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California Highway Patrol We nailed it. Two years ago, Car and Driver ventured up to Sacramento to experience one of the last Ford Crown Victoria P71 Interceptors in the California Highway Patrol’s fleet of black-and-white Panther platform prowlers. The particular car we drove, Unit 2151 in the CHP’s fleet, was, …

Hyundai/Kia will recall 591,000 vehicles in the United States over a brake-fluid leak that could cause an engine fire. The recall will include 2013–2015 Kia Optima sedans and Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs plus 2014–2015 Kia Sorento SUVs. There have been 15 reports of engine fires in Hyundai and eight in …

Smith Collection/GadoGetty Images On average, your average new sedan depreciates 39 percent in its first three years. Trucks go down 34 percent. But electric vehicles drop an astonishing 52 percent, according to iSeeCars, which evaluated values of cars coming off lease. The outlier is the Tesla Model 3—both compared to …