Articles by Kurt Verlin
Honda is Leading Automaker in Cars.com 2022 American-Made Index
Honda remains the top non-American brand in the Cars.com American-Made Index, performing at the same level as most of the top American brands…
We Finally Have an All-New Toyota Sequoia
The all-new Sequoia is being assembled in San Antonio, Texas, and will go on sale in late summer 2022 with a starting MSRP of $58,300…
It’s Almost Impossible For Cars Not To Get Awards
There are so many available awards that it becomes almost impossible for brands or individual models to fail to get one eventually…
New Toyota Tech Can Detect Your Breathing and Heartbeat
Cabin Awareness not only detects life forms but can also alert drivers in a variety of ways when it does…
2023 Toyota 4Runner Gets Eye-Catching 40th Anniversary Special Edition
Only 4040 examples of the 2023 Toyota 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition will be made…
Toyota Ranked 4th U.S. Company for Diversity in New Study
Toyota has long set a positive example for its fellow car manufacturers…
Red Bull Wins 1-2 at Spanish Grand Prix, Now Leads Championship
There was some controversy regarding Red Bull asking Pérez to let Verstappen by, but it’s controversy that shouldn’t exist at all…
Lincoln Star Concept Uses Scents and Sounds to Help You Relax
the Star is an all-electric SUV concept intended to tease what’s to come for the luxury automaker…
Toyota Supra Finally Gets Manual Transmission
All three of Toyota's U.S. GR models, including the Supra, 86, and Corolla, are now available with a stick…
Toyota Invests $383M across U.S. Production Plants
The investment will go toward creating or expanding production lines for four-cylinder engines with options for hybrid-electric vehicles…
Honda Will Invest $40B in EVs Over Next 10 Years
The automaker says that about 3.5 trillion yen will go toward research and development while the remaining 1.5 trillion yen will be focused on investments…
Toyota Launches All-New, All-Electric bZ4X SUV
Toyota says availability will be “extremely limited” because of the current supply chain issues…
Toyota GR Corolla Hot Hatch Has 300 HP, Manual Only
That Toyota is even willing to make the GR Corolla shows the company’s commitment to the love of driving…
Ford Featured in TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022
Ford’s market value rose above $100 billion for the first time thanks to surging demand for the F-150 Lightning…
Toyota Commits $110 Million to PreK-12 STEM Education
In its goal to meet student and family needs, it features not just after-school programs and a community center, but also a food pantry.…
Honda Opens First Full-Scale U.S. Wind Tunnel
Whether the company wants to test an IndyCar prototype, Acura NSX hybrid supercar, or CR-V SUV, the new wind tunnel has all the tools to do it…
2022 Formula 1 Season Could Be Epic
There are already several good reasons to think the upcoming year of racing could be a good one…
Toyota Dominates Study of Long-Lasting Reliability
The brand accounted for six of the top 10 vehicles, with the Land Cruiser and Sequoia far ahead of every other nameplate…