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Kia has a dark view of its popular three-row crossover SUV, even after it won our top Best Car To Buy 2020 award. The 2021 Kia Telluride Nightfall Edition announced Tuesday turns out the lights on the automaker's brightest surprise last year with a blacked-out special edition. The Nightfall Edition...Read More»

The 2021 Hyundai Palisade three-row crossover SUV enters its second year with greater ambitions, topped with a new Calligraphy trim, the automaker announced Monday. The Palisade now comes in SE, SEL, Limited, and Calligraphy trims. Calligraphy picks up where Limited leaves off and comes standard...Read More»

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will recall nearly 1 million older vehicles for faulty airbag clips that can loosen over time and become projectiles in a crash, the automaker announced last week. The parent company of Dodge and Chrysler said 925,239 vehicles are affected by the defect, and the company...Read More»

The return of the 2021 Ford Bronco SUV brings with it more choices than the number of years that have passed since the last Bronco rolled off the production line for 1996. The off-road SUV will come in three body styles, including a two-door version that seats four and starts at $29,995, a...Read More»

Boxy is back and business is booming. Retro SUVs like the Jeep Wrangler are big—literally and figuratively. The off-road icon has endured for more than 70 years, but a chief rival has arrived just in time to challenge the king of off-road SUVs. The 2021 Ford Bronco sets its sights squarely on...Read More»

Ford unveiled Monday its hotly anticipated duo of new SUVs: the 2021 Ford Bronco and 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. Except it's more of a trio. When it goes on sale next spring, the 2021 Ford Bronco will be available as a two-door off-roader or more family-friendly four-door SUV with removable doors and...Read More»

There’s a new galloping pony in town, but the 2021 Bronco Sport is no Mustang—it’s a crossover SUV that wraps vintage looks around a car that’s pretty close in specification to another one already on the street—the Ford Escape. With the Bronco Sport, Ford clearly is...Read More»

The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer blazes no new trail but it reorients Chevy for the modern crossover era. For those of a certain beautiful age (yes, you are), the Trailblazer may evoke the rough-and-tumble days of pickup truck-type SUVs such as the Ford Bronco, or in its later days, a 4Runner...Read More»

Tesla dropped the price of the Model Y small crossover on Saturday just months after the electric car went on sale. The Model Y Long Range dropped $3,000 to start at $51,190, including a destination fee of $1,200. The price of the Model Y Performance dropped $1,000 to $61,190. Tesla's federal tax...Read More»

2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer first drive: The name returns but the small crossover marks its own path The 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer blazes no new trail but it reorients Chevy for the modern crossover era. For those of a certain beautiful age (yes, you are), the Trailblazer may evoke the...Read More»

The new 2021 Hyundai Elantra sedan isn't here yet but the automaker is already tempting us with more to come. Last week, Hyundai released images of its Elantra N Line sedan that amps up the small car's newfound angular shape. The Elantra N Line isn't meant to be confused with the full-fat...Read More»

The modern three-row crossover SUV needs to haul a bevy of people in comfort, style, and with the latest technology. The redesigned 2020 Toyota Highlander does all these things, but excels at none of them. Squaring off against the Hyundai Palisade, Honda Pilot, Volkswagen Atlas, Dodge Durango, and...Read More»

The 2020 Toyota Highlander Platinum earns a participation trophy The 2020 Toyota Highlander Platinum delivers everything expected from a three-row crossover SUV but it doesn’t distinguish itself. 2021 Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel first look: more grunt, more miles On Friday, Jeep announced that...Read More»

The pairing was highly eventual, but also highly anticipated. On Friday, Jeep announced that its 2021 Gladiator pickup would be available with an optional 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 plucked from the Ram 1500 pickup and Wrangler SUV. In the Gladiator, the turbodiesel will make 260 horsepower and 442...Read More»

The 2021 Subaru Crosstrek comes with a modest $100 price bump but more standard equipment and more power. A new Sport trim highlights a more powerful engine option that is only $600 more than the base engine, the automaker announced Thursday. A common gripe from shoppers interested in Subaru's...Read More»

The 2021 Mazda 3 compact car will offer three available engines when it goes on sale, including a new entry-level inline-4. Following the news of the return of a larger turbocharged engine, Mazda revealed a smaller 155-horsepower 2.0-liter inline-4 to complement the 2.5-liter engines available in...Read More»

2021 Toyota 4Runner updated, Trail editions return, and TRD Pros get spacey The 2021 Toyota 4Runner will get sharper eyes, fleeter feet, a new edition, and a fresh paint job in a bid to keep the aging SUV fresh. Another small car goes boom; Chevy Sonic won't return Chevrolet will shelve the...Read More»

The 2021 Toyota 4Runner will get sharper eyes, fleeter feet, a new edition, and a fresh paint job in a bid to keep the aging SUV fresh. Those changes also will include a new Lunar Rock color across the TRD Pro off-road lineup and the return of the Trail edition to the Tacoma and Tundra pickups, as...Read More»

Chevrolet will shelve the slow-selling Sonic after the 2020 model year, the automaker confirmed this week. The small compact will make way at the automaker's Orion Township plant for an electric vehicle that Chevy plans to produce next year, according to a spokesman for Chevy. Dealers were notified...Read More»

The 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has the same starting price of $59,995 as when the redesigned C8 mid-engine Vette launched for 2020. The 2021 Corvette convertible also stays the same at $67,495, including destination, the automaker announced Wednesday. For the same price as 2020, the 2021...Read More»

2021 Mazda 3 spins out a turbocharged all-wheel-drive compact contender The available engine will make up to 250 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque and boost the Mazda 3's performance potential. What's New for 2021: Audi After a robust 2020 that starred performance crossover SUVs and wagons...Read More»

It's been a long time coming, but a turbocharger finally returns to the Mazda 3. Just don't call it a Mazdaspeed 3. The 2021 Mazda 3 2.5 Turbo makes 250 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque from its 2.5-liter turbo-4 with 93 octane gas, the automaker announced Wednesday. The torque-rich engine...Read More»

After a robust 2020 that starred performance crossover SUVs and wagons such as the RS6 Avant, Audi turns its attention to updated volume models such as the Q5 crossover and A3 compact sedan for 2021. Volkswagen's luxury brand also continues to enhance its standard safety equipment and advanced...Read More»