The next time you visit your local Chevy dealer, you might hear talk about the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray. A sports car powered by a hybrid powertrain, it’s had many in the automotive community talking. Some enthusiasts don’t like the idea of moving away from a gas engine, feeling like it ruins the vibe, sound, […]
Author: Donald McCarthy
Donald McCarthy is a writer and teacher from New York. He's written about horror films and surrealist art but has turned his interest towards the automotive industry. He's particularly interested in how the auto industry will evolve over the next decade as drivers choose between sticking with gas or going all-electric. He's eager to trace the development of the market as it transforms in this revolutionary time.
The Honda Civic 2024: The Ergonomic Ride
When it comes to cars, we hear a lot about fancy performance numbers. From fast acceleration to high towing limits, it sure seems like the automobile market is offering almost superhuman vehicles. If you want to tow a series of boats, you’ll probably find a truck on the modern market that’s good for you. If […]
Rating Jeep Gladiator Years for Off-Road Domination
Merriam-Webster defines a gladiator as “a person engaging in a fight to the death as public entertainment for ancient Romans” or “a trained fighter.” I started this off like I’m writing a middle school book report for one simple reason: the Jeep Gladiator can be considered a trained fighter, taking on the harshest and most […]
The Electric Revolution Is Yielding Some Impressive Sports Cars
If you head down to your nearby dealership, you’ll no doubt see plenty of electric vehicles for sale. They’re just as sharp looking as your gas-powered models and a heck of a lot more efficient. You can discard any notions you may have had about EVs being boxy or slow. The former can be proven […]
The Small Touches That Make the 2024 Ford Mustang Shine
Your hands are tight on the wheel. You’re ready to put the pedal to the metal in your new 2024 Ford Mustang. You want to see what speed you can get out of its new 2.3L four-cylinder EcoBoost engine—a dynamo that can give you 315 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. You’ve worked hard to […]
Jeep SUVs and the Art of Towing
The ability to tow can open up new worlds for drivers. While the average driver may associate towing with labour, towing can help even the typical person. How so? It lets them travel with more luggage, which can increase the number of vacation destinations they can choose from. Towing can also help when they have […]
The 2023 Chevy Camaro’s Specialized Features Impress
The Camaro name still has a power to it, decades after the first one awed drivers. That’s one reason why Chevy brought the Camaro name back when they decided to debut a new sports car a in 2010. The current iteration, the 2023 Chevy Camaro, will live up to whatever expectations you have. Part of […]
What’s the Future of Heavy Duty Trucks?
It’s easy to assume big pickup trucks are on the way out. High inflation means consumers have to tighten their wallets. Fluctuating gas prices means trucks that suck down fuel are no longer economically sound purchases. Plus, in an age of exponentially growing technology, how many people still need a truck for manual labor? Actually, […]
How the 2023 Jeep Gladiator Derives From the 1960s
The 2023 Jeep Gladiator has consistently been ranked best in its class regarding payload, towing capacity (gas), torque (diesel), and ground clearance. Anyone who test-drives a Gladiator is guaranteed to be impressed, as it is one of the most remarkable vehicles—of any type—on the market today. Due to its success, the Gladiator has a loyal […]
Some Important Things to Consider Before Exploring the Current Used Truck Market
Even three years on, some of the covid pandemic’s effects will not soon abate. While business has mostly returned to normal in our day-to-day life, the global economic situation has yet to revert to how it was in 2019. From further shutdowns in China to the war in Ukraine, the world has not stopped delivering […]
Towing Limits Seem Astronomical. Are They Paying Off for the Consumer?
There’s never been a better time for laborers to own a pickup truck. In addition to style and build improvements, the amount you can tow and haul in a pickup has grown exponentially. Improvements in the structure of pickups have let manufacturers brag about mind-boggling numbers. The 2024 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD, for instance, comes […]
The Misunderstood Diesel Option
When you think of a diesel engine, you might be imagining a large, lumbering semi rolling down the highway, letting off plenty of fumes. Or perhaps you’re not even thinking of automobiles at all, instead picturing a train roaring down the tracks using diesel fuel. What you might not be thinking of is the average […]
The Current Used Car Market Has Better Options Than Ever Before, But That Might Change
When the supply chain disruption began to hit the automobile industry hard in mid-2021, the used car market grew. Suddenly, used cars had similar price tags to their brand-new counterparts. For consumers, this era was rough (you don’t have to tell me: in the worst timing possible, my lease was up at the end of […]
The Corvette E-Ray Redefines What We Expect From a Hybrid
I remember well the rise of electric cars and hybrids in the early 2000s. While electric vehicles of some sort have been around for over a century (the first, created in 1889, was essentially an electrified wagon), quite a few manufacturers tried to make them more mainstream around the turn of the millennium. They promised […]
A Glance Into the Future: The 2024 Chevy Silverado
Fans of science fiction love the idea of a glimpse into the future. From Tenet to Doctor Who, science fiction staples provide brief looks at what the future may hold, teasing the audience with possibilities. While I can’t show you 2050 (maybe we’ll have the flying cars by then, but probably not), I can show […]
Honda’s Reputation for Efficiency: Where It Came From and How It’s Sticking
Fuel efficiency, always an important metric when purchasing or leasing a car, has arguably become the number one consideration on the modern customer’s mind when walking into a dealership. Last spring’s sky-high gas prices will not be quickly forgotten; gas stations could barely change their signs fast enough as prices were hiked again and again. […]
The Coming Renaissance of the Electric Vehicle: Why to Get Hyped
While Tesla has established itself as a leader in electric vehicles, the auto industry as a whole has begun to embrace the electric vehicle in a way few would have predicted a decade or two ago. In the past, electric vehicles were seen as overly expensive novelties that were none too pleasant to look at […]