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Tag: Crossovers
Jewel Boxes: Compact Luxury Crossovers Ranked from Worst to Best
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New Alabama Plant Will Build Toyota Corollas, Mazda Crossovers by 2021
– Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda on Wednesday announced plans to build a mammoth $ 1.6 billion joint-venture plant in Alabama that will eventually employ about 4000 people. Several states had competed for the coveted project, which will be able to turn out 300,000 vehicles per year and produce the Toyota Corolla compact car for North […]
The best compact crossovers of 2017
slide-7102741 Image Credit: Mazda 9 Best Compact Crossovers We’ve Driven in 2017 It’s true. Compact crossovers are, by and large, kinda boring. But they make so much practical sense in the real world that they are the hottest-selling single segment in America. And we’re here to tell you that there are a few options out […]
Volkswagen plans an 'Atlas family' of SUVs and crossovers
After seven months on sale, the Volkswagen Atlas can claim a pleasant sales graph; dealers moved 5,154 units of the new crossover last month. That’s leagues off class heavyweights like the Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander, but neck-and-neck with luxury totems such as the BMW X5, Acura MDX, and Cadillac XT5. Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of […]
Hyundai Promises Eight (!) New or Revised Crossovers by 2020
– Hyundai showrooms soon will be overflowing with crossovers: the company has just announced it wants to introduce eight all-new or updated utility vehicles by 2020. Among those crossovers will be a diesel—a surprising move given that technology’s recent negative press—plus a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, a full electric, an eight-passenger crossover, and a tiny A-segment […]
Hyundai bets big on crossovers sporting diesel, electric, hydrogen powertrains by 2020
Hyundai announced a very aggressive crossover strategy for the next couple of years, with a total of eight vehicles launched between now and 2020. One of those is the already revealed sub-compact Hyundai Kona. The other seven crossovers range in size and fuel types, and Miles Johnson at Hyundai confirmed to us that all of […]
Superhero Bits: The Joker’s Real Name, Extinct Marvel and DC Crossovers, The Tick Clip & More
Did you know there was a Spider-Man 2 deleted scene where J. Jonah Jameson put on the Spidey suit? Will we ever see a crossover between Marvel Comics and DC Comics again? What will The Joker‘s real name be in Batman: White Knight? Which iconic 1980s vehicle will be appearing in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow […]
2018 Dodge Durango in Depth: The Muscle Car of Crossovers
– Dodge, the bad-boy brand of Fiat Chrysler, is home to some of the most tire-roasting, sideways-driving muscle cars in the automotive kingdom. An SUV with seating for up to seven doesn’t sound as if it would fit into that lineup, but the Durango easily earns its place alongside the Charger sedan and the Challenger […]
The Best, Weirdest Mario/Zelda Crossovers
Illustration by Sam Woolley Late last year, it was revealed that Link would become a racer in Mario Kart 8. But that wasn’t his first Mario rodeo. Nor was it the first time Zelda crossed over into the Mario series—far from it. Advertisement This post originally appeared 3/31/15. Since the late eighties, or more precisely, […]
