Some luxury automakers are known for making such small design updates on their vehicles that many people won’t even notice a change. Not Volvo. Starting with the XC90, Volvo has transformed itself from the brand of the quirky professor type to a brand recognized for modern technology and daring design. The new XC40 is the […]
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Buick is a brand that straddles the line between luxury and mainstream in North America but aspires to move higher up the ladder. Last year, the brand launched its Avenir line, a luxury-oriented trim with its own unique interiors and exterior design cues. The Enclave was the first to feature an Avenir variant and for […]
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Ram has long been the disrupter in the half-ton pickup market. Without the burden of holding on to the sales throne and free of the pressure of toppling the longtime sales king, Ram has been blessed with the opportunity to regularly disrupt the pickup segment. Back in 1994, the then-Dodge Ram 1500 changed the game […]
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Somebody put it into our heads that it’s important to be well rounded. Surely the trait has its benefits; it’s one of the reasons we like the Audi A4 so much. But although we appreciate its fuel economy, composed handling, solid acceleration, and tech-happy interior, we lament the A4’s lack of distinct personality. Derived from […]
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The Toyota Corolla isn’t the newest or most exciting car in its class, but it sure is popular. Through April, Toyota sold more than 100,000 Corollas in the U.S. For context, that’s more units than total Mazda3s sold in all of 2017. So even though the current Corolla dates back to the 2014 model year, […]
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Most crossovers share their underpinnings with traditional cars, and their capabilities only go as far as a dirt road leading to a campsite. What if you’d like to go farther? Crawl through a rocky trail? Or even traverse a stream to get to that spot where you’ll wake up with an epic sunrise after a […]
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It’s late at night, and I’m sitting at a stop sign in Honda’s latest hot hatch. There isn’t another car in sight. I shove the shifter into first gear, stomp on the gas, and drop the clutch. The tach needle swings to the 6,800-rpm redline. I throw the transmission into second; the engine speed lands […]
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The X5 was BMW’s first crossover, and it has since become one the automaker’s best-selling models. In its third generation, there’s an X5 for every taste, from traditional gas-powered models to a plug-in hybrid to the potent X5 M. We got our hands on the diesel-powered 2018 BMW X5 xDrive35d to see how it stacks […]
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The QX50 enters its second generation almost unrecognizable from its predecessor. No longer confused it’s a wagon, the QX50 adopts a more chiseled, upright appearance, and I’d argue it looks fresher than comparable crossovers from BMW and Mercedes right now. Perhaps a little overeager to flaunt its new design, a massive Infiniti badge adorns the […]
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For decades, driving a Lincoln meant you had arrived. Lincolns were not only symbols of wealth and success but also genuinely luxurious—for the time—inside and out. Lincoln has been desperately trying to get that real luxury status back for the past few years, and it finally succeeded with the new 2018 Navigator. The Lincoln Navigator […]
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