New isn’t always better — especially when it costs more. Infiniti’s QX80 costs thousands less than its newer-design rivals, models like the Cadillac Escalade, Lexus LX 600 and Lincoln Navigator. […]
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2023 Genesis GV60
The saying used to be that speed is just a question of money. How fast do you want to go? With electric cars, it’s more like how far do you […]
2023 Volkswagen ID.4
How much is not having to buy gas worth to you? That question can be answered by comparing the VW ID.4 electric crossover with VW’s two otherwise similar small crossovers, […]
2023 Mazda Miata
Sports cars come and (usually) go. Not because they aren’t appealing or even because they’re impractical. Historically, they mostly have left the stage shortly after they took a bow because […]
2023 Lexus RX350h
The Lexus RX used to come standard with a V6. Hence RX350 — the numbers after the letters denoting the size of the V6 (3.5 liters) it came standard with. […]
2023 Mazda CX-50
What’s the difference between Mazda’s CX-5 and the new CX-50? One is a little bit more than the other. A little larger, longer and wider — plus a bit more […]
2023 Volkswagen Jetta
If there were more cars like Volkswagen’s Jetta, there would probably be more cars (as opposed to crossovers) for sale. Because more people would want to buy them. What makes […]
2023 BMW X1
BMW used to offer the X1, the company’s smallest (and most affordable) crossover, in two versions — one front-wheel drive and the other all-wheel drive (which BMW markets as xDrive). […]
2023 Toyota Camry Hybrid
It wouldn’t take a mandate — or subsidies — to get people to buy an electric car that could go almost 700 miles, that could get going again in just […]
2023 Genesis G80 Electric
When the Toyota Prius hybrid came out more than 20 years ago, it made a point of not looking like other cars. So did the first electric cars, notably those […]