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Dave McQuilling

My time as an automotive journalist has put me behind the wheel of some of the world's fastest cars, flown me around the world to see the covers come off a variety of modern classics, and seen me spend a worrying amount of time hunched over a laptop in a darkened living room. Thanks COVID! I have bylines in a variety of publications, including Digital Trends, Autoblog, The Manual, SlashGear, The Gentleman Racer, Guessing Headlights, with my work also being syndicated to the likes of MSN and Yahoo Life. AutoNotion has promised me the opportunity to let loose creatively, and produce pieces I'm genuinely proud to put my name to. How could I turn that down? I hope some of it entertains you, informs you, or at least helps kill a few minutes while you're waiting for a train.

Latest articles

A 3/4 view of a red Toyota RAV4 in a canyon

Toyota and Subaru Have Avoided Price Wars Since 2005. The GR86 Just Got $5,000 Cheaper Than the Subaru BRZ Built on the Same Line

05.16.2026
Ford recall

Ford’s Sub-$40,000 Pickup Won’t Have a Body-on-Frame Chassis. It Won’t Tow What an F-150 Tows, Won’t Off-Road Like a Bronco, and Will Get Totaled by a Fender Bender

05.15.2026
A DOT certified helmet sticker

Don’t Buy a “DOT Certified” Helmet. They’re Trash

05.14.2026
Honda CR-V 2004

Honda Hid a Picnic Table in Every CR-V for Nine Years — Then Quietly Killed It in 2006. The Replacement Now Costs $425

05.14.2026
Toyota bZ5

There’s a Toyota With 391 Miles of Range and 268 Horsepower for Under $18,000 — and One Very Specific Reason You Can’t Buy One

05.14.2026
A Toyota Prius PHEV plugged in on a driveway

Toyota Prius Owners Have a $3,000 Problem — Thieves Know It’s One of the Easiest Cars to Hit

05.13.2026
A press image of the Mercedes S-Class rival the VW Phaeton

Volkswagen Spent $1.5 Billion Trying to Take on the Mercedes S-Class. This Is Why it Failed

05.12.2026
A blue 2025 Ford Explorer near a river

America’s Best-Selling 3-Row SUV Has a Problem — Its Recall List Reads Like a Warning Label

05.12.2026
A 1986 Toyota Cressida

Toyota Once Produced a Car to Take On the BMW M5. Customers Loved It. Then Toyota Killed It

05.11.2026
On the driver’s-side of the PCOR storage system of the Jeep Top Dog Concept, a battery-powered refrigerator and electric hot-dog roller grill stand ready to refuel riders for the next section of challenging trails.

Forget Cup Holders: Jeep Once Put a Gas Station Hot Dog Roller Inside a Truck. And Then Killed It

05.10.2026
Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla Just Recalled the Cybertruck Again. The Reason Is Worse Than the Last One

05.10.2026
A cheese filled 2-liter VW engine exploding due to excess heat

Here’s What Happens If You Put Nacho Cheese in Your Engine

05.09.2026
Toyota Crown Platinum 2026

This Toyota Has 340 Horsepower, Hybrid Efficiency, and Every Premium Feature You’d Expect — and No One Is Buying It

05.09.2026
Maserati GranCabrio Spy Shots

We Just Got Spy Shots of Maserati’s New Lineup. Maserati Sent Them — and They Look Like Flip Phone Pics

05.08.2026
A Ford F-350 with the 2027 Ford Super Duty Carhartt Package

The 2027 Ford Super Duty Carhartt Edition turns your truck into an old work jacket

05.07.2026
A Jeep Grand Wagoneer 4xe in white with the hood up

We Took a Close Look at Jeep’s ‘Gas-Powered EV’ — Its V6 Engine Has One Job, and It Isn’t Driving the Wheels

05.07.2026
ghost cars

New York Just Declared War on ‘Ghost Cars’ — and Most Drivers Don’t Even Know What They Are

05.06.2026
closeup of automatic gears in car

What Do D1, D2, and D3 Mean On Your Gear Shifter?

05.05.2026
rivian r2

Forget the Ford F-150 — Rivian May Have Quietly Built the Best Tailgating Truck in America

05.04.2026
Ford Bronco in a desert

Ford Hides a Secret Tailgating Feature in the Back of Almost Every Bronco

05.03.2026
A Blue Toyota Land Cruiser driving on a dirt track

There’s a New Reason American Off-Roaders Are Picking This British SUV Over the Toyota Land Cruiser

05.03.2026
Tesla Cybercab

When Tesla’s Cybercab Speeds in California, Elon Musk Gets the Ticket

05.01.2026
The dashboard of a Toyota 4Runner with the Party Mode button slightly hidden behind the wheel

What Does the ‘Party Mode’ Button in a Toyota 4Runner Do?

05.01.2026
Serena Williams' bespoke Lincoln Navigator

Roses, Constellations, and Clay courts: A Closer Look at Serena Williams’ Custom Lincoln Navigator

04.29.2026
Front 3/4 view of a a Ferrari Purosangue near a railway crossing

Review: The 715 HP Purosangue is as “Ferrari” as an SUV Can Be

04.28.2026
The engine bay of a Ferrari Purosangue

V12s Aren’t Dead in 2026 — They Just Needed Ferrari to Drop One in the Last Place You’d Expect

04.26.2026
Toyota Highlander

Forget the Toyota Highlander EV: This Alternative has More Power, More Range, and is Available Now

04.26.2026
BYD Atto 2

The World’s Biggest EV Maker Just Said It Doesn’t Need America — The Numbers Tell a Different Story

04.25.2026
Two 2026 Toyota Mirai hydrogen vehicles parked on concrete

It Has 402 Miles of Range and Refuels in Just Five Minutes, But the Mirai is Toyota’s Biggest Flop

04.25.2026
bmw 7 series reveal

I Got Inside BMW’s New 7-Series in New York — One Detail Tells You Where the Brand Is Really Headed

04.24.2026
The Hyundai IONIQ V on stage in Beijing

While Americans Wait for Affordable EVs, Hyundai Just Dropped a 373-Mile Electric SUV in China — and It’s Not Coming Here

04.24.2026
BMW 7-Series Theater Screen

The 2027 BMW 7-Series Has a 31-Inch 8K Screen, Reclining Seats, and an HDMI Port. The Best Way to Experience It Isn’t From Behind the Wheel

04.22.2026
Lucid's Atlas motor

A 57-Kilo Motor That Puts Out 279 Horsepower Just Changed the Math for Electric Cars. It’s Going Into a $50,000 Lucid

04.21.2026
Mercedes C-Class electric

This New Electric Mercedes Has 482 Horsepower, a 39-Inch Screen, and 473 Miles of Range. Its Biggest Rival Goes 100 Miles Further

04.20.2026
A BMW badge on the hood of a blue BMW X7 M60i

What Would a BMW X9 Look Like? We Asked the Lead Designer at BMW Designworks in California

04.19.2026
A Camouflaged Mercedes Mythos CLE prototype testing at the Nürburgring,

Mercedes’ Last Ultra-Limited Car Required a Helmet to Drive. Our Cameras Just Caught What’s Coming Next — And It Looks Even Crazier

04.19.2026
Tesla Model 3

Two Breakthroughs Could Give EVs 1,000 Miles of Range and Free Charging Within Five Years. There’s a Catch With Both

04.18.2026
A 2026 Toyota RAV4 PHEV

Toyota Wasn’t Even in the Top 10 for Recalls Last Year. In 2026, It’s Already Number Two — With Over a Million Vehicles Affected

04.18.2026
Front view of a 2026 Lucid Gravity Grand Touring

Review: Lucid’s 828 HP SUV is Exceptional, Even When It’s Stuck in Traffic

04.17.2026
A wheel showing the Super Cruise green light as a man sits in the driver's seat with his hands on his legs

I Drove a Cadillac for 130 Miles Without Touching the Wheel, the Pedals, or Even the Turn Signal. It Did Something No Other Car I’ve Tested Can Do

04.17.2026
EV charging GM charger

EV Charging Used to Be Free. Then It Was Cheaper Than Gas. Now Some Fast Chargers Cost More Per Mile Than a Gas Pump

04.16.2026
Audi RS 6 Sedan

We Just Caught Audi Testing Something That BMW Should Be Worried About. I’ve Driven the Car It’s Coming For

04.16.2026
An Audi RS Q5 test mule in Germany

Audi Has Spent Years Losing the Performance SUV War to BMW. New Spy Shots From the Nürburgring Suggest That’s About to Change

04.15.2026
A front view of a matte black BMW iX

BMW Just Pulled Its 650-HP Electric SUV From America. After Driving One, I Understand Why

04.15.2026
Lucid Gravity interior

Forget 0-60 Times, Top Speed, and Horsepower. The Thing That Decides Whether You’ll Love Your Next Car Has Nothing to Do With How It Drives

04.14.2026
A Lucid Gravity parked in front of some trees

I’ve driven Tesla, Rivian, and almost every other top-selling EV in America. Americans are buying the wrong ones

04.13.2026
Spy shot of the side of a Mercedes-AMG CLA Shooting Brake EQ testing on the Nürburgring

Our photographer just caught Mercedes-AMG’s new 544 hp electric Shooting Brake at the Nürburgring — and there’s bad news for American buyers

04.13.2026
Front view of a a camouflaged BMW iX5 M70 prototype

We just caught BMW’s next electric performance SUV testing in Europe, and one thing the photos reveal could change everything

04.12.2026
Porsche 911

Every Porsche is losing American buyers right now — except for the one model that’s actually saving the company

04.12.2026
The LS6 engine from a model year 2027 Corvette

GM’s new 6.7 liter small block engine offers 535 horsepower, more torque than any other naturally aspirated V8, and is coming home to Flint

04.11.2026
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