Chase Bierenkoven
58 ARTICLES
He's been getting paid to write about cars for several years now, but only after deciding that law school could wait and power slides couldn't.
When Chase isn't writing about cars or talking about them to a camera, he's out enjoying Colorado's great outdoors in a broken German sports car of some variety. Occasionally, there may be a mountain bike or some skis strapped to the back of it.
Everything I Loved and Hated About the Hyundai Ioniq 6
25 May 2023, 08:18 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The Ioniq 6 is a good car. In fact, I wrote an entire review of it very recently. But here's some inside baseball: Not every good and bad aspect of a car makes it into a review. Sometimes, to keep the attention of my lovely reader, I've g...
Driven: The Hyundai Ioniq 6 Is an EV You'd Leave Your Tesla Model 3 For
19 May 2023, 15:14 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / You can’t convince me that the Hyundai Motor Company isn’t one of the most aesthetically impressive automakers in the space today. All of its recent models, from six-figure Genesis luxury barges, to middling EVs, to cheap $25,000 sedans...
5 Open-Roof Sports Cars To Buy for Less Than a New Porsche Boxster Spyder RS
16 May 2023, 16:36 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The Porsche Boxster Spyder RS is an incredible product. Porsche has taken all the things that fans of the brand’s RS products love and fit them into its smallest sports car. Of course, all that A1 German engineering comes at a cost. The Spyde...
5 Killer Off-Road Rigs You Can Buy for the Cost of the New Ford Ranger Raptor
15 May 2023, 18:05 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / This month, Ford has at long last announced that the Ranger Raptor is coming stateside. I have been harping on the benefits of a smaller Raptor truck for years now, and finally seeing Ford bring one over to the US (the Ranger Raptor was already bei...
As It Kills Off the Model, Audi Celebrates 25 Years of TT
9 May 2023, 08:18 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Today, Audi is a behemoth in the luxury auto market. Like all good origin stories, it didn't start out this way. The brand went through some very hard times in the 80s and early 90s, even as it began to find success with models like the Coupe ...
New Cars That Should Have Been Electric Instead
5 May 2023, 08:57 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The overwhelming majority of the carmakers are, in some way, headed for electrification. Some brands, like Ford, are headed there faster than others, like Toyota. Others still walk a middle path, trying out alternative fuels and hybrids while they ...
End of an Era: A Look Back at the Rolls-Royce Dawn
4 May 2023, 20:30 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The idea of a luxury convertible is one of the more appealing concepts in the car industry. You get all your great luxury features, plus a little outdoors. At its core, this concept is the same idea that results in people building six-figure backco...
2023 BMW XM: Everything We Loved and Hated About Munich's Hybrid Monster
4 May 2023, 07:03 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Often, when you’ve got a review to write, some things end up on the cutting room floor. An editor asks you to cut back on some sections, or some things just get forgotten. Really, anything can happen. In light of that, I like to revisit ca...
The Things We Loved and Hated About the Ford F-150 Raptor R
2 May 2023, 16:06 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / With our time in the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R now in the books, and a full review already out, I wanted to take some time to address the items that didn't make it to my review. These are also items that may have been mentioned but didn...
The Best Features of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
2 May 2023, 15:56 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Mercedes recently unveiled the latest in the E-Class line. From 2024 on, the E-Class will be offered with four and six-cylinder engines paired to a 23-horsepower electric motor. The car is almost entirely new, with a new interior and exterior desig...
2023's Best Cars Under $20,000 for Teens
28 Apr 2023, 15:08 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / $20,000 is a whole lot of money. Honestly, lots of young families in America are more likely to share a car than to go out and drop tens of thousands of dollars on one for their kids – one which will likely live a very short, pain-filled life...
The Lexus IS300 Is "Supra Fun" and Supercar Rare on a Budget
28 Apr 2023, 07:12 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / In the late 90s, Lexus was riding high on the success of the LS400. That car alone is a great story for another time. Putting it aside for now, Lexus once again set its sights on the European competition – this time in a segment previously un...
Before It Made 300-MPH Exotic Hypercars, Bugatti Made Trains
27 Apr 2023, 07:07 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / In 1926, Ettore Bugatti unveiled his latest creation – the Type 41. If you know your old Bugattis, that name likely doesn't ring out, largely because the Type 41 isn't some tiny, blue, sleek period motorcar. Instead, it is a train. ...
The 5 Greatest Special Edition Lamborghinis Ever Built
26 Apr 2023, 07:50 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Lamborghini is arguably the king of special edition models. It is the only company that regularly debuts a special edition intended to show customers what the next flagship supercar from Sant'Agata will hold, and that alone is reason enough. D...
The Ford Focus Saleen N2O Was an American Focus RS 12 Years Early
25 Apr 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Over in Europe, Ford made a hard-edged RS version of the kindly MK 1 Focus just three years after the car’s 2000 introduction. However, we never saw that, largely because American appetites for anything with a hatch instead of a trunk can be ...
Driven: 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Is a Tonka Truck With Group B Heart
22 Apr 2023, 08:35 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / About two years ago I drove my first Ford Raptor. It was a thrilling experience, and a great car to tool around a snowy Colorado in. If you’d asked me then what Ford needed to improve on the Raptor, I probably would’ve said something li...
The Best Automotive Glow Ups and Why People Love Them
21 Apr 2023, 07:53 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The term "glow up" is usually used to refer to someone (or something) that has undergone a noticeable transformation for the better. Obviously, the auto industry is home to tons of these stories. Inspired by the Elantra N's r...
The Wildest Car Design Choices in Recent Memory
21 Apr 2023, 07:14 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / The auto industry is full of wacky design decisions – both aesthetically and mechanically. The auto industry is a saturated one, and doing something different to stand out from the competition is just about the oldest trick in the book. These...
The Best Used Porsches for the Price of a New 2024 Cayenne
19 Apr 2023, 07:08 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / Today, Porsche announced pricing for the upcoming next-gen Cayenne. It isn’t cheap – most cars aren’t in 2023. The Cayenne covers a massive pricing spread, from its $79,200 MSRP to the Cayenne Turbo GT, which starts at $196,300. T...
The Best 25-Year Old Imports to Bring to America in 2023
18 Apr 2023, 14:17 UTC · By: Chase Bierenkoven / In 1987, Kansas Republican Representative Bob Whittaker changed automotive history forever by sponsoring and introducing H.R.2628, better known as the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988. It effectively bans the importing of any vehicle ...