2022 New York Auto Show
Up Close and Personal With the VW ID. Buzz, a Retro Styled EV That Lives Up to the Hype
25 Apr 2022, 04:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You can say a lot about retro-styled Volkswagens. There's a perfectly reasonable argument for their retro-futuristic design language, particularly with the New Beetle, being misguided and ill-fated. But when it comes to the new ID. BUZZ EV, th...
2022 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe: More Desirable Than the 392? Very Possibly
25 Apr 2022, 03:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's a bit of an old sailor's type tale about the story of the Jeep Wrangler and the quest for a factory V8 option. Be it the TJ, the YJ, or any kind of xJ you could think of. It took 40 years between 1981 and 2021 for it to finally ha...
Gretch Strada Lounge: the Most Luxurious Vehicle at an NY Auto Show Full of Heavyweights
25 Apr 2022, 02:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the 2022 New York Auto Show comes to a close, there are more than enough thought gremlins buzzing around proceedings. There's a sense that at every point during the show, everything was geared towards questioning whether or not our motoring...
These Classic JDM and Euro Imports Stole the Show At 2022's New York Auto Show
25 Apr 2022, 00:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The response around these parts to the victory lap the EV industry took for the entire length of this year's New York International Auto Show was "mixed," if just to understate it for comedic effect. There are still those who long fo...
Meet the Deus Vayanne: The All-Electric Hypercar Crown Jewel of the New York Auto Show
24 Apr 2022, 20:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We bet you're all pretty sick of EVs after the last week and a half of covering the 2022 New York International Auto Show. With more floor space was dedicated to Battery EVs this year than at any point in the show's history, at least in t...
Toyota bZ4X vs Subaru Solterra: an Identical Chassis for Two Very Different EVs
24 Apr 2022, 01:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It was EV Mania at this year's New York International Auto Show. Although, we suspect that we'll see it as the first of what's to become a normal-looking motoring show going forward. You may lament the arrival of the EV revolution, b...
Volkswagen Golf R: VW's Defiant Competitor to the Toyota GR Corolla
23 Apr 2022, 05:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the first week of the New York International Auto Show well in the books, one thing is abundantly clear. The Toyota Corolla Gazoo Racing Edition has a good chance of stealing the show, even from the very first North American Toyota EV passenge...
Auto Industry Declares Victory for EVs at 2022's NY Auto Show, Here's How
22 Apr 2022, 20:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As our coverage of the 2022 New York International Auto Show continues, you'll undoubtedly begin to see a recurring theme with this year's show that will become more and more like the norm as each year passes. At the Jacob K Javits Center...
My Chance Encounter With a New York Sports Icon at the NY Auto Show, Ford Lightning Cameos
22 Apr 2022, 04:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We're a car review website if that wasn't already obvious. But every once in a while, a marquee event in the auto industry brings celebrities from all walks of life together to interact and mingle with us common folks. Being my first ...
We Rode Shotgun in the New Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, It Blew Our Minds
20 Apr 2022, 23:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Ford F-150 line of trucks is the number one selling vehicle in America and has been, seemingly effortlessly, since at least the late 1970s. But will this translate into big sales as we dive headfirst into the all-electric revolution? After ridi...
Volkswagen Taos Basecamp Edition: The Awesome German 4x4 Concept You Can't Buy
20 Apr 2022, 19:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Volkswagen doesn't often delve into the purpose-built 4x4 off-roader market. At least in the US Domestic market, that is. But every once in a while, VW shows up at a North American Motor Show with something they normally don't bother with...
Up Close and Personal With Tacozilla, the Delightful Toyota Truck Camper Conversion
19 Apr 2022, 22:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Our resident camper-conversion/ leisure vehicle extraordinaire at autoevolution is the incomparable Elena Gorgan. When I read her first look into Tacozilla, a Tacoma-based camper conversion SEMA project, I was nothing but blown away with what I saw...
Fiat 500 La Prima: a Low Key City EV That Quietly Stole our Hearts in New York
19 Apr 2022, 19:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We've had our minds collectively blown by some of the hardware on display at the 2022 New York International Auto show so far. We don't plan on stopping either, at least until the show closes this Sunday. But one of the low-key underd...
Stunningly Beautiful C8 Corvette Z06 is the Highlight of GM at 2022s New York Auto Show
18 Apr 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the last 15 years, at least, people have been all too hesitant to label the Chevrolet Corvette as a supercar. It didn't matter if the C6 ZR1 was jetting 640 horsepower in a time when the Ferrari Enzo only made 20 more. The idea of American...
2023 Hyundai Palisade Gets Imagined “Shadow Line,” Hunkers Down on New Wheels
18 Apr 2022, 10:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / We recently got the chance – during the 2022 New York International Auto Show – to spend some time up close and personal with the updated 2023 Hyundai Palisade. So, color us impressed. And it seems that virtual automotive artists have a...
Karma Automotive Brings GS-6 "EV" to 2022 New York Auto Show, Tesla Couldn’t Care Less
18 Apr 2022, 09:16 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Karma Automotive, together with Manhattan Motorcars, have joined forces to showcase the Southern California-based luxury EV-maker's latest vehicle, the GS-6, at this year’s New York International Auto Show. You can still visit NYIAS unti...
We Got an Up-Close Look at the All-New 2023 Hyundai Palisade, What We Saw is Impressive
18 Apr 2022, 06:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The days of American consumers lamenting the Hyundai brand as nothing but cheap Toyota knockoffs have been long gone for almost 15 years now. It's as if around 2010, Korean car companies, Hyundai especially, realized they could build cars just...
2023 GR Toyota Corolla: The World's Most Dependable Economy Car Gone Super Saiyan
18 Apr 2022, 03:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You all laughed at the Toyota Corolla. Don't come around here acting like you didn't. Okay, we'll be honest. Motoring journalists do it all the time. But the only laughing you'll be doing when it comes to the new Gazoo Racing Sp...
Up Close and Personal With the New Nissan Z, One of New York's Star Attractions This Year
17 Apr 2022, 18:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When we first heard it was time for Nissan to finally replace the 370Z, we all felt a sense of excitement but also ever-consciousness about the somewhat sorry state of affairs in the company's upper management. The next Z-car had to be so...
Never Mind EVs and Cars, the 2022 New York International Auto Show Was About SUVs
17 Apr 2022, 10:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sure, the World Car of the Year awards tried to remind us that passenger cars are still around. And the EV revolution is not going to slow down any time soon after automakers found crossovers, SUVs, and above all, trucks can also be done with (lots...