Alternately titled: Car of the Week. That’s right, Fiends, the Car of the Week is back! A week ago, I would have been right with you if you’re thinking there’s little Fiendish about a honkin’ hybrid SUV, but our time with this high-tech Caddy has done some eye-opening. We’re half-way through our stint with the [...]

Opinions regarding the value of hybrid-drivetrain vehicles tend to vary here at Autofiends. My esteemed colleague Loverman has defended them by stating “I’d rather have a planet than drive,” while I tend to go out of my way to slow way down in front of every Prius I can find on the highway before dropping [...]

Before I knew how to drive, I was quite into off roading. By knowing how to drive I mean heel and toe, trail braking, shuffle steering and all the other race car stuff I pretened to know about. Hey, my first car was an ‘85 Pontiac Wagon — cut me a break. Anywho, I owned [...]

Sometimes, you just have to go with your gut reaction. When we first heard that Nissan is mulling a topless version of its Murano SUV, we thought the fine folks at Edmunds had hit the crack pipe. Honestly, we’re baffled as to how the idea of removing the roof structure of a vehicle prone to [...]

If you’ve ever wondered where in the hell the SUV came from, this is it. We got to get up close to Wes Neal’s primo example this weekend while helping a fellow Fiend secure parts for his own derelict wagon. Neal lived just up the street, and came cruising by to dish out some much [...]

Audi just released official details and pictures from the latest in its continuing campaign for a premium vehicle for every product segment with the soon-to-come here, medium sized SUV Q5. According to Audi, the Q5 is a new kind of SUV: it combines the dynamism of a sports sedan with an impressively versatile interior and [...]

We’re generally not fans of SUVs. They’re too slow, too heavy and they handle like a scuba tank on a boat deck. Never mind that their environmental footprint is much larger than a car’s, sport utility vehicle’s enhanced bulk will suck your wallet dry faster than my best stripper metaphor. However, there are a few [...]

This is a bit off our usual path, but a lot of our readers own SUVs. When we found out about Belltech’s new shocks we thought we should spread the word. Gas guzzlers unite! Belltech has created a set of front end lowering and lifting shocks for SUVs and trucks. They use a 15mm [...]