SUV News & Advice

We all want our sports utility vehicle to be dependable. We certainly don’t want to waste precious time sitting in a repair shop. After all, SUV owners are all about adventure and being out on the road. In fact, J.D. Power research says that aside from exterior and interior styling, vehicle dependability is the most important...

Part of the appeal of SUVs rests in their varied options. You can choose between two-row and third-row passenger seating, making SUVs a great choice for growing families, professionals seeking a vehicle with a higher seating profile and more. If you don’t require much in the way of passenger seating, then you are apt to find great...

Picture this: it’s a beautiful spring day. You took your SUV for a long drive. You parked it, stepped out, and noticed a burnt rubber smell emanating from under the hood. This triggers alarm bells in your mind because you cannot recall this happening before. It also brings up an important question: should I take my...

NIO, the Chinese-backed startup formerly known as NextEV in the United States, is looking to introduce autonomous electric vehicles in the U.S. by 2020. The company announced its plan to do so not at an auto show, but at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. While NIO did not announce what type of...

Buying your next SUV can begin as an exciting process, but can grow exhausting with time. Sifting through the quagmire of many resources available for car buying can be daunting. Then, if you contact multiple dealerships, you’ll experience the joys of endless calls and emails. To stifle these distractions and eliminate the hassles of buying your next...

An SUV is far from an investment. Investments offer the promise of returning profit whereas with an SUV, from the moment you drive it off the lot it depreciates quickly. Often compounding matters is when you finance your model, you make common mistakes. These mistakes result in your loan being more expensive, which, when coupled with...

Driving can be a dangerous endeavor. Along with having to share the road with drivers who alternate their attentions between driving and texting, shaving, eating and more, obstructions can appear at any moment. When this happens, your hope is your SUV’s brakes operate at optimal levels to provide the stopping power you need. If you do regular...

It’s not quite an SUV, but it’s definitely a concept vehicle for SUV fans to pay attention to. That’s because the Volkswagen Group plans on drawing design aspects from it in the future. It’s called Sedric (short for self-driving car). It’s the first concept car from the Volkswagen Group and it was unveiled at the 2017 Geneva...

There are no doubt manufacturers engineer SUVs to withstand the harshest of conditions such as inclement weather, rugged terrain, and even the lead foot driver. At the same time, aggressive driving behaviors over time can tax even the most durable SUV, resulting in critical parts such as its brakes, tires, and even some of its engine...

No one likes sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. It's incredibly frustrating. No matter what you do, it's hard to keep calm when you're in that situation. Even if you have a souped up sports utility vehicle with all the bells and whistles to keep you comfortable, connected and entertained, sitting in traffic is still no...

The last thing you want is to spend money on a luxury SUV for it to encounter recurring problems due to design or part malfunctions. If your SUV is creating problems which prevent you from using it to its maximize purpose, then it can dwindle your confidence in that vehicle. That said, how can you know which...

You’re confident with your selection. Now comes the time to choose how you will pay for the SUV. And unless you have a Scrooge McDuck vault full of cash, then you’ll have to finance it. The easiest solution is to go to the dealership. Most dealers have a network of lenders for every credit type, so not...