Car Reviews

Paint can do a lot for a vehicle. Some colors can really enhance a car’s appearance, while others can really ruin the aesthetic. Sometimes though, the paint, trim, and packaging work so well, it’s a wonder why any other choices are even offered. The 2025 Ford Bronco Heritage is one of those vehicles.

Inflation: it’s affecting everything, even BMW M models.

Sport-Utility Vehicles, at least the forefathers of the segment, were meant to get folks into the rugged outdoors. They were the perfect camping companion. A four-wheel drive go-anywhere vehicle with a fully enclose cabin to keep gear dry, food away from animals, and double as sleeping quarters in a pinch.

Quick: name a product you still buy today, that cost the same as it did in 2017, but is better in every way?

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As I settle in for my first drive of the 2025 Toyota 4Runner, “Self Esteem” by The Offspring comes on satellite radio. A dated yet familiar anthem from the '90s, the track takes me way back. For a long time, that’s what driving a 4Runner was like. Familiar, yet from another time.

I spent some time in the 2025 Nissan Murano recently, and the story clearly starts inside. Nissan bills this as a 'sanctuary' —which is laying it on pretty thick—but it's still a nice place to spend time.

Three years ago, we nearly bought a Volkswagen Taos. It was a finalist during our vehicle shopping process, but ultimately lost out as my wife couldn’t get use to the performance/behaviour of the dual-clutch transmission.

Cadillac’s Escalade is affectionately known as the cowboy limousine, and for good reason. The full-size SUV blends all-American truck capabilities with pure opulence. Unlike a lot of other large luxury SUVs, the Escalade can trace its roots back to a pickup truck platform. But this isn’t a crude, unrefined SUV with leather seats. The brand has done a good job making it feel more SUV than truck.

For 2025, the Nissan Murano received an extensive redesign, featuring a classy interior and sleek exterior. Along with more safety and technology, the new generation makes Nissan’s bread-and-butter crossover much fresher and more competitive in the knife-fight that is the midsize segment.

“Pure” isn’t how I planned on describing a 4,600-pound, twin-turbo, all-wheel drive sedan, but here we are.

It's the second time that I get stuck that I begin to second-guess this decision.

DENVER—Many called Subaru’s entry into the world of electric vehicles lukewarm. An effort that lacked ultimate conviction. If we’re being honest, with the original 2023 Subaru Solterra, these claims weren’t wholly unfounded.

My job, on most days, is trying to help consumers navigate the muddy waters of the automotive landscape. Everyone has different needs, tastes, and priorities. At AutoGuide, we put ourselves in the proverbial other person’s shoes to assess every new car, truck, and SUV we drive.

The 2025 Infiniti QX80 is a barge of an SUV—an over-the-top three-row beast with opulent finishings and distinctive character. In a tough field that includes heavyweights like the Mercedes GLS, Cadillac Escalade, and Lincoln Navigator, the QX80 is a solid flagship SUV for Infiniti, drawing customers to the brand in search of something a bit different than the Detroiters or Germans.

It happened again. I was asked the question. Every time I drive a WRX model these past few years, especially special editions like the WRX tS, the inevitable occurs. Someone, at some point, asks me if this is a WRX STI replacement. The answer, as always, is no.

The 2026 Hyundai Palisade has just made my job harder—and easier.

Over nine thousand pounds.

No burying the lede here: the 2025 GLC 63 S does not live up to the expectations a 671-horsepower SUV can set. And it has almost nothing to do with that downsized engine.

The Ford Maverick Lobo burst on the scene last year with promises of recapturing the mini-truck era of the ‘80s and ‘90s. For those of us of a certain age, we fondly remember these slammed trucks with massive sound systems, shiny paint, and cool wheels.

The Kia Sportage is the brand’s best-selling vehicle, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. It competes in one of the largest SUV segments, against the likes of the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and Subaru Forester.

“You can’t park there,” yells the man from his Tesla Model 3. Except that in 2025 Kia EV6, I actually can.

No automotive brand strives to encapsulate youthful spirit more than Mini. The once British marque has a storied history of funky, fun, engaging cars. They’re the antidote to a world full of bland, colorless crossovers. Riding around in a Mini should be a joyous, cheerful experience; especially one with the extra power and removeable roof of the 2025 Cooper S convertible.

Volvo may no longer be aiming to have the brand’s entire fleet fully electric by 2030, but that doesn’t mean the manufacturer is walking away from EVs as a whole. In fact, quite the opposite. Volvo still estimates 90-100% of the brand’s vehicles will have some electrification by 2030, including several all-electric models. Models like the all-new 2025 Volvo EX90.

We don’t give “predictable” enough credit.

The 750S is the most powerful and lightest series production supercar ever built by McLaren. And for the everyday enthusiast with means, this is as good as it gets.

Lexus doesn’t often miss, but the original RZ arguably came closest this decade.

The 2025 Acura ADX is a Snackmaster.

It had to happen. The 2026 Honda CR-V has gained a TrailSport trim.

In one important way, the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe competes with sports cars and luxury cruisers.

Sometimes, the universe has a way of righting a wrong.

If you listen to Ford, it created the full-size SUV with the Expedition almost 30 years ago.

Not everyone has warmed up to the idea of a Lamborghini SUV. How could the Raging Bull make an overweight, high-riding people hauler? Pretty easily actually, and it’s been a resounding success. The Urus is easily the brand’s best-selling vehicle, which should come as no surprise due to its more practical nature.

As so many new (and old) parents tell me, a chunky baby is a healthy baby.

What Is The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness?

The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness is a rare bird. It’s a smallish crossover with a fair amount of off-road capability.

The 2025 Genesis GV80 Coupe is a little bit more of some things, and a little bit less of others.

The 2025 Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid is a story of opposites.

There are top-trim vehicles that we here at AutoGuide believe are not in fact better than their more affordable siblings. The 2025 BMW Alpina XB7 is not one of them.

The all-electric big boy is one of the most expensive cars we've tested this year... so far.

Toyota's adventure-ready mid-sized truck is one half of a comparison this week.

I’m pretty sure the 2026 Toyota bZ is the only vehicle to ever lose 50-percent of its name, and gain 50-percent more power.

Hyundai just made the game harder for everyone else.

Is this the Goldilocks Tiguan? The smallish SUV that’s just right sized for Volkswagen?

The third generation Volkswagen Tiguan is here and it looks to find balance between the small first generation and supersized second generation. With more rounded styling, the new SUV isn’t a radical departure from the current model.

You know when a mainstream actor takes a hard turn into indie films? That’s the 2025 BMW X3.

“Is this an EV?”

At this moment in time, I can’t think of a quicker car for the task at hand than the 2025 Volkswagen Golf R.

“Even if it’s not broken, we can still make it better.”

Whatever you do, don’t blame yourself.

“Quiet luxury” is not a term I would associate with an 18.5-foot long, gold SUV—but Lincoln insists.

The 2025 Acura RDX is the middle child in Acura’s crossover lineup, slotting above the smaller ADX and below the three-row MDX. Sharing underpinnings with the Honda CR-V and Civic, the RDX is stylish, reasonably well-equipped and seats five. It was lightly refreshed for the 2025 model year with a new grille, updated center console with larger cupholders, and improved compatibility with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The VTEC 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 272 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque pairs with a 10-speed automatic transmission that carries over from the ‘24 models.

Lucid’s sophomore effort is a big deal in more ways than one.

Five point six seconds. That’s how long it takes the 2025 BMW 330i xDrive to hit 62 mph (100 km/h), officially.

The MINI Convertible family is all-new for a fourth generation in 2025, with three distinct models for North America: Cooper (Cooper C in Canada), Cooper S, and John Cooper Works (JCW). These cars come with fresh styling that’s still recognizably MINI, with bug-eyed LED lights, a big open-mouth front grille, and more body and accent color combinations than you can shake a stick at.

The Lincoln Motor Company has a full lineup of SUVs, including a rarity in the luxury sport utility world, a two-row mid-size. Originally called the MKX, the vehicle has evolved into the Nautilus.

The Ford Bronco Sport is one half of Ford’s two-pronged off-roader initiative—and arguably the more important one.

I’m drifting. In a truck. On tarmac.

Since it rolled onto the scene, the Ford Maverick has essentially been in a class of one.

The 2024 Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD is the penultimate model in the Kia EV6 lineup, slotting below the EV6 GT. The GT-Line generates 320 hp and 446 lb-ft of torque from its dual-motor all-wheel drive system, enabling sprints to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds and a range of up to 252 miles when fully charged.

The 2025 Land Rover Defender offers the most expansive lineup of any of the traditional off-roaders. You can get a basic two-door model that’s somewhat close to the notion of a traditional Defender for just over $60,000. Or spend nearly $100 grand more and drive off with the luxurious V8-powered OCTA edition. There’s also a cavernous three-row model and a middle-child two-row variant. Got all that?

To illustrate just how much Honda has rethought the Passport for 2026: half of the first drive event is now off-road.