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In 2025, Mercedes electrified its flagship G-Wagon, and the G580 EQ was born.

As a lover of boxy exterior styling on modern SUVs, in my opinion the G-Wagon has few peers, such as the Land Rover Defender. I'm not alone in my enthusiasm for this shape, judging from the demand for boxy entry-level SUVs such as the Honda Element and Dodge Nitro.

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TOCHIGI, Japan — The last manual Honda Prelude Type SH coupe I drove was a 2001 model. Stylish and whip quick, I took it by the scruff of the neck and whipped it around Oakland County, rowing its high-revving VTEC engine with abandon.

The 2026 Honda Prelude is not that vehicle.

The sleek, all-new Prelude, which enthusiasts have been ...Read more

KOKOMO, Indiana — Two years ago, this city of 60,000 an hour’s drive north of Indianapolis was on the fast track to becoming an electric vehicle battery boomtown.

A Stellantis NV and Samsung SDI joint venture announced it would build a second battery gigafactory on the city's northeastern flank, next to the 2.4 million-square-foot facility ...Read more

It's a rare thing to get a chance to review a 29-year-old brand-new vehicle. The 2025 Chevy Express van is almost exactly that because it is basically the same today as it was back in 1996 -- and that's a good thing, if you're less than enthused about what's happened to vehicles since then.

What It is

The Express is a full-size van built like ...Read more

One of the things compact, luxury-brand crossovers like the Audi Q3 have in common with other, otherwise similar small crossovers from other (non-luxury) brands such as Mazda, Hyundai and Kia is that they're all very similar.

That's a problem when you're a luxury brand and wanting to sell more or less the same thing for more money.

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Hybrid drivetrains -- in luxury vehicles -- are less about fuel efficiency than they are about more power and better performance. The new Lexus LX700h -- the hybridized version of the LX ultra-luxury SUV -- is a case in point.

The optional hybrid drivetrain doesn't appreciably increase the miles per gallon -- but it very much increases the ...Read more

You've probably seen off-roading Land Rovers and Jeeps with Jerry cans of gas strapped to their sides. The reason for that being that there aren't many gas stations around off-road. So it's interesting to see Hyundai offer an off-road version of the Ioniq 5, which is a compact electric crossover.

It does come standard with a larger/...Read more

Volkswagen had a problem -- one of its own making.

It had a very successful small crossover -- the Tiguan -- that was the only German-brand crossover in its class. The Tiggy has always been a little more upmarket-feeling than the other crossovers in the compact crossover class, which were (and still are) Japanese, Korean and American.

Then VW ...Read more

The Toyota Sequoia is still the same -- but also very different.

How so?

Well, it's still a full-size SUV, with real four-wheel drive and real off-road capability. But it no longer comes standard with a big V8; instead, it comes standard with much more powerful V6 that's only about half the size of the previously standard V8. It gets slightly ...Read more

It's been said -- and it's true -- that small crossovers are so alike that it's hard to tell them apart. So it's nice to come across one that's different. Not so much in terms of how it looks but in terms of a couple of things that matter.

What It Is

The Sportage is Kia's compact crossover; it competes with the half-dozen others in the class, ...Read more

Big SUVs are bigger -- and stronger -- than they have ever been before. The just-updated Ford Expedition, for instance, is available with a 510 horsepower, twin-turbo V6 and comes standard with a 9,600-pound tow rating. It weighs close to three tons yet is capable of getting to 60 mph in less than five seconds, which makes it quicker than just ...Read more