Archive for January, 2021
First Spin: 2021 Kia Sorento
2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid EX in Runway Red (a $445 option)
When the outstanding Kia Telluride debuted as a 2020 model, it was an instant hit. This all-new “plus-size” midsize three-row SUV garnered many industry accolades (including a Consumer Guide Best Buy award), and continues to be a top seller for the brand. The Telluride’s success made it easy to forget that Kia already had a strong-selling, albeit smaller, three-row midsize SUV in its model lineup. The Kia Sorento was introduced as a 2003 model, and for 2021 it gets a complete redesign that brings it out of the shadow of the Telluride and back into the spotlight.
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
Forgotten Concept: Cadillac Voyage
Cadillac Voyage Concept
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
2021 Jeep Gladiator Overland 4×4 EcoDiesel in Firecracker Red Clear-Coat (a $245 option)
2021 Jeep Gladiator Overland 4×4 EcoDiesel
Class: Compact Pickup Truck
Miles driven: 196
Fuel used: 8.3 gallons
2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer RS in Oasis Blue with Mosaic Black roof
2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer RS AWD
Class: Subcompact Crossover
Miles driven: 187
Fuel used: 7.0 gallons
10 Worst Gas Guzzlers of 1994*
1994 Cadillac Deville
I’m not quite ready to accept the Nineties as the distant past, but maybe I need to. Consider that the first official White House website went live in 1994, and that Quentin Tarantino’s now-classic Pulp Fiction was released the same year. It’s getting hard to remember a world before internet connections and great Vincent Vega quotes. In auto-related news, trucks accounted for 40 percent of all light-duty-vehicle sales for the very first time.
2020 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Coupe Premium in Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat (a $395 option)
2020 Ford Mustang EcoBoost
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 202
Fuel used: 8.7 gallons
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
Meet the New GM Logo
General Motors is changing its corporate logo as part of its move towards building an all-electric vehicle lineup. It is only the fifth time the carmaker has redesigned its logo since the company’s inception in 1908.
Consumer Guide Publisher Tom Appel learned to drive stick in a 1977 Ford Pinto nearly identical to the one seen here.
I learned to drive a manual transmission in 1982. I was in something of a hurry to do so, as I had just started working at a service station and was not keen to admit to my boss or any of the mechanics there that I could not operate a three-pedal vehicle. It was just assumed that I could, and I meant to meet that expectation.
Funny story about learning to drive stick…
