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  • Rejuvenate In the New Navigator!

    Rejuvenate In the New Navigator!

    No, seriously. The new, 5th-generation, 2025 Lincoln Navigator includes an immersive experience called rejuvenate, as well as several other interior tricks. Lincoln displayed its new, fifth-generation, 2025 Lincoln Navigator at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show last week. And offered both the Brand Manager and Chief Engineer to join me for a chat about its latest…

  • Crawl Over Rocks in this New Bronco and Bronco Sport

    Crawl Over Rocks in this New Bronco and Bronco Sport

    Ford recently revealed a new 2025 Bronco—the Stroppe Edition—and a 2025 Bronco Sport—the Badlands with Sasquatch package. Both offer more off-roading kit. Two new Bronco editions sat at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show this year. First, we saw the 2025 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands with the Sasquatch package. That takes the Sasquatch mentality of the…

  • Breaking Down All of The Latest Tacoma Trims!

    Breaking Down All of The Latest Tacoma Trims!

    The 2024 Toyota Tacoma began the fourth-generation of the midsize truck. Toyota offers eight trims, multiple powertrains, two cabins, two bed sizes and more. Toyota launched the fourth-generation of the Toyota Tacoma in 2024. For 2025, the midsize truck already saw a few changes. But the truck largely holds steady, with eight trims offered: SR,…

  • Drift Through Life In the New Mustang RTR

    Drift Through Life In the New Mustang RTR

    Ahead of the 2025 Detroit Auto Show, Ford and Vaughn Gittin Jr. teased a new Ford Mustang Ecoboost based Mustang RTR. It includes several novel tricks. Admittedly, Ford kept details light. But the night before the 2025 Detroit Auto Show, we got a chance to see Vaughn Gittin Jr. drift around Cobo Hall (now called…

  • Radiating Radiance in the Latest Corolla Cross

    Radiating Radiance in the Latest Corolla Cross

    Toyota added a Soul Red Crystal color to the 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross compact crossover SUV. That, and other tweaks, keep the small crossover fresh. The 2025 Toyota Corolla Cross gets a new paint color and a few other tweaks. This marks a set of incremental updates to the brand’s smallest SUV that launched in…

  • Swoop In with the New Nightshade Prius

    Swoop In with the New Nightshade Prius

    We see a new trim level for the 2025 Toyota Prius: Nightshade. It slots in just beneath the top-of-the-line Limited trim and includes black styling elements. For the third year of the fifth-generation Prius, Toyota added a Nightshade trim to the mix. Now offered at four levels, Nightshade slots in above the base LE, and…

  • Kia Displays Telluride Looks on the New Sportage!

    Kia Displays Telluride Looks on the New Sportage!

    Coming before the Summer of 2025, the 2026 Kia Sportage gets updated styling, new trims, modern technology, and even a bit more hybrid power. Price is TBD. Kia updated the fifth generation compact Sportage crossover SUV for 2026, which was new for the 2023 model year. The update includes new styling, updated technology inside, new…

  • An Icon Returns! Check Out the New Prelude!

    An Icon Returns! Check Out the New Prelude!

    After nearly 25 years since the fifth-generation Prelude concluded its run down the assembly line, the Honda Prelude returns as a hybrid sport coupe. Honda recently revealed the return of the iconic Prelude for a sixth generation. We first saw this Prelude concept at the 2023 Toyota Mobility show and then first in North America…

  • Runnin’ hard! Toyota already updates the new Tacoma

    Runnin’ hard! Toyota already updates the new Tacoma

    Starting its fourth generation in 2024, we already see a few improvements for the 2025 Toyota Tacoma. Like a new color, recovery points, and more. Toyota recently launched the fourth-generation, 2024 Toyota Tacoma with the first trucks arriving several months ago. But Toyota just released news about the 2025 Tacoma, including a few updates. What’s…

  • Catching Up, the New 4Runner heads to Dealers!

    Catching Up, the New 4Runner heads to Dealers!

    After months of delay, the sixth generation, 2025 Toyota 4Runner will finally arrive at dealerships in January of 2025. Price starts in the low 40s. Originally intended hit dealers in the fall, Toyota delayed the launch of the 4Runner several months. The Japanese brand explained that supply constraints of key parts of the 4Runner caused…