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Lots of medium-large crossovers offer a third row. Almost all of them offer very little room in that row. It’s the dilemma of room vs. size. The Mercedes GLS is among the few its size — and length — that has the room you’d otherwise have to buy something bigger (and longer) to get. It’s […]

The main problem with electric cars isn’t the range so much as the wait. A gas-hog car that drains its tank dry in 200 miles or less can be back on the road in five minutes or less — which makes its short range not much of a problem. But if you have to wait […]

Subaru’s thing used to be small, rugged cars — sedans and wagons — that were built to deal with bad roads and poor weather as well as a four-wheel-drive truck or SUV … without actually being a truck or SUV. Then trucks — big ones, especially — got popular. And more like cars, in terms […]

V-6 engines are disappearing, even from luxury sedans such as the Mercedes E-Class, a type of car which used to come standard with one. It now comes standard with a four-cylinder engine, a very small engine given the size and prestige of the E. It’s been made stronger via turbocharging — something practically every company […]

Sometimes, too close is not far enough. This is why Mazda will stop selling the CX-3, its smallest crossover SUV, after next year in favor of the new CX-30, its next smallest crossover SUV. The dimensional differences between the two proved to be so small that people had trouble telling the difference between them even […]

Small things now come in big packages. The Genesis G80, which is a big sedan, used to be available with a big V-8. It now comes standard with a small four. The same is true of its main rivals: the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedans. The good news — in the case of […]

Maybe Bigfoot is real. Something almost as unusual has just been sighted: A Cadillac sedan with a manual transmission. Plus 472 horsepower. Through the rear wheels only. If that can exist, then Bigfoot just might. What It Is The CT4 is Cadillac’s compact-sized, entry-level sport sedan. It normally comes with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine and […]

Some of the highest-performing vehicles being offered lately are 4-by-4 trucks — and Jeeps, including this V-8-powered Wrangler 392. They are quicker than almost all high-performance cars and can do things no high-performance car can such as crawl over a boulder and ford through nearly three feet of water. In addition to the 392 cubic […]

Everyone wants to fit into the clothes they were able to wear when they were 20. Some try to put them on anyway. Usually, the fit isn’t good. It’s the same kind of issue with putting three rows of seats in a compact-sized crossover SUV. This is probably why there are only three compact crossover […]