Automotive

Camper brands are realizing many customers don't want a big, ugly RV rotting in the driveway for 3/4 of the year. Bürstner shows it's one of them with a Ford van that's part six-seat business van, part two-person gear-hauler and part family camper.

The Land Rover Defender V8 is barely official and Jeep is already throwing the gauntlet down, reminding folks that the Defender V8 isn't the only fast, high-powered 4x4 on the horizon. The Wrangler Rubicon 392 will launch in the coming weeks.

In what it hails as the most dramatic modernization of its fleet in three decades, the US Postal Service has revealed the maker of its next-generation delivery truck, which will be built in both gasoline and electric powertrain variants.

German startup Darc makes its debut with an impressive carbon-monocoque motorhome inspired by the contrasting worlds of Dakar and F1 racing. The "ultimate expedition vehicle" journeys away from hookups for two weeks at a time.

The Land Rover Defender V8 is back. Available in both 90 and 110 body styles, a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 provides 100 extra horses over the turbocharged six-cylinder mild hybrid, making the all-new Defender V8 the fastest, most powerful Defender ever.

Hyundai brings its 2019 45 EV concept to life with the new Ioniq 5, the first launch of the Ioniq brand. The crossover takes advantage of electric architecture in offering a lounge-like cabin, 295-mile (475-km) range and ultra-fast multi-charging.

The outrageously innovative T.50 is probably the most remarkable street supercar of the modern age. Now Gordon Murray has announced a track-focused sibling, somehow nearly 15% lighter, that carries the same extreme ideas to their logical conclusion.

Flowcamper had one of the flashier debuts at the CMT Digital show with its all-new Casper, a VW camper van with natural wood interior. The van starts at €52,900 before buyers choose from options that include a pop-up sleeper roof and solar charging.

The Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator are the most-accessorized vehicles in the United States and are some of the most popular overlanding rigs on the planet. So when we were asked to try a from-the-dealership, ready-to-go setup from RMT Overland, we grabbed keys and took off.

The SAIC Maxus Life Home V90 Villa Edition is a Class C motorhome with Class A space thanks to dual slide-outs and a pop-up second story with its own elevator. Smart tech and sharp styling put the finishing touches on a townhome-grade RV.

"A racer partly driven like a car and partly flown like a fighter jet" – that's how Lotus describes the new E-R9. The futuristic Le Mans design study debuts as a sleek, aircraft-inspired race car with electric drive and fast-morphing body panels.

Ford unveiled its first all-electric passenger car back in 2011, and other models like the Mach-E have followed. Now the company's European wing has committed fully to the electric road ahead with plans to sell only 100-percent electrics by 2030.