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Marc UrbanoCar and Driver From the August 2020 issue of Car and Driver. You probably haven’t paid much attention to the new Porsche 911’s standard electronic pop-out door releases. They’re frivolous but ultimately harmless, right? That’s what we thought, too, until we were perusing the owner’s manual—what, that’s not the …

From the August 2020 issue of Car and Driver. How do you film a commercial for a car you don’t have? Ben Smith, the executive creative director for visual-effects company The Mill, encountered just that problem while working on an ad for the seventh-gen Chevrolet Corvette. With the real car …

Ford unveiled Monday its hotly anticipated duo of new SUVs: the 2021 Ford Bronco and 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. Except it’s more of a trio. When it goes on sale next spring, the 2021 Ford Bronco will be available as a two-door off-roader or more family-friendly four-door SUV with removable …

Already a top family pick, the 2021 Subaru Ascent three-row crossover announced Friday is aiming for a Top Safety Pick and more. The automaker announced the 2021 Ascent crossover will add adaptive cruise control and active lane control as standard equipment in addition to its automatic emergency braking. What’s more, …

The refreshed 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan compact crossover will get a sportier design when it debuts this summer, the automaker confirmed Thursday.  The German brand’s bestselling vehicle will get a facelift with a new hood and a broader, wider front and rear bumper to look sportier and “more masculine in stance,” …

Kia has upped the ante again for three-row crossovers, and we don’t we don’t mean the Kia Telluride. The South Korean automaker debuted the redesigned 2021 Kia Sorento for the European market on Wednesday, and the most significant changes apply globally.  The looks of the Sorento have evolved. The new …

The glitzy 2021 Hyundai Elantra compact sedan unveiled Tuesday in Hollywood, California, strayed further from its economy car roots and followed closer the star Sonata mid-size sedan that was unveiled last year. The updated Elantra, which is lower, longer, and wider than before, now measures more than 184 inches long, …

Chevrolet has updated the 2021 Traverse three-row crossover SUV with revised front and rear ends, standard LED headlights and taillights, and more standard safety features, the automaker announced Friday.  Slotting between the Chevy Blazer mid-size crossover and the truck-based Chevy Tahoe, the eight-passenger Traverse is one of the larger three-row …

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 …