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Vehicles lifecycles follow a pretty familiar pattern. They debut, and after a few years, a significant refresh happens with a full redesign coming a few years later. Based on this blueprint, one would expect the 2020 Audi Q7, four years on from its last redesign, to improve in ways that …

The mid-cycle refresh of the 2020 Audi Q7 crossover SUV brings a mix of contradictory developments. One of the better infotainment systems gets better, but the new turbocharged V-6 contributes to lower fuel economy than the outgoing supercharged V-6.  While it may seem like one step forward, one step back …

First drive: 2020 Audi Q7 goes long on tech, short on space and fuel economy The mid-cycle refresh of the 2020 Audi Q7 crossover SUV brings a mix of contradictory developments. The new MIB3 infotainment system makes the best native navigation on the market even better, but the new turbocharged V-6 contributes …

Not so long ago, enthusiasts had virtually no choice but to turn to parts catalogs if they wanted a truck with serious off-road capability. But the introduction of purpose-built models like the Ford F-150 Raptor, Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro, and Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 in recent years changed the landscape for …

What’s so great about having an engine in the middle, anyway? The front-engined Chevrolet Corvette has been successful for 65 years, after all. But where the seventh-generation Corvette felt like a true renegade, an awesome oddity among the swaths of mid-engined alternatives, the new eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette feels, finally, like …

2021 Kia Sorento three-row crossover detailed: More space, more style, more efficient The redesigned 2021 Kia Sorento comes as a hybrid for improved efficiency and promises more space in the three-row family hauler.   Get a grip: These all-wheel-drive vehicles handle ice and snow For drivers in cold and wet weather …

In an era where sports cars are increasingly under threat from stricter emissions and fuel economy regulations, launching a sports car with a large, naturally-aspirated engine and a manual transmission is an occasion worth celebrating. And if instead of two sports cars instead of one, as is the case with …

BMW could teach a master class in segment building. The X6 is a prime example; a misshapen X5 conceived an entire class that now moves tens upon thousands of units per year. You can say the same of the X4 that came later, too. Given the raging success of those …

Automakers do a great job of telling us what we need. The worst example is that we “need” all-wheel drive. All of us. The truth is, most of us don’t, but automakers have convinced people that sending power to both axles is what magically makes a car competent in the …