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2026 Hyundai Palisade
Fully redesigned, the large SUV gets nine seats. We've grown accustomed to Hyundai and Kia making drastic design changes to their cars when the next-generation model arrives. Such is the case with the new Palisade since the fullsize SUV is a vast departure from its predecessor. The flagship family hauler with gas engines appears to be boxier and sits on 21-inch wheels that look like a pain to clean, given the plethora of spokes. The segmented lights at both ends of the 2026 Palisade make us ... Read more
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Hyundai Is Absolutely Killing It This Year
The year isn't over yet, but it sure looks like Hyundai will finish in grand fashion. While many automakers are struggling with losses, the South Korean brand is riding high with year-over-year growth. SUVs are still the top sellers, but that's not what got our attention. The Sonata just posted a 200-percent sales increase for November and is up 46 percent through the year. Sedans are decidedly not dead. The Sonata currently has the best year-over-year growth for Hyundai's entire North ... Read more
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The 2025 Nissan Sentra
The Honda Civic is still the gold standard, of course, but there are about half a dozen alternatives from brands like Hyundai, Mazda, and Toyota that nearly match the Civic. The Nissan Sentra falls into that chasing pack. It's an affordable, affable, and attractive commuter with a functional four-cylinder engine and an interior you won't be offended by. At $22,730 to start, it's also one of the cheapest cars in the class. The version tested here is a mid-range Sentra SV with a few options. ... Read more
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Jaguar's future will be quiet, colorful, and very geometric.
Jaguar’s title sponsorship of Miami Art Week featured its own blank canvas in the Type 00, a concept car the brand hopes will spawn some electric masterpieces beginning in 2026. Its design is remarkably striking, easily the most interesting thing Jaguar has done in years. But design is one thing; making a business out of it is another, and Jaguar is running out of time. The Miami venue underscored the brand’s intention to collaborate with artists, who aren’t known for buying roughly $120,000 ... Read more
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When you want a more expensive and less practical Q5
Some had hoped for swoopy SUVs to be nothing more than a fad, but this niche segment is here to stay. Rivaling the Mercedes GLC Coupe and the soon-to-be-discontinued BMW X4, the new Audi Q5 Sportback is entirely predictable. It’s just the regular 2025 Q5 beaten with the coupe stick to lend the posh crossover a sleeker profile, although that’s highly debatable. From day one, there will be a hotter SQ5 performance derivative. You’ll be glad to hear the SQ5 has lost its fake exhaust tips. Good ... Read more
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The 2025 Flying Spur Is the Perfect Bentley
You'll experience a similar sensation in the new Bentley Flying Spur, a vehicle nearly as big as the Milky Way itself. It sure as hell doesn't feel like I'm moving all that quickly through the Arizona desert, swaddled in the finest leather while the front seat massages my rump. But a brief peek at the speedometer suggests otherwise. You'd hardly know the Flying Spur was fast just by looking at it. The design barely changes from this year to last; Minor updates to the fascias and some new ... Read more
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Lamborghini's Supercars Use Electric Power From Mercedes-Owned Company
The Temerario and Revuelto use a technology that not even AMG models have yet. Mercedes created a new revenue stream when it lent its AMG engines to cars that don’t have the fabled three-pointed star. You’ll find a V-12 in the Pagani Utopia, a V-8 in several Aston Martin models, and a four-cylinder mill in a Lotus Emira. But did you know that several supercars also borrow their plug-in hybrid tech from the German luxury brand? The difference, though, is that Mercedes or AMG didn't technically ... Read more
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Kia Exec On Plan To Kill EV Tax Credit
As Kia and its parent company the Hyundai Motor Group plan an onslaught of new U.S.-made electric vehicles aimed at winning American converts, the potential threat of losing the electric vehicle tax credits is like a dark cloud hanging over everything. But one senior Kia executive at the LA Auto Show said what the rest of the auto industry is all but certainly thinking right now: President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit would be disruptive to jobs and the trajectory of the ... Read more
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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9
Hyundai's first three-row electric SUV has arrived. The Kia EV9 has seen success as one of America's first mainstream three-row electric SUVs. Now Hyundai is getting its own version with the new Ioniq 9. Using the same E-GMP electric platform as its Kia cousin, the new Ioniq 9 promises loads of space, lavish amenities, and lots of range-over 300 miles on every trim. Powering the Ioniq 9 is a 110.3-kilowatt-hour (net) battery pack. The base Long Range model gets a single electric motor ... Read more
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This Crazy BMW M2 Drag Car Has AWD and Hypercar Horsepower
Built by R44 Performance in the UK, this M2 will enter competition next year. The latest BMW M cars are straight-line demons from the factory, and they take well to mods. This is perhaps the most extreme modern M car we've seen yet, an M2 drag car pumping out 1,500 horsepower to all four wheels. It's the work of UK-based aftermarket shop R44 Performance and Tom Wrigley Performance, and it's headed to the US to try and claim the mantle of the world's quickest BMW. This project began with the ... Read more
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