Matt Posky

Our roads have become a parade of nondescript crossovers in drab paint jobs. But it wasn’t always like this and there’s evidence that something other than grayscale may soon be back on the menu.

Toyota vehicles have long been known to hold their resale values exceptionally well. But the market is now confronting a situation where some used RAV4s are actually surpassing their original MSRPs. Bloomberg first reported on the phenomenon, indicating that dealerships were occasionally pricing secondhand RAV4 Hybrids above the price of brand new models from 2026 (below).While we all expect hybrids to gain traction during a period of economic uncertainty and expensive gasoline. F…

Jeep has decided to recall more than 1 million Wrangler and Gladiator models that pose a potential fire risk. Based on documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the potential hazard persists even when the vehicle is not running.

Privacy has become a major concern for people as modern technologies continue growing more invasive. Nowhere is this more apparent than within the automotive realm, as driver monitoring systems and roadside surveillance have been largely normalized. There are now an estimated 100,000 Flock cameras, which are automatic license plate readers, now active in the United States, up from just a few hundred in 2020. The network has proved incredibly controversial with the public and only a…

Denver has found itself in a position where it needed to deactivate its automated traffic camera network and the timeout has reportedly resulted in a situation where auto thefts actually declined. Colorado’s capitol previously had a contract Flock Safety, the AI-supported

Chevrolet finally revealed the updated Silverado 1500, giving us a sampling of what’s to come for the 2027 model year. This is the first totally new full-size pickup from the brand in almost a decade and likewise serves as the landing zone for the new hardware that General Motors will undoubtedly be installing into models like the Chevy Suburban, Chevy Tahoe, GMC Sierra, and GMC Yukon.

Chrysler has several new vehicles in development right now, including some affordable crossovers. While the automaker seems to have dropped the pretense of being a premium brand, something that arguably hasn’t been true for decades, it still wants to offer vehicles that boast cabins that border on luxurious. There’s allegedly a plan in place to ensure that happens. Stellantis’ Chief Design Officer Ralph Gilles confessed that Chrysler had some bad interiors back in the day. While we…

Mitsubishi is refocusing on North America and has said it would release new or updated models every year between now and 2030. This includes several versions of the Outlander, a new pickup truck, the Eclipse Sportback EV, and the returning Pajero/Montero SUV. However, it sounds as though the latter model won’t be coming out as soon as we had all hoped. The good news is that nothing has been abandoned. Based on a report from Automotive News, Mitsubishi had shown working prototypes o…

A recent study suggests that increases in average vehicle size have contributed to thousands of unnecessary pedestrian fatalities over the last few years. The report comes by way of The New York Times, and leverages federal crash data as well as vehicle registrations from S&P Global and specifications from Expert AutoStats. The takeaway, according to the outlet, is that too much emphasis may have been placed on drunk or distracted driving in the past.This is something other studies…

Porsche reportedly opting to snub volumes to chase margins, with the CEO going so far as to suggest the automaker will be reducing its own production capacity. The alleged reason is increased operating costs and diminished demand, which was discussed during an interview between Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and Porsche CEO Michael Leiters. Due to a sharp decline in Chinese deliveries, Porsche dropping a couple of popular models in Europe, and an increasingly bleak…