Verdict 6.3 / 10 With the tall-hatchback Soul and the compact Sportage, one might think Kia has the crossover market covered. But there’s enough room between the former’s front-drive-only configuration and the latter’s near-$ 24,000 price for the sporty, stylish 2021 Kia Seltos, a subcompact CUV that’s built on the …
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Sooner or later, just about every automotive brand will come to the same conclusion: People will always buy SUVs. Porsche learned that lesson when it introduced the instant-bestseller Cayenne in 2003, and carmakers like Bentley, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, and Maserati followed suit. Now, with the 2021 Aston Martin DBX, it’s Gaydon’s …
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To normal folks, the 2020 Ford Shelby GT350 Heritage Edition is just a paint job. To Mustang people, though, the arrival of Wimbledon White and Guardsman Blue is a moment they’ve been waiting for since Ford reintroduced the GT350 badge. That’s right, fan service happens in the auto industry, too. …
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If we’ve learned anything in the past decade and a half, it’s that coupes can have any number of doors – nominally speaking, at least. Automakers use the word not only to describe sleek four-door passenger cars, but swoopy five-door SUVs as well. And those who insist on only the …
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9/7/20 UPDATE: This review has been updated with test results. This is a story about $ 10,000. That’s the difference in base price between the 2020 Audi S6 sedan and its almost mechanically identical brother, the sleeker, swoopier, sexier S7 luxo-hatch. How much is sleek, swoop, and sexy worth? Before …
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Kia’s on a roll. The Korean automaker can’t build the Telluride three-row SUV fast enough, and now its pint-sized Seltos crossover brings some slick European design to a usually utilitarian segment. The 2021 Kia Seltos small crossover SUV fills a void between the subcompact Niro and the popular Soul. Count …
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Pour one out for the Kia Optima. After 20 years on sale in the US, the company has decided to make a change – and that change comes in the form of the 2021 Kia K5. Even though the Kia mid-sizer loses the nameplate that made it somewhat of a …
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You want style, space for five adults, a good warranty, and enough cargo space for a long weekend up north. What do you buy? I would answer with the 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. Sure, the Chevrolet Blazer looks sportier, the Honda Passport has a sliding second row, and the …
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The 2020 Ford Edge ST-Line adds the cosmetic flourishes of the ST line without the sportier engine—and higher price—of the Edge ST, the automaker announced Tuesday. Like Volkswagen’s R-Line, the Edge ST-Line has distinct features such as a mesh grille and body-colored bumpers to make it stand out from the …
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