2025 Forester anchors Subaru’s SUV family
The Subaru Forester fits in as the middle child in the brand’s crossover SUV lineup, often blending in, easy to overlook among the firstborn Outback and the spunky, smaller Crosstrek. It’s the Jan Brady in this bunch, with the Ascent…
2024 Chevy Traverse, Lexus GX top this week’s new car reviews
From the hills of Missoula to the forests of Germany, we traveled far and wide this week to cover the latest cars coming to market this summer if not sooner. In the immediate term, we finally got to publish our…
2025 Toyota Crown price bumped $1,090, Nightshade model added
Toyota announced a $1,090 price increase for the 2025 Toyota Crown this week, and it introduced a blacked-out Nightshade model. The high-riding sedan with the standard hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive starts at $42,535, including a $1,095 destination fee. That’s…
2024 Hyundai Sante Fe, Sonata, Ioniq 5 earn Top Safety Picks
The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric crossover aced tougher new crash-test protocols to earn a Top Safety Pick+, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced on Thursday. Hyundai’s strong performance in other IIHS crash tests continued down the line,…
Genesis expands faulty fuel pump recall
Genesis has expanded the recall of vehicles with a faulty fuel pump that can engines to lose power and stall, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. The fuel pump recall initially started in September 2023 and covered about 19,000 cars; it now…
Electric G-Wagen, Nissan Rogue top this week’s new car news
This week we traveled to the western edge of Montana near the Blackfoot River to soak in the latest version of the Subaru Forester, details of which we’ll be sharing May 6. Toyota made news with a big investment in…
How much safer is automatic emergency braking? IIHS finds out
Does automatic emergency braking (AEB) help cars avoid crashes at higher speeds? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that, like your mileage, your crash results may vary. A new study released Thursday found that increased speeds diminished the…
2024 Nissan Rogue improves to be fine and good
When friends and neighbors asked me what I thought of the refreshed 2024 Nissan Rogue SL with AWD, I said, “It’s fine.” That reply wouldn’t suffice any more for them than it would this review. “Good infotainment upgrades, smooth transmission,…
2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class: Flagship SUV goes electric
“Give my creation life!” Gene Wilder cried in his eponymous role as “Young Frankenstein,” where the young doctor strove to make a bigger, bolder, better version of his monster for a new generation. Mercedes has done something similar but much…
Subaru Legacy bows out after 2025
The car that forms the basis for the Subaru Outback is about to disappear. On Tuesday, Subaru announced the Legacy will exit production after the 2025 model year. The Legacy nameplate has been on sale since 1989. Subaru has screwed…