2020 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Review: The Dependable One

I’m sometimes criticized for my choices among peers for supporting Toyota cars. As an auto journo and enthusiast, I guess I’m expected to only drool over Celicas and the Supras but I love pretty much everything it makes.

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2020 Genesis G90 Review: a Second Crack at Premium Luxury

It is a testament to the success of the Genesis G90 that it wasn’t until my last day with the car that I discovered that its 5.0-liter V8 sounds absolutely stunning when you rag on it.

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2020 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Review: Son of Wrangler
The Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is an answer to a question few people are asking.

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2020 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe First Drive Review: Pick of the Litter

Earlier this year the German brand announced the 718 Boxster and Cayman GTS 4.0 models, with larger, naturally aspirated flat-six hearts plucked from the GT4 and Spyder. Now the Cayenne is getting a similar treatment, with a 4.0-liter engine of its own for GTS duty. This one packs eight cylinders however, and a set of turbos. It’s essentially a detuned version of the lump from the Cayenne Turbo, dropping about 90 ponies from the pack but still producing an ample 453 hp and 457 lb-ft of torque. Far from being the runt of the litter though, the Cayenne GTS, sampled here in Coupe form, might just be the pick of the whole range. It blends power, poise, and even a semi-reasonable list price—within the Cayenne family—in a package that remains one of the most thrilling big crossovers on the market.

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2020 BMW X1 XDrive28i Review
Getting back behind the wheel of the BMW X1 was an interesting experience for a couple key reasons.

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2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Review

As someone who has fetishized old sports cars all his life and tried to own one or two, I have to say, I envy the Wrangler’s universal appeal. It truly is all things to all people. And to me, this two-door Wrangler Rubicon is a Singer 911 with a reasonable price tag.

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2020 Ford Escape Titanium Review

Here in a post-Bronco world, Ford’s Escape now makes more sense.

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2020 Toyota Camry TRD Review
It’s hard to explain the feeling you get when you catch people checking out the Camry you’re piloting. Yes, a Camry.

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2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Review

In a way, Porsche’s latest high-tech 911 is very old school.

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2020 Lexus NX300 Review
The compact crossover segment is a notoriously competitive one, and the luxury side isn’t any different.

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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Review
The driving range one can get with modern, fuel-efficient vehicles is remarkable. The problem remains with human anatomy. Bladder capacity has not kept up with the pace of technology.

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2020 Lexus GX460 Review

In many ways, I’m not the right person to be testing the 2020 Lexus GX460.

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2020 Porsche Macan Turbo Review
The Turbo badge has evolved to mean something different over the decades.

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2020 Chrysler 300 AWD Review

Admit it: you kind of forgot about the Chrysler 300.

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2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV Review

It might be a fun, reasonably-priced electric car, but everyone I know commented on the same thing when they saw the 2020 Chevrolet Bolt: its bright Oasis Blue paint.

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2020 Cadillac XT6 Review

The Cadillac XT6 fills a large gap in the brand’s lineup.

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First Drive: 2020 Honda Civic Type R Review

Nobody can accuse Honda of being subtle in styling its halo hot hatch.

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2020 Hyundai Sonata Review

Consider the evolution of the common sedan.

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2020 Nissan Armada Review

I don’t know why, but I rarely think about the Nissan Armada. As big, three-row SUVs go, it seems to be lost from general consciousness versus the ubiquitous domestic offerings used so frequently for ride-sharing apps.

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2020 Genesis G70 Review

I haven’t watched a single episode of Tiger King.

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2020 Hyundai Venue Review

Hyundai wants you to think of its new Venue as a pint-size crossover. But don’t believe the Korean brand.

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2020 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew Cab AT4 Review

AutoGuide readers, I need your help. I need you to comment on this review, and make your voices heard to the good folks who run this website. AutoGuide needs to invest in a trailer – preferably with something on it.

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2020 Honda Civic Vs 2020 Toyota Corolla Comparison

Pragmatism. That’s what the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, two recently refreshed titans of industry, represent.

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2020 Toyota Prius AWD-e Review

As anyone who owns a toddler knows, it is easier to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem than it is to get a small child to eat their vegetables. How many of us were told as tykes not to eat cookies before supper lest we ruin our appetite?

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2020 Ford Escape AWD 1.5 Review

To call the Escape the most important car Ford launches all year is an understatement.

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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4MATIC Review

Auto reviewers are a weird lot. We pay attention to details that very few car shoppers ever notice, and we are so jaded by the tsunami of high-tech features appearing each week in our driveways that we often forget that a buyer new to the market after a few years will be amazed (or confused) by the appearance of touch screens, track pads, and voice controls where once there were knobs.

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2020 Honda HR-V Review

The Honda HR-V is one of your many choices in a small crossover. Like all of those, it has some strengths, weaknesses, features, and functions that could make it the right choice for you. But it depends on what you’re after. Your writer found the HR-V to be a very willing and eager driving partner for inclement weather. Although I must admit, the test car did arrive with winter tires.

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2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid First Drive Review

It’s about time. Just over 20 years since the first Honda Insight arrived on US shores—beating the Toyota Prius to US market by a year—the company has launched a hybrid version of its popular CR-V crossover. And it couldn’t have come a moment sooner.

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2020 Subaru Ascent Review

While success is never guaranteed in the car industry, launching an SUV in North America these days comes pretty darn close. At the risk of oversimplification, a carmaker needs only roll the thing out and then sit back and watch buyers flock to dealerships to hand over their money.

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2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport First Drive Review

There’s no getting around it: the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport is a calculated business move. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

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2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray First Drive Review

I well remember being in a massive throng of car journalists on media preview day at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2013 for the reveal of the seventh generation (C7) Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. A next-generation reveal for an icon like the ‘Vette is a big deal, and it was the talk of the show.
At any rate, in the aftermath of the unveil I remember hearing and reading a lot about the dramatic (!) switch to rectangular taillights and a front grille and headlight array that looked like it had drawn a bit too much inspiration from Ferrari. The audacity! Having returned from Las Vegas where I sampled the all-new eighth-generation (C8) Corvette Stingray, a car that introduces changes that makes handwringing over square taillights and Ferrari-ish grilles seem quaint, I’m struck by how much the general consensus around this car has evolved. Just about everything I’ve heard is positive.

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2020 Volvo XC90 T8 Review

There’s a bit-part character in Mad Men whose portfolio is filled with “the cure for the common X” taglines. If Danny Siegel got any amount of seat time with the 2020 Volvo XC90 he’d almost surely call it the cure for the common SUV. And he wouldn’t be wrong.

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2019 Mercedes-Benz A 220 Sedan Review

The latest A-Class is proof that following the crowd has its advantages.

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2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road Review

How do you increase the reach of America’s best-selling non-pickup? If you’re Toyota, you add a whiff of off-roading ability, embodied here in the RAV4 TRD Off-Road, new for 2020.

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2020 Lexus ES 300h Review

No other model in the Lexus lineup best exemplifies the luxury brand’s founding principles than the current ES sedan.

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2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara Diesel Review

I’ve never been a Jeep Wrangler fanatic. While I’ve long appreciated the legendary off-road capabilities of the OG sports ute, I’ve never had the need to exploit those capabilities. To me, the compromises in on-road handling have turned me away.

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2020 Ford Ranger FX4 Review

I live in the countryside, way up north. We’ve got plenty of outdoor space, plenty of lakes and cottages and trails, and plenty of roads that are in spectacularly bad shape. 

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2020 Toyota Sienna Review

I’m not ashamed to admit this review started for purely selfish reasons. Being honest is important in this field, after all.

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2020 Acura ILX A-Spec Review

Following a thorough refresh last year, the Acura ILX enters the new decade largely the same as the 2019 model.

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2020 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Review

When an opportunity like driving a  2020 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro comes your way, you don’t say no. Especially when a certain bow-hunting trip in the wilderness of northern Ontario is a part of the equation.

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AutoGuide.com's Most Popular Car Reviews of 2019

We’ve driven hundreds of cars over the last 12 months here at Autoguide.com. From humble hatchbacks to stunning supercars, 2019 will go down as a quality vintage, and here are the ones you read most, dear readers.

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2020 Infiniti QX60 Review: First Impressions

The Infiniti QX60 is the best-selling vehicle in the entire Infiniti portfolio.

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2020 Toyota Highlander First Drive Review

Despite its quietly handsome new looks, the 2020 Toyota Highlander lives up to its namesake as a fierce fighter.

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2020 Nissan Sentra First Drive Review

If one were to heed the bleating of certain corner offices and C-suites, it would seem that the compact car culture has been #cancelled, evaporated from the landscape like a fleeting Instagram story or ill-considered tweet. Those suits assert that SUVs and crossover (read: tall wagons) are the Way Forward.

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2020 Mazda CX-30 First Drive Review

The crossover boom is inescapable, even for Mazda, a marque long revered as the maker of fun-to-drive, reasonably priced cars. Its Mazda3 compact sedan formerly served as a gateway into the brand, but even it waned in popularity with the rise of enthusiasts’ least-favorite mildly lifted segment. Thus, the CX-3 crossover was born to woo singles and small families into a Mazda with an entry-level subcompact crossover.

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2020 Porsche Taycan 4S First Drive Review

It’s raining. Normally that’d only be a mild annoyance on a car launch, scuppering more complicated photo ops. But I’m in Finland. Just inside the Arctic Circle. In December.

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2020 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Review

The ride back was to be a laborious and deflating one. And had I not been in the new 2020  Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn, I think I would have had less time to ponder over the dismal 10 days we had in the bush.

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2020 Hyundai Sonata Review

Hot dogs. Wine. Chainsaws. Jewelry.

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2020 Hyundai Venue Review

Nearly twenty-five years ago, the creators of Star Trek decided to go back to the well one more time in search of TV gold. Riding high on the recent success of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine series, Berman et al launched Voyager, a third show which was a similar – yet unique – take on a familiar formula.

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2019 Kia Niro EV Review

Two segments growing faster than any other in today’s market are crossovers and EVs. The former has been growing like gangbusters for ages, with everyone from Aston Martin to Volkswagen busying themselves with stuffing their portfolios full of these high riding wagons. As for electric vehicles, manufacturers need to simultaneously appeal to shoppers while offering rigs with one eye on Johnny Polar Bear. Merging the two makes more than a lick of sense for the customer who makes treks to the hockey rink but brings burnt kale chips as a snack.

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2020 Nissan Titan Review: First Drive

Seems like just yesterday I was driving around in the Arizona desert behind the wheel of Nissan’s then all-new, second-generation full-size Titan pick-up as part of the truck’s media launch.

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2020 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Review

The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has been given a refresh for 2020, adding the requisite styling updates to be sure, but also a few interior enhancements to better level it with the competition.

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2019 BMW I3 REx Review

When you talk to people about the BMW i3, the question that comes up the most often is “who is it for?” After driving the car for a week and considering the question thoroughly, I have found the answer. The BMW i3 is for me.

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2020 Polestar 1: First Drive

Although the 1 is an extremely comely car, it is also a vaguely disappointing one. The quality of its materials, the ethos of its design, and the nature of its power delivery fail to live up to the promise made by its exterior. And although there’s nothing exactly wrong with the 1, it’s just that there isn’t anything exceedingly special about it either.

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2019 Volkswagen Arteon Review

Question: do you remember the Volkswagen CC?

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2019 Volkswagen GTI Review

Kleiner GTI, du siehst prima aus…

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2020 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Review

The friendly Toyota representative fairly choked on his water as he crossed the parking lot to correct us. “It’s not a snorkel, it’s a desert air intake.”

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2020 Lincoln Corsair Review

Lincoln hasn’t exactly had a smooth go of it in the last couple of decades.

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2020 Subaru Outback Review

More advanced, refined and capable, the 2020 Subaru Outback is better than ever.

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2019 Volkswagen Golf S Review

Is there one vehicle that does it all?

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