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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.
davidjmcquilling@gmail.com

Latest articles

A Toyota Hilux Champ being loaded on the street

Toyota sells a truck for $12,500. But you can’t have one in the US

08.17.2026
JCB's team during the hydrogen land speed record attempt

The hydrogen land speed record stood at 185.5 mph until a British digger manufacturer took a car onto the Bonneville salt and clocked 406.320 over a flying mile, and the FIA is still ratifying it

08.13.2026
The eye shaped driver monitoring system disabled light on a Subaru driver's display

How to disable the driver monitoring system in a 2026 Subaru WRX

08.12.2026
Ford's official nameplate design for the Fathom

Ford has finally picked a name for its “affordable” electric pickup, after nine months and hundreds of candidates, and it landed on a nautical word for six feet of water on a truck that starts at $28,350 before delivery

08.07.2026
Sideview of a Hennessey Blackbird hypercar

Hennessey built its new $2.5 million hypercar around the number 71, making exactly 71 of them and setting the stabilizers to deploy at 71 mph and sit at 71 degrees, because the plane it is named after is the SR-71

08.04.2026
A front view of a white electric G-Wagen

I spent a few days in a $160,000 electric G-Wagen whose dash and steering wheel shake like a four-liter V8 is idling under the hood, then watched 180 miles of indicated range cover 120 miles of actual road

08.02.2026
A red Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing in a parking lot

Cadillac’s $140,000 Blackwing keeps its best performance feature locked behind a $25 SD card, the format laptops dropped years ago, and it records nothing until you go buy one

07.29.2026
An interior shot of the dash of a the 2027 Kia Telluride

Wildfire smoke has DC, Boston and New York under air quality warnings, and the cleanest air you can find might be inside your car, depending on one cheap part behind the glovebox most drivers have never checked

07.27.2026
ferrari crashed

Mr. Bean crashed the world’s fastest road car twice, filed Britain’s biggest car insurance claim ever at $1.4 million, and the McLaren F1 he finally sold in 2015 has doubled in value since: five hypercar crashes that made insurers weep

07.26.2026
A breen Porsche Taycan next to a blue Porsche Tacyan

A two-year-old Porsche Taycan costs about half what its first owner paid, because it lost 50 percent of its value faster than almost any EV on the road — production is stopped, ten Porsches are rumored for the axe, and the 911 is the one still selling

07.17.2026
A front 3/4 shot of a blue Subaru BRZ

I spent days driving the Subaru BRZ and it captures almost everything that makes driving great — then you touch the reversing camera, the USB ports and the infotainment, and it’s ten years out of date on every one

07.11.2026
A render of a Tesla Cybercab

A U.S. state may effectively ban Tesla’s Cybercab if recent legislation passes

07.08.2026
A red and blue toyota corolla cross passing on the road

While European drivers get a Corolla Cross that brakes and corners better in snow as standard, America gets the identical SUV with that mode switched off, the same rear motor already spinning underneath and only the software missing

07.07.2026
A front 3/4 view of the 2027 Kia Telluride

The 2027 Kia Telluride looks so much like a Range Rover from behind you’d be forgiven for mixing them up, right down to the deep green paint, except this one costs less than half as much, and after a week with the hybrid I was looking up lease deals

07.01.2026
A 3/4 view of a red Toyota RAV4 in a canyon

You probably won’t be able to buy a Toyota RAV4 this year

06.26.2026
The new Maserati lineup for 2027

Maserati just refreshed its entire 2027 lineup without a single new car, pushing the V6 close to 600 horsepower and betting a meaner shark-nose front can finally crack America

06.18.2026
Tesla Cybertruck

The biggest fear about going electric is the day the battery dies and you’re staring at a $16,000 bill. Run the 20-year numbers against what you’d burn in gas, and that fear looks very different

06.16.2026
Rear of a Rivian R2 on a mountain top

I took a Rivian R2 up a Utah mountain to see if the cheap electric SUV could actually off-road. It got to the summit, but the open diff made me back up and rethink more than once

06.14.2026
A thumb on the Rivian R2 Haptic Halo dial

Rivian killed almost every button in the R2 and replaced them with two metal dials on the steering wheel. We drove it, and there’s not going to be a middle ground on this one

06.10.2026
An orange Car camping tent on the back of an SUV

Planning on car camping this summer? Here are a few things you’ll need

06.08.2026

A proposed U.S. law could make driver-monitoring cameras mandatory by 2027 and add a kill switch for inattentive drivers. The cameras are already in millions of cars watching right now

06.05.2026
A Ford Bronco Filson in a unique green paint color

Ford Just Took the Bronco Raptor’s 418-HP Engine, the Sasquatch Package’s Off-Road Gear, and Bolted It All Into One Truck — and It Might Be the Most Capable Bronco Ever

06.04.2026
A front view of the Hongqi Guoya

From the Side, China’s New Ultra-Luxury Sedan Could Almost Pass for a Rolls-Royce. From the Front, It Looks Like a Demented Cartoon Character

06.01.2026
close up of Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot

Hyundai Just Hired 25,000 Workers for Its US Car Factories Who Run 24 Hours a Day, Never Take a Break, and Aren’t Human. The First of Them Clock In in 2028

05.30.2026
1980 Ferrari Pinin side view with the doors open

Ferrari Built a Four-Door the Purists Hated, Then Buried It. That Was 1980. The Single Prototype That Survived Now Costs Almost Exactly What Ferrari Is Charging for the New Luce

05.29.2026
A Toyota V35A-FTS engine under the hood of a 2024 Tundra

270,000 Vehicles Recalled, And Toyota Have Fixed Just 77,000. How The Japanese OEM’s Engine Nightmare Just Keeps Getting Worse

05.28.2026
blackberry qnx

You Still Use a BlackBerry Every Day. You’re Driving It

05.27.2026
Ferrari Luce

Say Goodbye to Ferrari’s All-Combustion Lineup. The First Electric Ferrari Costs $640,000, Makes 1,000 Horsepower, and Amplifies Real Motor Sounds Instead of Faking a V12 Through Speakers

05.26.2026
A Toyota 2026 LC 500

Say Goodbye to Toyota’s Last 471-Horsepower Naturally Aspirated V8. The Engine Was Tuned by Yamaha and Powers the Lexus LC 500. Production Ends in August 2026

05.25.2026
e15 fuel

The EPA Just Authorized E15 Fuel to Lower Gas Prices. If Your Car Was Built Before 2001, It Could Damage Your Engine

05.24.2026
Hot Dog Anxiety Volvo

Volvo Just Identified a New Form of EV Anxiety That Has Nothing to Do With Battery Range. It Involves Getting a Hot Dog and Costs $25

05.23.2026
Tesla Model 3

Tesla’s Most Common Responses to a Repeat Repair Are ‘No Problem Found’ and ‘Operating as Designed.’ A California Lemon Law Attorney Just Told Us Why Those Exact Words Could Force a Mandatory Buyback

05.21.2026
The Ford Bronco Filson spare tire cover in a unique green

Ford announces a collaboration with Filson (and not much else)

05.19.2026
volvo ex60

Volvo Set to Take on BMW and Lucid with the Sub-$60,000 EX60

05.18.2026
A front 3/4 view of the the 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer

I Spent a Day in the 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer in Texas. The Twin-Turbo V6 Hits 60 in Under Six Seconds, It Tows 10,000 Pounds, and the Third Row Still Has Room for a Six-Footer

05.18.2026
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
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