Mountain Wheels: Departure for Polestar, arrival for Slate EV trucks
It’s been a busy week in the auto business — except for me, though I was off in the woods beating up Subarus you’ll soon read about — so let me tell you about everything...
Andy Stonehouse
Andy Stonehouse’s column “Mountain Wheels” publishes Saturdays in the Summit Daily News. Stonehouse has worked as an editor and writer in Colorado since 1998, focusing on automotive coverage since 2004. He lives in Golden. Contact him at summitmountainwheels@gmail.com.
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Mountain Wheels: Stealthy class in the ultra-darkened Genesis GV80 Prestige Black edition
One of the unpredictable parts about being an automobile writer in Colorado is the ebb and flow of available vehicles and brands for our drives, as you’ve probably noticed in this column over the years....
Mountain Wheels: The terrible tale of too much tire: Nissan Pathfinder vs Jeep Gladiator
I used to wonder what the daily experience was like for a Crosstrek or Pilot owner who’d decided that mounting a set of dedicated, bulky off-road truck tires was going to revolutionize their overall SUV...
Mountain Wheels: Car group driving day reveals 2026 updates
Each year, the members of the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press group get together to sample a smorgasbord of new vehicles at our annual driving event, and this year brought a significant cross-section of brands and...
Mountain Wheels: Hyundai’s hybrid Palisade provides luxurious efficiency
I was going to say that the Hyundai Palisade serves as Right Twix to the Kia Telluride’s Left Twix, but I realize that’s a reference that’s as dated as talking about BTS before they all went in...
Mountain Wheels: Glossy GMC Sierra Denali EV is a long-range beast
As Memorial Day weekend gas prices remind many of us that maybe electric vehicles weren’t exactly the thing we should have been blaming our problems on a year and a half ago … well, gosh,...
Mountain Wheels: Revitalized Kia Telluride goes brawny in off-road guise
We first drove the Kia Telluride in Telluride when the popular SUV debuted in 2019 and have seen it become one of the Korean carmaker’s biggest success stories. But, since then, we’ve only had some brief exposure...
Mountain Wheels: Aston Martin’s SUV adventure outshines all the rest
My regular trajectory of increasingly identical midsized SUVs was recently blown to pieces by one example that’s a total outlier, to the mixed blessings of British performance fans everywhere. The two-row, arguably family friendly 2026...
Mountain Wheels: Hybrid Jeep Cherokee challenges expectations
For many people in North America (and around the world), the 1984- to 2001-era Jeep Cherokee had a load of reminiscent charm. Maybe it was your first vehicle, or maybe you remember doing some incredibly...
Mountain Wheels: Blacked-out Prius Nightshade offers appealing mileage
In a world where the $140 fill-up is now taken for granted, a car that gets over 59 miles a gallon and still conforms to general automotive norms … suddenly seems more appealing. The Toyota...