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The 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9 — designed and produced during the brand’s Chrysler years — rewrote the rulebook for SUV performance. By plunking a potent 5.9-liter V8 under the Jeep flagship’s hood, Chrysler created what was at the time the quickest SUV ever tested by MotorTrend, with a 0-60 mark of 6.8 seconds. …

The next time you see someone driving a car with an Illinois license plate, you might want to be extra cautious. As of July 1, the Illinois Road Safety and Fairness Act has officially gone into effect, removing the previous requirements that elderly drivers pass a driving test before they could renew their licenses. The vote to…

Auto racing is an inherently glamorous undertaking. It takes money and engineering prowess to build the cars, and it takes almost insane bravado to drive them. Even with the roll cages, fireproof suits, and real-time safety tech in the digital age of scrutineering, a mistake can easily turn fatal. Racing offers higher stakes than almost…

It’s no secret that diesel engines are some of the most reliable out there, with countless examples of reliable old diesel engines that just won’t quit. Exceptional examples include the units that motivate old Toyota and Cummins-powered Dodge and Ram trucks, which have been able to exceed 500,000 miles or even eclipse the mythical million-mile…

This is becoming a bit of a theme. The online car community freaks out about something, and then I come on here and tell you that it actually isn’t all that bad. Just a few days ago, we talked about the six-speed manual transmission in the new Ferrari 12Cilindri Manuale, and now I’m turning my…

The term “Sport Utility Vehicle” is a contentious one. To a purist, a vehicle needs to feature a ladder frame, a transfer case, and all-wheel drive to qualify as an SUV. But to many members of the general public, being tall and having a rear liftgate is all that it takes to be classified as one.…

Owning a brand-new Lexus with a manual transmission is still possible if you live in Japan, because the company sells you the LBX Morizo RR, which is basically a jacked-up Toyota GR Yaris featuring the 1.6-liter three-pot and the option of a six-speed manual transmission — much like the 2026 GR Corolla. But here in…

It may surprise you to learn that most writers for automotive websites do not live a rich and glamorous lifestyle. Shocking, we know. There have been times when cars didn’t start to become affordable to us until they had already outlived all their warranties. That means most of us here know the frustration of riding…

In 2022, the AAA studied footage from traffic cameras across the country. Study authors were looking at the scenes of accidents as well as road construction, cops pulling over drivers, and where tow trucks were extracting disabled cars. But they weren’t idly observing service personnel — they were trying to discern compliance with so-called move-over laws…

One of the many joys of owning an EV is its maintenance-free plug-and-drive ecosystem. At least, that’s what the marketing spiel says. In truth, EV ownership isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be – though there is some truth to the claim. An electric motor usually only has one moving part inside, compared to the hundreds inside a typical V8…