Articles
The GMC Canyon is a mid-size pickup that shares much of its running gear with the Chevy Colorado. With the Canyon, GMC has a rival for vehicles such as the Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier, and Ford Ranger. The latest Canyon offers 4-cylinder or V-6 power, extended- or crew-cab styles, and a wide...Read More»
The Land Rover Range Rover is a full-size luxury SUV that's good enough for royalty (British, chiefly) or to rally across the spine of South America. With the Range Rover, Land Rover offers a supercharged V-6 or V-8 engines, or a turbodiesel V-6. A longer wheelbase model was added that underscores...Read More»
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is a luxury full-size SUV assimilated into the Range Rover family. Although often mistaken for a full-size Range Rover, the Range Rover Sport has a sleeker roofline and seating for up to seven. With the Range Rover Sport, Land Rover has a perennial powerhouse that...Read More»
Last year, in this very space, The Car Connection's editors picked a high-powered, expensive luxury car as our favorite four-door. This year, we're going in the opposite direction. The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is our choice for Best Sedan To Buy 2021. It also won our Best Hybrid To Buy 2021, edging...Read More»
The Chevrolet Colorado is a mid-size pickup truck built for wide-ranging uses: workaday hauler, small family vehicle, even Baja runner. It is related to the GMC Canyon. Once virtually devoid of competitors, mid-size pickups are enjoying a resurgence thanks to skyrocketing prices for full-size...Read More»
The Cadillac XT5 is a mid-size luxury crossover that replaced the SRX. It became a bestselling crossover SUV for the automaker and features some of the automaker's newest features. Cadillac says the name stands for "Crossover Touring 5." For 2020, the trims get streamlined and come with more...Read More»
There's a new name on our list of possible Best Car To Buy winners. The 2021 Kia K5 replaced the Optima this year, and while we'll take a real name over alphanumeric badges any day, the K5 neatly erases the Optima from our memory banks and fills the void with feel-good family-car vibes. Wider...Read More»
Our winner in the first competition in 2011, a finalist in 2015, the Hyundai Sonata hopes the third time's a charm in our Best Car To Buy 2021 run-offs. A late arrival for 2020, the Sonata's included this year and brings with it a trio of contenders ranging from a well-priced base car to a...Read More»
What kind of car is the 2021 Hyundai Elantra? What does it compare to? The 2021 Hyundai Elantra is a compact sedan that goes longer in nearly every way: it casts a longer shadow compared to the outgoing sedan, it travels longer on a tank of fuel, it has a longer infotainment screen, and...Read More»
The Mercedes-Benz CLA compact sedan is the smallest sedan on sale by the luxury automaker, and is related to the GLA-Class crossover SUV and A-Class sedan. It's sold in other countries as a hatchback, although in the U.S. it's just a four-door sedan. Competing on size alone, the CLA-Class is on par...Read More»
