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Subaru Legacy bows out after 2025
The car that formed the basis for the Subaru Outback is about to disappear. On Tuesday, Subaru announce the Legacy will exit production after the 2025 model year. The Legacy nameplate has been on sale since 1989. Subaru's screwed together over 1.3 million Legacy's in the U.S. at its Lafayette plant in Indiana over the source of six generations of...
Ford Maverick vs Hyundai Santa Cruz: Compare Pickup Trucks
Looking for the utility of a pickup truck but don’t want the size or fuel economy penalty of a full-size truck? The Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz fit the bill. They both seat five and ride like compact crossovers, and their small beds and modest length mean they easily fit into garages and parking spaces. Launched in 20...
2025 Toyota Camry headlines this week's new car reviews
Toyota continues to roll out its revamped product line, with the 2025 4Runner completing the overhaul on the truck side, and our first drive with the new Land Cruiser. We also took a last spin of the Mini Cooper Clubman in rorty John Cooper Works form, and revisited the excellent Ford Maverick hybrid. Here's what moved us this week. Reviews 2025...
Test drive: Last spin in the Mini Cooper Clubman JCW
Mini has shut the doors on the Clubman with the rear barn doors and a whole lot of Cooper cute. A last spin in the 2024 Mini John Cooper Works Clubman reminded me how much this performance-minded small wagon will be missed. Like so many other brands, Mini is in the midst of a reboot, expanding its electric vehicle lineup...
Ford recalls 456,565 Maverick, Bronco Sport for loss of drive power
Ford is recalling the Maverick and Bronco Sport once again for a battery issue that could stall the vehicles while in motion or prevent them from starting, the NHTSA disclosed this week. The control modules in those vehicles can't detect a change in the 12-volt battery state of charge while driving. A battery failure can be triggered at a stop by...
2025 Toyota Camry
With the Camry, Toyota has rarely veered from a winning midsize sedan recipe. Again for 2025 the Camry’s automotive comfort food. Not deconstructed, not capped with gold flake and caviar, it’s just mac and cheese out of a box—a nice box, but a box nevertheless. What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Toyota Camry? What does it compare...
Test drive: 2024 Ford Maverick lends adulthood a hand
One of the keys to adulting is resilience. Plans change, kids grow into adults, wedding receptions get outnumbered by celebrations of life, and on it goes. Riding the vicissitudes, the imperative is to keep on keeping on, Bob Dylan crooned, like a bird that flew. Fortunately, the 2024 Ford Maverick small pickup truck hasn’t changed much...
2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz
What kind of vehicle is the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz? What does it compare to? It’s a pickover, part small pickup, and part compact crossover. Direct rivals for the 2024 Santa Cruz include the Ford Maverick and Honda Ridgeline, but crossover intenders looking for something different might cross-shop the Chevrolet Colorado and Toyot...
2024 Toyota Land Cruiser
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser marks the return of an icon and throws the nameplate back with retro flair. But it leaves some hardware off the menu so that the similar Lexus GX can thrive—and it’s nearly overlapped by Toyota’s own upcoming 2025 4Runner. What kind of vehicle is the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser? What does it comp...
2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali: 440-mile range, $99,495 price
The 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 goes on sale this summer with a $99,495 price and a range of 440 miles, GMC announced Tuesday. The electric pickup truck tops the Sierra range, and costs $3,000 more than the range-topping 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition expected to land this summer. Both electric pickup trucks cost about $9,000...
2025 Lexus NX
What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Lexus NX? What does it compare to? The 2025 Lexus NX compact crossover seats five and cleverly packages several powertrain options. Shop it alongside the BMW X1 and X3, Mercedes-Benz GLA and GLC, and Volvo XC40. Is the 2025 Lexus NX a good SUV? It has its advantages, including reasonable pricing, plenty of...
Ford Escape, Bronco Sport recalled again for fuel leak, fire risk
Ford has expanded the recall of a cracked fuel injector that can increase the risk of fire, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. The original recall, from Nov. 18, 2022, encompassed 521,746 Escape and Bronco Sport compact crossovers equipped with a 1.5-liter turbo-3 engine. That recall from 2022 was also an expansion of...
2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS gets larger battery, S-Class face
The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan slips into the new year with a larger battery that should boost range, an updated regenerative braking system, and a new face that looks more like the flagship S-Class full-size sedan, Mercedes revealed last week. Launched for the 2022 model year, the EQS is a full battery electric take on the stately....
Subaru mostly keeps prices the same on 2025 Outback, Legacy
Subaru keeping prices the same on the 2025 Outback crossover wagon and 2025 Legacy sedan as on the 2024 models. There's a "but": the destination fee increased $100 from 2024 to 2025, Subaru disclosed Thursday. The 2025 Subaru Outback costs $30,290, including a $1,395 destination fee. Last year's mandatory fee was $1,295. Even though the models...
2025 Toyota 4Runner tops this week's new car news and reviews
Automakers seemed to launch their own spring auto shows this week, in the wake of a relatively quiet New York auto show at the end of March. Big debuts from Toyota, Buick, Acura, a sweet drive in the redesigned Porsche Taycan, and big updates from Ford topped this week's new cars news and reviews at The Car Connection. Here's what moved us: 202...