Beyond Headlines Into Insight
The GV60’s look is youthful without being too over-the-top. Andrew Krok/CNET Hyundai Motor Group managed to strike gold three times in a row. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 are both brilliant midsize electric crossovers with unique styling and fun driving dynamics. Surely Korea can’t develop a third car on the same platform that
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What a beautiful beast. Daniel Golson/CNET Luxury automakers are all about more is more, stuffing flagship vehicles with big power, high-end tech features and plenty of gimmicky options. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is no different, with the latest generation being the most extravagant and advanced yet. But I’ll let you in on a secret: The base
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The fanciest lizard in the desert. Ben Davis/CNET There’s something eerie yet serene about driving through Joshua Tree National Park in the desert a few hours east of Los Angeles. It’s vast and quiet, and apart from the occasional work truck or tourist-driven crossover, the stunning roads are typically empty and provide some of the
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The two-tone orange/black paint job is a $745 option. Steven Ewing/CNET The Nissan Rogue gets a major improvement this year, but it’s not something you’ll notice right away. Peep under the hood and you’ll find a brand-new 1.5-liter turbocharged inline-3 engine — a small but mighty powerplant that gives Nissan’s best-selling SUV a nice bump
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I especially dig the Sportage’s new boomerang-shaped LED light signature. Antuan Goodwin/CNET The latest iteration of the Kia Sportage gets a major glow-up. Kia has been aggressively pushing the design of its vehicles to the point that this muscular 2023 Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige looks of a completely different lineage to the cute, small SUV
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That’s a $4,500 paint job. Tyler Clemmensen/CNET While mainstream products like the new Grecale SUV will ultimately be Maserati’s bread and butter, what’s an Italian carmaker without an exotic flagship? The MC20 is an incredible return to form for a storied brand left to languish. And if this sort of visceral experience is what Maserati
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I had a blast tooling around in BMW’s new iX, but I’m not sure I’d want to settle down with it just yet. Antuan Goodwin/CNET The 2023 iX xDrive50 is one of two new electric vehicles BMW launched this year, alongside the i4 sedan. Of the pair, the iX xDrive50 is the bolder play: a completely
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The Flying Spur Hybrid is very large and very much in charge. Andrew Krok/CNET Six-figure ultra-luxe sedans are usually perfect from top to bottom. Every detail is painstakingly pored over and the result is something that feels like it was born from a book of Victorian poetry. But when these pillars of perfection butt up
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The 2023 Sequoia picks up some bulky good looks. Andrew Krok/CNET Truck-based SUVs allow for far more capability when it comes to towing or traversing certain kinds of terrain, but their construction also introduces some detriments to ride quality, economy and other things. Hot on the heels of a new Tundra pickup, the 2023 Toyota
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It’s all about that winch. Andrew Krok/CNET With just a few key changes, the 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades adds even more overlanding-ready capability than a standard Bronco. But these aren’t tweaks destined for mall crawling; this thing begs to be run muddy and put away wet, and you’ll be doing a disservice if you buy
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