Author: Robin Warner
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Roast the Front Tires in this New 2025 K5!
Kia updated the K5 for 2025, with new styling, a larger base engine, and larger screens inside. The GT 2.5T, however, still offers 290 HP of tire roasting fun! What’s Good: Strong, turbocharged 2.5-liter engine. Good compromise between ride and handling. Improved, more grown-up styling. What Could Improve: No hybrid option limits fuel economy. Only…
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Nissan Zapped in a New Leaf for 2026!
Nissan just introduced the third-generation, 2026 Leaf battery-electric-vehicle, boasting more range, a smaller footprint, and a boatload of style. For the first time since starting its life in 2011, the 2026 Nissan Leaf brings some style to the table to start its third-generation. Taking a lot of styling cues from the new-for-2025 Nissan Murano, the…
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Listen! Here’s How Nissan Manages Sound in its New Cars
The Nissan Principal Acoustic Engineer, Patrick Dennis, measures many variables from all kinds of angles to ensure that your ear hears something pleasant. A lot of serious thought and analytical data goes into the pleasant sounds emanating from your stereo system. And Patrick Dennis, Nissan’s Principal Acoustic Engineer, is the man behind the data to…
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Ram Rumble Returns with a new Hemi V-8 Option
After Ram ditched all eight-cylinder options in 2025, the 2026 Ram 1500 once again offers the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 with eTorque mild-hybrid technology In 2025, Ram took a sharp turn away from V-8s and introduced an all six-cylinder line-up for its full-size 1500 trucks. Two versions of a twin-turbocharged inline-six-cylinder engine, called Hurricane, marked the…
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Honda Races and Learns from New Hybrid Tech!
Now that both IMSA and Indycar race series’ utilize hybrid technology, Honda sees more ways to improve their road car hybrid tech. And racing stays relevant! Over much of automotive history, racing provided the most brutal of testing grounds to test new technology. And Honda knew that if it worked on the track, you very…
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BMW Drops the CS Hammer on the Latest M2
The 2026 BMW M2 Competition Sport, or CS, coupe cranks out 523 horsepower from a turbocharged 3.0-liter I-6 and sheds nearly 100 lbs. of weight. It’s mega! After starting its second-generation in 2023 and getting an update last year, BMW revealed the 2026 BMW M2 Competition Sport, or M2 CS, with more power and less weight.…
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Electrify the Trails in this New Trail Boss EV!
The 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Trail Boss arrives this summer and brings more off-road capability to the truck EV lineup. It’s also the new top trim. Chevrolet added a third Silverado EV trim to the line-up this year. The 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Trail Boss. Raised nearly two inches above the Work Truck and…
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Pack It All in the New Compact HR-V
Honda updated the 2026 Honda HR-V, its smallest crossover SUV in the U.S. It includes has more standard features and new colors. The powertrain carries on. Honda updated the second-generation, HR-V for 2026. The second-generation, subcompact crossover SUV model saw big changes in 2023. It grew-up and moved from the Honda Fit to the Honda…
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Jump Through a lot of Hoops in the New RAV4!
Toyota just revealed the sixth-generation, 2026 Toyota RAV4. Seven trims include an off-road friendly Woodland and brand-new GR Sport! And all of them hybrid! Toyota lifted the veil on the sixth-generation, 2026 Toyota RAV4. Its compact crossover mainstay that first arrived in the U.S. in 1996. 29 years later, the RAV4 returns with a new…
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Look Quick! The Corvette Gets a New Interior
The 2026 Chevrolet Corvette gets a new interior for all models, the Stingray, E-Ray, Z06, and ZR1. New and larger screens are chief among the changes. The eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette arrived in 2020, bringing a massive change with it. Skirting tradition, we lost the leaf spring in the rear. And, much more significantly, the engine…