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Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Volkswagen’s bestselling nameplate ushers in a new generation for 2025. Introducing the 2025 Volkswagen Tiguan. While other global markets got the latest MQB evo platform-based Tiguan last year, the North American market is getting it for the 2025 model year. This two-row SUV has new looks, more power, and less weight. All of these updates should help bolster sales of VW’s bestselling vehicle. 2025 VW Tiguan While on an all-new chassis, the 2025 Tiguan carries over its drivetrain. The 2.0L turbo four-cylinder engine gets…

Thanksgiving is full of wonderful traditions — watching football for hours on end, bickering with almost-forgotten family members, midday naps. But pulling out that old, dusty electric knife when it’s time to carve the bird not one of them. You know the one. It has a big plastic grip and an impossibly loud electric motor. It might even come with its own weirdly formal, felt-lined storage box. After 15 minutes of shuffling through the back of every drawer in your kitchen, you find it tucked behind the juicer. It is that useless. The electric knife was invented by one Jerome…

AVIANO, Italy — Jumping out of an airplane is a feat that demands both courage and trust. Now imagine doing it 100 times. That’s exactly what 1st Sgt. Jovon Propst, Spartan Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, achieved on October 9, 2024, when he made the jump, earning the prestigious title of centurion paratrooper. “I get asked all the time, ‘How did you make it that far?’ I say, ‘My jumps don’t get scratched. It’s just my luck,” Propst said. Born in Concord, North Carolina, and raised in the vibrant heart of New York City, Propst’s journey to becoming a centurion…

If you still think EVs are small, slow, and quirky-looking, Hyundai is out to prove you wrong with its dedicated lineup of Ioniq-badged battery-electric vehicles. The original Ioniq 5 crossover now has company, with the addition of the Ioniq 6 sedan and, debuting at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 SUV. With the Ioniq 9, Hyundai’s lineup of battery-electric vehicles expands in several ways. It’s the third model to wear the Ioniq badge and the biggest of the line. Yet the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9’s drivetrain promises to retain the sporty performance of the brand’s…

Stockholm, November 13, 2024: Forsway, provider of cost-efficient hybrid satellite terrestrial solutions and equipment for broadband connectivity, secures a major development funding contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) with support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). In the new project, Xtend 5G, Forsway will build a next generation 5G NTN two-way/hybrid satellite connectivity system enabling the combined use of satellite and ground infrastructure to provide seamless connectivity anywhere, regardless of network. Xtend 5G will provide European government, defence, emergency services and critical infrastructure sectors with seamless connectivity anywhere, anytime, in an open or closed network and with full…

Dometic’s CFX2-powered cooler models have significantly lower prices than their CFX3 counterparts. Our test sample is the 45L size, with an MSRP of $800. The CFX3 of the same capacity sells for $950. Dometic electric coolers still cost a significant chunk of change. But ditching ice has many advantages that expand as the time you stay out there grows longer. Dometic launched the CFX2 during the summer, which is brutally harsh in my home state of Texas. So, testing conditions were harsh from the beginning. It lived in my campervan and accompanied me on many outings to test cycling and…

Smith & Wesson and Davidsons have launched a limited run of Model 20 HD (Heavy Duty) N-frame revolvers. The original Model 20 HD was one of Smith & Wesson’s first ever N-frame (large frame) revolvers and predates the classic Registered Magnums of the mid 1930s. In fact, it was chambered for a revolver cartridge that could be considered the proto .357 Mag. round, the .38/44, which could best be described as an upcharged and hot rodded .38 Spl. cartridge. The Smith & Wesson Model 20’s more powerful round and larger frame are part of what gave it its “Heavy Duty”…

Maxim Defense has just announced a slick new quick-detach flash hider suppressor mount system.Maxim Defense’s MSX line of suppressors just got even better thanks to the recent launch of new quick-detach variants. These QD suppressor models, available for the DS, DSX and DS-K, are available now and can be purchased as a package with the proprietary flash hider QD mount.The QD flash hider mount allows for quick attachment and detachment of the suppressor without the use of tools, and they’re also multi-caliber compatible and available with either a 1/2×28 or 5/8×24 thread pitch. Further, the three suppressors are available in…

Ultimate Steel is Knife Rights’ big annual fundraiser, which gets underway in late spring and continues into the summer. This year, they have partnered with Sig Sauer and Hogue Knives for an end of year drawing as well. Like the big Ultimate Steel, you get an increasing number of entries as your donation level increases. You can enter the drawing at UltimateSteel.org You can find out more about all that Knife Rights does, from legislation to lobbying, at www.kniferights.org Read the full article here

Together with our partners, UAVE Ltd, we continue to expand our range of British-designed and manufactured drones. Consistent with the company policy of CANEI, (Continuous And Never Ending Innovation) we have test flown and confirmed a new heavy lift wing for the Mk3 D-15 to increase payload capacity to 25 kilos.  The D-25. “The D-25 is identical to the long-established highly reliable Mk3 D-15, which has flown many hundreds of hours. The new D-25 with a larger wingspan of 4.65m has delivered on our expectations. “Waiting in the wings is also a further spial development from our design and engineering…