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The 2025 Nissan Kicks Is All Grown Up

The subcompact SUV segment has been evolving rapidly over the past few years. Once viewed as the budget option for shoppers who couldn’t afford anything better, subcompacts are now increasingly capable and comfortable vehicles aimed at commuters and other drivers who simply don’t want something larger even if they can afford it. However, this rapid […]

The 2025 Mazda CX-70 Is a New Class of Luxury SUV

Last year, Mazda impressed us all when it unveiled the 2024 CX-90, an all-new three-row SUV designed to take the place of the dependable CX-9. The CX-90 was a vehicle of many firsts, introducing a new rear-wheel drive platform, a new turbocharged inline-six engine, and a new plug-in hybrid powertrain, further burnishing Mazda’s credentials as […]

New Features, New Tech For the 2024 Ford 150

When the fourteenth-generation Ford F-150 debuted for the 2021 model year, it upped the ante for the full-size truck segment, sending competitors scrambling to keep up. With a revolutionary PowerBoost full-hybrid powertrain, a massive 12-inch infotainment screen, and BlueCruise hands-free driving, there was nothing else like it on the road. Now, the Chevy Silverado and […]

Cadillac Levels Up Luxury With the 2025 ESCALADE IQ

So far, Cadillac has talked a good game about embracing an all-electric future—as every GM brand has—but we haven’t seen much beyond the Lyriq (there’s also the $340,000 Celestiq, but that’s not exactly accessible for most drivers). That is until today when the 2025 Cadillac ESCALADE IQ was officially unveiled to give us a real […]