You want to drive the Interstate highway system that crosses our country. However, you have an electric vehicle. Can you accomplish the former with the latter? Absolutely. There has been a growing number of stories about EV owners taking their vehicles on long-distance cross-country trips. Given the increasing number of charging stations found both along highways and throughout communities across the country, it’s…
When an engine block leaves the foundry, how do you know that it was cast and machined correctly? Quality is something we crave and take for granted at the same time. We demand that every component inside our vehicles is built to exacting specifications and built to last a lifetime. General Motors has continually developed new ways to ensure that anything leaving their assembly facilities…
At Sharp Automotive, we carry three options in America’s most popular vehicle category. There is the best-selling RAV4, now a 100% hybrid model line; the sporty-looking Chevrolet Equinox; and the upscale-looking GMC Terrain. Admittedly, as GM models, the latter two share quite a bit, at least in the mechanical bits you can’t see. While the Equinox comes in both a sporty form with…
60 years ago, the default family car was a full-size rear-drive sedan powered by a V8, with the Chevrolet Impala often taking the sales crown. Ten years later, a general downsizing brought the mid-size Oldsmobile Cutlass to the sales lead. Eventually, front-wheel drive became ubiquitous, and smaller mid-size sedans rose to the top of the popularity charts. Until…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is an international institution. Pretty much every country on earth has seen a Land Cruiser rescue people or experience new terrain. When the Land Cruiser was introduced to the American market in 1958, every SUV since has tried to take a page from its book. The Land Cruiser 1958 Toyota makes…
Finding and buying your ideal truck can be frustrating, especially when deciding between a light- or heavy-duty truck with a gas or diesel engine. Chevrolet, GMC, and Toyota offer plenty of options, but trying to narrow it down to what you need versus what you want for the price can be exhausting. What Is a…
To understand the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and how it can achieve record track speeds is to understand the inner workings of this fast machine. This goes beyond horsepower, suspension geometry, and the materials used to build the 2025 Corvette ZR1. It is how it performs as a complete sports car. It is the combination…
Autoblog recently did a compare-and-contrast of two relatively niche crossovers, which is somewhat unusual because you can’t even buy one of them anymore, at least in the U.S. They looked at the 2026 Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid GR Sport and the 2026 Hyundai Tucson N Line HEV to see which you should buy. Sharp Automotive…
What kind of vehicles do you think an influencer would drive? You would be surprised by that answer. Not everyone drives something fancy, expensive, and not all that practical. Toyota believes that everyone can drive the revised 2026 Corolla Cross Hybrid, which is why they enlisted internet personality King Bach to promote our efficient and…
Midsize trucks have come a long way from their compact truck origins in the 80s. They now sport more powerful engines than full-size trucks did back in the day and have nearly the same capability. In addition, they offer much more variety and off-road capability than their ancestors, and their turbocharged 4-cylinder engines can go…
