A decent compact SUV but
trails segment competitors

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(January 14, 2024) The Jeep Compass Trailhawk is a five-passenger four door compact crossover utility vehicle whose best asset is it's trail rated off-road, all-terrain capabilities compared to a class of excellent rivals, and comes standard with four-wheel-drive. If rugged off-roading is high on your list of "must haves" the Trailhawk is more than worthy of your strong consideration, but so is its same sized competitor the Ford Bronco Sport. However, most competitors in its class are excellent and better choices for on-pavement ride quality, comfort and modern features and design elements.

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(January 1, 2024) While marching to the beat of its own drummer since it debuted some 30 years ago, Lexus still marches forward taking on the German luxury giants of Mercedes, Audi and BMW with its core values of luxury, quality and style at a better price.

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 18, 2023) Genesis, Hyundai's luxury arm, has added the brand's first fully electric version of its mid-sized G80 officially christened the Electrified G80, to its portfolio of excellent vehicles. While most automakers of all-electric vehicles seem inexplicably resolved to peculiar and unusually weird exterior style design, what makes the Electrified G80 unique from most new electric vehicle's is that it shares the same exterior sheet metal and gorgeous interior as the gasoline version of the G80.

Rock Creek challenges Arizona's
Butcher Jones State Park trails

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 15, 2023) After being wowed by the completely redesigned Nissan Pathfinder when introduced for the 2022 model year, the Japanese automaker introduced a rugged off-road edition "Rock Creek" for 2023, and just this week we were able to test the 2024 edition that brings real differences to the game, not just with a rugged appearance.

By Jim Prueter
MotowayAmerica.com

(December 10, 2023) Just recently, Ford introduced an all-new seventh generation Ford Mustang as a 2024 model. To say I'm a bit surprised isn't much of a reach. Against all odds and in the face of a consumer onslaught of buying trucks, SUVs, and fully electric vehicles, the top brass in Dearborn remains convinced that a goodly number of Americans still aspire to what a Mustang offers — a car that has looks to die for, tire shredding high-performance, mellifluous exhaust notes that would be the preferred headphone soundtrack when getting an MRI, and all at a price tag that won't necessitate a second job.

In the Market for an electric car?
Mach-E continues to Impress

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.cm

(November 30, 2023) The Mustang Mach-E when first introduced for the 2021 model year it was met with both confusion and controversy. Mustang loyalists were none too pleased about an electric vehicle riding herd on the pony's iconic name, sensing it was simply a marketing ploy and worse, the hypocrisy that Ford would call a four-door crossover fully electric powered vehicle a Mustang.

Refreshed Wrangler gets
new plug-In hybrid option

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 23, 2023) It has been more than 20 years since the iconic Jeep Wrangler first launched the "Rubicon" edition on what is essentially a factory-built off-road specialty vehicle. The Rubicon is named after the Rubicon river trail located in California's historic gold rush territory west of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada's.

All-new Trail Boss impressively
leaps to the head of the class

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 12, 2023) The vast majority of pickup truck buyers today are what's called "never-never" truck owners — never tow, never haul, but seek the tireless experience and unique takeaways from driving one on a daily basis. Likewise, not everybody needs an oversized half-ton pickup thus there are the masses who opt to buy an easier-to-drive and park midsize with nearly all the convenience of a larger truck.

Dodge's all-new compact crossover
a performance stand out in its segment

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 9, 2023) When Dodge first launched its all-new compact crossover utility vehicle the Hornet last year it was with gleeful anticipation that I really wanted to get behind the wheel of the first all-new vehicle in more than a decade from the Detroit automaker self proclaimed as the muscle car provider for the industry.

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 6, 2023) Along with Tesla's quirky Model X and Jaguar iPace, the Audi e-tron were among the first fully electric SUVs introduced to the buying public with e-tron first arriving in the spring of 2019. Fast forward five years and these early pioneers are now surrounded with market competitors including the BMW iX, Cadillac Lyric, Mercedes EQE SUV and others.