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  • Turning Heads, Nissan Just Revealed the New Murano!

    Turning Heads, Nissan Just Revealed the New Murano!

    The new, fourth-generation, 2025 Nissan Murano includes a brand-new design language first seen on the Kicks. A new powertrain and tons of tech join the party. This is the 2025 Nissan Murano. The fourth generation of Nissan’s midsize crossover SUV, finally relieving the third gen. model, which served a 10-year term. It enters the market…

  • Prowing in Purple, a New BRZ is coming!

    Prowing in Purple, a New BRZ is coming!

    Subaru will build a special, limited edition BRZ for 2025 called Series.Purple. It will only come with a manual transmission and wear a coat of special paint. Subaru just teased a new, special edition BRZ that’s on the way for 2025. It bears the name Series.Purple Special Edition. Subaru will cap production at 500 units;…

  • Power Through All the Posh Neighborhoods in the New LX

    Power Through All the Posh Neighborhoods in the New LX

    Updated for the 2025 model year, the latest Lexus LX now offers a hybrid powertrain, which carries the name LX 700h, and a new off-road trim called Overtrail. The Lexus LX, which started its fourth generation for 2022, gets an update for the 2025 model year. That includes adding a hybrid powertrain to the mix…

  • Pump Up the Power in the New Crosstrek

    Pump Up the Power in the New Crosstrek

    Subaru announced pricing for the 2025 Crosstrek, the brand’s smallest SUV, and made changes to give more Crosstreks more power. You do need to pay a bit more. Subaru just announced pricing and an important update for the 2025 Crosstrek, its smallest SUV. The Crosstrek started its third generation for the 2024 model year. That…

  • Blast Through the Bush in the Latest Big Boy Expedition

    Blast Through the Bush in the Latest Big Boy Expedition

    For the fifth-generation, Ford added a Tremor trim to the 2025 Ford Expedition. And added a bunch of snazzy tech and convenience. But the Blue Oval brand left much of the powertrain and platform alone. Good enough? Ford recently revealed the fifth-generation, 2025 Ford Expedition. The large SUV that the blue oval first introduced in…

  • Reasonably Priced EV Luxury: The Q6 E-Tron Undercuts Competition

    Reasonably Priced EV Luxury: The Q6 E-Tron Undercuts Competition

    Less expensive than its German competitors, the 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron offers 302 horsepower to control—422 HP if you get all-wheel-drive. RWD version gets 321-mile range. Do you like the idea of a luxury, electric, midsize SUV in a Teutonic flavor, but the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV ($77,900), Porsche Macan Electric ($75,300) and the admittedly larger…

  • Run Toward SUV Fun in the New Taos

    Run Toward SUV Fun in the New Taos

     Volkswagen updated its subcompact Taos for 2025. Giving it a new look, more power, and updated tech inside. It’s still VW’s closest to a base Golf offering. Volkswagen introduced the United States market to the Taos in 2022. And in this highly competitive segment, it’s already time for an update. Volkswagen tweaked the styling—focusing most…

  • Drink In this Elegant New GLC Plug-in Hybrid

    Drink In this Elegant New GLC Plug-in Hybrid

    Mercedes-Benz now offers a plug-in hybrid version of its compact crossover SUV, the 2025 GLC 350e 4Matic. In it, you get 54 miles of EV driving range. Mercedes-Benz recently announced another plug-in hybrid, this time joining the line-up of the GLC compact crossover. Mercedes launched the third-generation of the GLC in 2023. I came away…

  • Teasing the Travelers! Honda Drops Hints on the New Passport

    Teasing the Travelers! Honda Drops Hints on the New Passport

    Honda shared a few details on the upcoming Passport Trailsport. Running on a new platform, the 4th gen. Passport gets a new powertrain among many changes. This Summer, Honda revealed a brief release stating that a new-generation Passport will arrive early in 2025 for the 2026 model year. More specifically, engineers continue to develop the…

  • Spot Some Sportiness in the New Corolla FX

    Spot Some Sportiness in the New Corolla FX

    This is the 2025 Toyota Corolla FX special edition, a new trim with a sportier nature for the compact sedan that harkens back to the Corolla FX16 from 1987. Toyota added the Corolla FX special edition to the line-up for 2025. The FX slots in above the LE and SE trim levels, but beneath the…