Tag: news
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Pencil In this New Name to your RAV4 Rolodex
For 2025, the RAV4 Prime becomes the Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, or RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid for short. Otherwise, the SUV carries on as before. In a fit of practical thinking, Toyota changed the name of its plug-in hybrid compact crossover SUV from RAV4 Prime to RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid. Technically, Toyota named it RAV4…
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Wanna Fling Some Mud in This New Sienna?
Toyota designed the 2025 Sienna Woodland minivan to feel a touch more off-road worthy. You get standard all-wheel-drive, a bit more ground clearance, and thick, all-weather floor mats inside. Toyota wants to take this off-roading craze to an even wider scope of buyers in the form of this 2025 Toyota Sienna Woodland. The Woodland starts…
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Shuffled Around! Check Out the New Accord Line-Up
Honda dropped the Accord EX for 2025. Replacing it with the SE as the top trim with the turbocharged 1.5-liter engine. Four hybrid trims see tweaks as well. Honda tweaked the Accord for the 2025 model year. The 11th generation midsize sedan loses its EX trim level and replaces it with the SE trim. Just…
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Crank Out the Power in the Mustang GTD!
Ford recently announced final power figures for the upcoming, mega capable 2025 Ford Mustang GTD. The 5.2-liter V-8 delivers big torque too. Save your pennies! Ford kept the turbochargers aside for the mega road legal race car named Mustang GTD. Opting instead for a big supercharger bolted on top of a 5.2-liter V-8. Thanks to…
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Stand Out in this Special Edition Highlander!
To celebrate 25 years, Toyota revealed the 2025 Toyota Highlander 25th Edition. You essentially get a hybrid Highlander Limited with a few unique twists. The first Toyota Highlander arrived on U.S. shores in 2000, at the dawn of the crossover SUV craze. 25 years later, Toyota decided to celebrate its mainstream SUV mainstay with the…
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Comfort and Cold Drinks Await in the New Sienna!
Toyota updated its Sienna minivan for 2025 and added important safety tech as well as several comforts. It’s also hybrid only with available all-wheel-drive! What’s new Toyota updated its Sienna minivan for the 2025 model year and stuffed it full of new features. To start, the Sienna now offers a system called the advanced rear…
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Striking Balance, Honda Takes a New Approach to Building EVs
The Honda EV Hub combines final assembly with a retooled engine plant and a partnership with LG Chem to create a campus to build future ICE, Hybrid, and EV models. It’s called the Honda EV Hub. A campus, of sorts, which includes a final assembly plant in Marysville Ohio, another in East Liberty Ohio, and…
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More Electrified Porsches on the Way!
The 2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid joins the line-up. It’s the fourth of four hybrids for the 3rd generation four-door. The non-hybrid GTS also arrives. Porsche recently revealed two new trims for the third generation Panamera: The 2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid and Panamera GTS. These two now make seven trims in total…
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Mazda Drops A New Powertrain for the CX-50!
Borrowing a hybrid system from Toyota, three new hybrid trims join the Mazda CX-50 line-up, delivering 38 MPG combined and extending driving range by over 100 miles to a single tank. For the 2025 model year, Mazda added a Hybrid to the CX-50 line-up. Excluding the mild-hybrids in the line-up, this is the only non-plug-in-hybrid…
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Stand Back in Awe of the new Porsche 911!
The 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera received subtle styling changes with its 992.2 refresh. You get more power, more tech, and only one transmission to choose…for now. Check it out! It’s the new, refreshed 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera. It’s an update to the 992.1, which first arrived in 2020. The 992.2 generation Carrera stands out with…