Tag: SUV
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Rip Through Suburbia in the New Kicks!
We finally got a genuine crossover SUV for the second generation, 2025 Nissan Kicks. It stands higher off the ground, offers more space in both rows, and offers AWD as an option. What’s Good: Sharper styling. More space in both rows as well as the cargo bay. New engine with more power. Available AWD…Finally! What…
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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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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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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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Slide Down the Road Like Butter in the Genesis GV80!
The updated, 2025 Genesis GV80 receives styling tweaks outside and a 27-in screen inside, as well as other new tech. It’s Turbo 3.5-liter V-6 power carries on. What’s GoodSmooth and quiet ride. Progressive power delivery. Loads of luxury for the price. The cabin provides plenty of practical space. What Could ImproveEven in sport mode, the…
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Rumbling through in the New Porsche GTS SUV!
The 2025 Porsche Cayenne GTS sports an energetic, twin-turbo, 4.0-liter V-8 twisting out 493 horsepower and 487 lb.-ft of torque. And a sport suspension, too. Why a new GTS? Last year, Porsche updated the third-generation Cayenne for the 2024 Model Year and we saw the revival of the V-8 for the Cayenne S, among other…
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Acura Swoops In with a New SUV! The ADX.
Expected in early 2025, the ADX will slide in under the RDX and act as an SUV shaped gateway to the Acura line-up. Think of it as a tall Integra, hopefully. Acura recently announced that we will see a new, entry level SUV added to the line-up, beneath the RDX, MDX, and ZDX models. Its…
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Sharp! See How Acura Improved the MDX.
Updated and coming soon. The 2025 Acura MDX gets a refreshed front-end, new tech inside, and more insulation to keep the noise outside. The fourth-generation, Acura MDX, which debuted for the 2022 model year, just received a mid-cycle update for the 2025 model year. As refreshes go, Acura stuck with the basics here: new front…
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Tame the Wild with the new 4Runner!
Toyota introduced a new generation 4Runner. It’s built from the global F-Platform and stays body-on-frame. But the powertrain is all new and turbocharged. Here it is! The sixth-generation, 2025 Toyota 4Runner. After 15 years, Toyota brings us a new and different SUV, but, on paper at least, it definitely stays true to the SUVs ethos.…
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Stunning! The New Nissan Kicks
Nissan debuted the second-generation, 2025 Nissan Kicks to arrive at dealers later this year. Nissan recently revealed the second-generation, 2025 Nissan Kicks. It replaces the first Kicks, which arrived in the U.S. for the 2018 model year. And while this new model retains its position as Nissan’s smallest SUV, it grew by nearly three-inches from…