GM let Honda use its Ultium EV platform for this and the Acura ZDX. So they all ride on the same platform. Read more

That’s why I’ve been watching the replies like

First paragraph. Read more

Simply whipping out a debit or credit card to charge your car is another problem that’s not being addressed, mostly because you can’t just simply do that. Read more

Editorial decision not made by me. Read more

Yep. Took five hours.  Read more

I’ll address all of this in the review.  Read more

1. Outward visibility is excellent. Read more

Yea the design is...not a strong point of this thing. Though I will say I like the rear of it more than the front.  Read more

So sunlight is something you won’t have to worry about in this thing; you can’t get a sunroof or pano roof with the plug-in hybrid or the standard hybrid. I find this wild considering the cost. It may have something to do with efficiency, but then it couldn’t be that because this thing weighs over 5k pounds. So I’m… Read more

Toyota seems to be realizing that its plug in models make money for them and are charging accordingly. A Highlander PHEV would sell, but it would probably overlap upper trims of the TX in pricing; a loaded Grand Highlander Hybrid MAX Platinum already starts at almost $59k before any options. Read more

The cat was good. I replaced it about three years ago. Read more

Won’t work. State officials want zero emissions. So if it has to have a combustion engine to make it work or emits any kind of emissions, it’s out. Something has to give. The state is giving them an extra 10 years to prepare but still. Either the tech changes in the next decade or the state eases up on the rules. If… Read more

It started around 108-113k. When they finally replaced it was just over 150k.  Read more

You underestimate just how bad this problem is. These things eat oil. Once I got an oil change and just over four days later when checking the engine, I pulled out a damn near clean dipstick.  Read more

Its definitely not just regional. Here’s the payment estimator tool from Toyota’s site on base a Corolla Hatch. Mind you, it defaulted to this when I clicked on finance in stead of lease. CarsDirect even wrote about the high APRs Toyota is currently offering. Its just the market right now.

That is a Laraki Sahara. It’s a concept made by Laraki Automobiles, a Moroccan auto company founded at the turn of the century. From what I can see, this Sahara was based on another one of their concept cars called Epitome, something they showed at Pebble Beach back in ‘13.

SR and SR5 get the leaf springs. Everything else gets coil. Read more

Yep. That hybrid engine will be standard on TRD Pro, TrailHunter and optional on the TRD Sport, Off-Road and Limited. We won’t know just how much extra it’ll cost until later.  Read more

I always thought downtown was anything east of the E street, south of 5th and north of 2nd street. But thats up for debate. Read more