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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...
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...
Up Close and Personal With the 2024 Silverado EV, The Next Evolution Step for Chevy Trucks
18 Apr 2022, 04:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Electric trucks used to be a complete fantasy. The thought of a battery-powered electric motor hauling around so much as a snowmobile used to be thought of as something completely ludicrous. But this is the 2020s, for heaven's sake. Say hello ...
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...
Lexus Outshines Infiniti at 2022's New York Auto Show, Here's Why
17 Apr 2022, 15:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Toyota, and Lexus, by extension, used to walk away with the number one selling luxury brand in the USA title year after year and made doing so look easy. But things aren't that cut and dry anymore, not by a long shot. But with Acura n...
Up Close and Personal With the Cobera C300: The All-Electric Shelby Tribute of the Future
16 Apr 2022, 20:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You might be a little bit bummed out about all the hoopla regarding battery EVs phasing out internal combustion engines over the next couple of decades. You may feel like people in the industry today don't appreciate how much the old-school V8...
2022 Chevy Spark LT : Going Out With a Whimper at the 2022 New York Auto Show
15 Apr 2022, 06:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Chevy Spark is the kind of car where there's an argument that it never stood a chance in the U.S. Domestic Market. A car that General Motors hoped would be their first smash-hit affordable small car in several generations. But at the 2022 ...
Up Close and Personal With the VinFast Lineup at the 2022 New York Auto Show, Lots to Like
14 Apr 2022, 21:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / VinFast had a lot of pressure riding on the 2022 New York International Auto Show on first impressions alone. There was a sense that if the Vietnamese electric vehicle startup had a strong showing at their second big North American auto show event,...
I Rode Shotgun in the New Hyundai Ioniq 5: It Changed My Attitude About EVs
14 Apr 2022, 19:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Anyone who knew what Hyundai was up to 15 years ago would probably be amazed by some of the cars they turn out these days. Not the least of which is the Ioniq 5, a car that stole the show at this year's New York International Auto show. It...
Spotlight USA: autoevolution's Return to NYIAS 2022 Was a Once In a Lifetime Experience
14 Apr 2022, 03:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Around this time fifteen years ago, I was nothing but a starstruck little kid in a candy store at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Someone who marveled at the spectacle of it all while not yet mature enough to understand the nuts and bolt...