already sporty X3 an even more dynamic look thanks to some distinct M styling cues, the package also comprises...

The new LR2, aka Freelander in Europe, gets only minor changes from the current model.

With the all-new 2011 Volkswagen Touareg recently making its debut, Volkswagen's motorsports division is now updating its off-roading Race Touareg in preparation for next year’s grueling Dakar Rally. With two Dakar Rally titles already under its belt, the Volkswagen Race Touareg is now moving...

Mercedes-Benz and its security division have been building armored cars for the past 80 years and to this day the automaker is setting new standards, revealing today a new concept vehicle that lifts the bar in armored vehicle protection even further. The new 2010 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X...

The production version of the LRX is out from under the covers, and it's called the Evoque. While the name has changed, the look hasn't--this little compact Range Rover is the spitting image of the concept vehicle, seen here in its first official image. Billed as the lightest, most fuel-efficient...

The somewhat ungainly proportions of BMW's not-a-coupe, not-an-SUV X6 have been the subject of intense debate. It's not ugly in the traditional sense, but it's not especially attractive either. ALSA Automotive Engineering, based in the UAE city of Abu Dhabi, has nevertheless decided to take on the...