MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories12 hours agoCan Different Diesel Fuel Make a Sprinter Van Faster?MOTORTREND - Aaron GoldWe try three different types of diesel fuel in search of speed ... oh, and economy, of course. Here in Los Angeles, we can buy three different types of diesel fuel, and that led me to the question any self-respecting gearhead would ask: Would any of them make my long-term Mercedes Sprinter van go …
MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories13 hours agoSolid-State Batteries Headed for 2027 Dodge Charger Daytona Pull Into the FEST LaneMOTORTREND - Justin BannerStellantis, the parent of Dodge, and Factorial announced a partnership to bring solid-state battery technology to reality. While we’re still absorbing the Dodge Charger Daytona EV, the all-electric version of the iconic Charger nameplate, Stellantis has decided that it’s a good time to start …
MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories13 hours agoWhy I Had to Quit Using Tesla Full Self-DrivingMOTORTREND - Alex LeanseTesla Robotaxis will use a version of this software to drive without pedals or a steering wheel. That’s sketchy. The timing couldn’t have been more serendipitous. On the same day our story detailing the inadequacies of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system published, FSD committed an error more …
MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories15 hours agoDriven! The 2025 Lincoln Navigator Navigates to a Higher PlaneMOTORTREND - Erik JohnsonLincoln’s flagship 3-row luxury SUV gets sleeker, classier, and techier. The Lincoln Navigator is an OG full-size luxury SUV—and if you don’t count the Range Rover, it’s the OG. First launching for 1998, the nameplate has come to embody a bold and brash, distinctly American form of luxury, but the …
MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories1 day ago2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz XRT First Drive: Trying Hard to Truck It UpMOTORTREND - Alexander StoklosaThe revised Santa Cruz’s new off-road trim level has a few more hairs on its chest. We’ve had a few years to consider the Hyundai Santa Cruz’s merits as a pickup truck, even keeping one for an entire year for a long-term test, and we think we have it figured: It’s an SUV that happens to have a …
MOTORTRENDflipped into All Stories1 day ago2025 Ford F-Series Super Duty Platinum Plus First Look: Detroit Does DallasMOTORTREND - Alisa PriddleNot content with replacing its fancy Limited trim with a new, nicer Platinum, Ford adds a Platinum *Plus*. When it comes to big pickup trucks, it seems there is no ceiling over the price tag. The main players in the heavy duty truck space continue to add new range-topping trim levels, and it turns …
