Reviews

DEXTER, Mich. — The 2025 Volkswagen Jetta is a sign that sedans aren’t dead — at least not for Volkswagen. While others are axing the low-slung four-doors from their lineups, the Jetta remains VW’s third-best seller in the United…

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – The following is a list of electric luxury vehicles with third rows you’d actually want to sit in: Rivian R1S … that concludes the list. If you want to throw the Kia EV9 in there on the strength of its…

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — The Lincoln Aviator was a real tentpole, flag-in-the-ground moment for Lincoln five years ago. Built on a completely new rear-drive-based platform that was actually tweaked for Lincoln’s use, it drove like a…

MINNEAPOLIS – With GM still heavily committed to electrification, the launch of the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox comes at an awkward time. Not to be confused with the battery-powered and mechanically unrelated Equinox EV, the standard…

A long-running trend in the luxury car segment has been prioritizing performance over comfort. A lot of the credit for this can be laid at the tires of BMW and Audi, or at least those that followed their lead, especially Cadillac in…

MARYVILLE, Tenn - Adding a Sasquatch package to the 2025 Ford Bronco Sport sounds a touch silly at first blush. If you truly want off-road capability, just go buy the regular Bronco, right? Well, yes, this is still the answer I’d…

HEALDSBURG, Calif. – The concept of a “super-SUV” is fundamentally a celebration of excess. Vast size and weight require vast amounts of power to deliver serious performance, and making an inherently utilitarian vehicle platform feel…

PARK CITY, Utah – It’s not often that I go to a press event to drive four cars, yet here I am, smack dab in the mountains of Utah with scheduled time in the 2024 Audi Q8 and SQ8 as well as the 2025 Audi Q7 and SQ7. The good news is…

MALIBU, Calif – The Mercedes C 63 AMG has always been about delightful overkill. The sort of thing that results from a couple people sitting around a workshop after hours and wondering, “Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if we stuffed that…

MINNEAPOLIS — The Genesis GV80 is a decidedly solid vehicle that we’ve called out for its compelling design, richly contented interior, decent power and useful tech. It’s a luxury SUV that offers an interesting option to its more…

CHELSEA, Mich. —  By looking at the 2025 Ford Explorer from the outside, you wouldn’t think Ford did much to update it. The 2025 model looks a lot like the handsome Explorer we’re already well familiar with, but with some styling…

STUTTGART, Germany – Something of a hierarchy becomes apparent while cruising on unrestricted sections of the Autobahn. Humble little hatchbacks from Renault and Volkswagen give way to their hot hatch counterparts with Rs and Ss on…

MALIBU, Calif. – One of two things usually happens when testing a three-row SUV on a twisting mountain road. First, I wonder why I thought doing so was a good idea in the first place. Or, I end up saying, “Well, I guess that wasn’t…

MÁLAGA, Spain – The 2025 Porsche 911 goes through one of its most significant revolutions in history this year with the addition of the T-Hybrid powertrain in the GTS, but the updates for 2025 and the quasi-next-generation “992.2”…

MÁLAGA, Spain -- The 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid doesn’t mind if you never detect it’s a hybrid. You will never accelerate with the engine unengaged. It doesn’t produce spacey electric motor sounds. The brakes are perfectly…