Category: Automotive Reviews

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Quick Take: 2025 Jeep Gladiator Willys 4×4 Heritage

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in Jeep’s Wrangler-based Gladiator pickup truck. It carries on a Jeep tradition of putting a useful bed on one of its gnarliest off-road versions, in this case the Willys trim.

The Gladiator gets lots of classic Jeep heritage, from blocky fenders and fold-down windshield to deep-treaded 17-inch Firestone Destination off-road tires – and traditional hood clamps.

Inside, sturdy cloth seats, a user(as in gloved hand)-friendly dashboard with big knobs, and rubber floor mats. A bigger digital infotainment screen can show a pitch and roll, or four-wheel-drive/locked center and rear differential status, as can the gauge package’s display. There’s good passenger room, a removable roof and doors – and 35.5-cu.ft. cargo bed with a lightweight aluminum tailgate. And the 3.6-liter V-6 with 285 hp gets Command-Trac 4×4 system with two-speed transfer case and more for decent off-road prowess.

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So read lots more about this, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2025 Jeep Gladiator Delivers Willys 4×4 Heritage. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Quick Look Review: 2025 BMW X6M Competition

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in a steel and aluminum bulldog with an aggressive face, muscular shoulders and streamlined haunches.

The 2025 BMW X6M Competition takes their X5 SUV and gives it a sleeker fuselage atop serious 22-inch rubber and a very aggressive twin-kidney grill. It’s sleek, but tall.

Inside, an almost Italian exotic look and feel with lots of red and black leather, carbon fiber, Alcantara suede headliner, racing striped seat belts and illuminated M insignias in the seatbacks. And the driver gets a 27-inch infotainment screen to monitor the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8, paired with a 48-volt mild hybrid system for 617 hp and 553 lb.-ft. of torque.

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So read lot’s more about this, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2025 BMW X6M Competition Defies Its Weight. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Quick Take Reviews: 2025 Kia Telluride X-Pro

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in the first-generation of a Kia SUV named after a Colorado mining town.

The Telluride X-Pro is a stylish box endowed with three rows of leather-clad seats – heating and cooling for the front and second rows. And adults can live in the way-back, with room for stuff behind them.

Up front, there’s a 291-hp V-6 driving all four wheels of our test model, good for more than 5,000 of towing. And with a slight (.4-inch) increase in ground clearance, plus all-wheel-drive, locking center differential, knobby 18-inch tires and hill-descent control, it can do some off-roading with the family – so it’s not for the birds.

So read lot’s more about this, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2025 Kia Telluride: Comfortable, Capable Family Hauler. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Quick Look Review: Supercharged 2025 Land Rover Defender 130 V-8

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan hits the road – and off-road – in Land Rover’s flagship SUV – the 78-year-old descendant of the original 1947 “Land Rover” Series 1 – officially called the  Defender 130.

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That matte paint job is well matched with a gloss black hood, with 8.6 inches of ground clearance, air-shock adjustable to as tall as 11.5. Inside, three rows, including mid-row captains chairs and adult-usable ones in back. Under that bonnet, a supercharged V-8 with 493 hp and 450 lb. ft. of torque headed to all-wheel-drive with twin-speed transfer cases and an 8-speed automatic – and 16 mpg.

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So read lot’s more about this, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – Land Rover Defender 130 Hops Off Road With Ease.  And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Quick Take Review: 2026 Cadillac Vistiq Sport

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan has the new Cadillac Vistiq Sport to test this week – with an EV River video review too.

Sharing its GM platform with the Chevrolet Blazer EV, Acura ZDX and Honda Prologue, it is a 3-row, 7-seat EV crossover with some serious LED accents, plus tech, power and shape. And along with 300-plus miles of estimated range, it’s very quick

Read lot’s more about this EV Cadillac, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2026 Cadillac Vistiq: Stylish 3-Row Family Hauler – right here. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Plugs In, Drinks Gas, Goes Wicked Fast: 2025 BMW M5

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan has the new version of a potent BMW sports sedan to test – that means a 2025 M5 with a twin-turbo V-8, and a plug-in hybrid EV system to bring power and poise to its 7th generation.

That equates to 577 gasoline horsepower in a 4.4-liter V-8, plus 347 volts/194 EV horsepower, funneling through all-wheel-drive. And that means this carbon-fiber-roofed sedan funnels all that power through an 8-speed M Steptronic transmission to hit 60 mph in 3 seconds, or enjoys an EPA-rated 25 miles of EV cruising.

Read lot’s more about this PHEV BMW, see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2025 BMW M5: Twin-Turbo V8 With EV Motor Blasts Off – there’s a video review as well. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Quick Peek Review: 2025 Nissan Frontier Shows Off Hardbody

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EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan has the new compact truck to test, and the 2025 Nissan Frontier been freshened as well as given a taste of its 1980’s self, when it was known as the Hardbody.

This generation Frontier is three years old, and gets a bolder face with some Hardbody cue, plus a neatly revamped interior look with more tech, yet the same utility we like in a Frontier – like a 6,700-lb. tow rating and as high as 22 mpg.

Read lot’s more about this truck, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – Nissan Frontier Gets Upgrades For 2025 – right here. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Don’t Call it a Hatchback: 2025 Kia K4 GT-Line Review

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan has the new 2025 Kia K4 GT-Line to review-  and it may look like a hatchback sedan…..

…but it’s not.

Kia’s Global Design Center gave it a fresh take on its classic grill; some cool LED front and rear lighting; and a “looks-like-a-hatchback” fastback. It has a new name.

And under the hood, a grand touring kind of powerplant – a turbocharged aluminum 1.6-liter four that makes it swift enough for a commuting course.

Read lot’s more about this Kia, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – 2025 Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo: Stylish & Comfy – right here. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.

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Off Road Ready and Room for the Spare: 2025 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan has the new 2025 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison to play with on – and off road.

Thanks to a collaboration with American Expedition Vehicles (AEV), it’s got stronger bumpers, boron-steel skidplates, Multimatic shocks, special wider wheels – and even more off-road specific gear. There’s room for four – and a spare that’s handy, mounted in the bed.

Read lot’s more about this truck, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison Easily Handles Rough Stuff – right here. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.