2021 Ford F-150 – How Good Is It?
Without Driving It, An Assessment- June 29, 2020
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Mustang Mach E Plays Bodystyle Card
Ford Bets on XSUV Bodystyle with Electric Mach E- November 18, 2019
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2021 Ford Mustang Mach E
The Future of Exhilaration- November 17, 2019
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Blazer v Passport – Who Wins?
Price May Be the Deciding Factor Between These Two Similar XSUVs- July 22, 2019
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C8 Chevrolet Corvette
C8 Reveal is Car Story du Jour - Impressive Mechanicals- July 20, 2019
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- February 28, 2019
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- February 5, 2019
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- January 31, 2019
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Passport Fills Excess Capacity at Honda’s Lincoln Alabama Plant Honda realized it had a gap in its crossover SUV lineup. They were losing customers who wanted mid-size XSUVs (crossover sport utility vehicles) but did not want seven passenger capacity.They estimate they have lost at least 35,000 sales to competitors every year they did not have a competitive 5-passenger, two-row crossover SUV in their product mix. Hence the all new 2019 Honda Passport.
Derivative of Popular Pilot Crossover SUV Honda’s usual methodological approach led to the development of the all new Passport – a five-passenger derivative of the popular Pilot 7-passenger XSUV.
In terms of big SUV programs, Honda has taken a very efficient approach. Think of the 2019 Honda Passport as a Pilot from the C-Pillar forward. Passport’s wheelbase is equal to the Pilot’s. Losing [...]
- June 22, 2018
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- March 22, 2018
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The all new 2018 Hyundai Kona small crossover SUV (XSUV) has just been shown to the press in an event held, wait for it, on the Kona Coast of The Big Island of Hawaii. There were 23 or 24 Konas on hand for the journalists to drive around the island. So, this was a pretty big event for Hyundai Motor America (HMA).
In AutoPacific’s 2017 Small XSUV Consultancy, 38 XSUVs with a wheelbase of 110-inches or less are included. There were enough data to do complete analyses on that many individual vehicles. There are an additional seven all new small XSUVs on sale now but too new to have been included in the AutoPacific database. That makes 45 entries in the small XSUV category. Now comes the 2018 Hyundai Kona wading into the fray.