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OCEANSIDE, CA—Vanilla gets a bad rap.

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“It’s like a spaceship!”

OCEANSIDE, CA—Porsche. Tesla. Prelude?

Cadillac, the luxury manufacturer known for supercharged V8s and big SUVs, has another side. A sensible, more modern, electric side. But don’t get it twisted: just because its electric and modern, doesn’t mean it’s softer. To prove this fact, the American luxury manufacturer is relying on a single letter: V.

The 2026 Honda Civic Si doesn’t shake things up, and it’s all the better for it.

Healdsburg, California – The redesign of Subaru’s Outback has brought about controversy. Many lament the demise of the lifted wagon look, while others appreciate the boxier, more SUV-like shape. Love it or hate it, the newest-generation Outback may be best suited for the latest member joining Subaru’s mid-size SUV family: the Wilderness.

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It’s not easy staying on top in any automotive segment, but the mainstream family SUV scene might be the hardest of them all.

Stepping outside your comfort zone can be a scary thing. 

Late last year we asked ourselves a question: are we ready? We wanted to know if it is finally time. That point in history where electric vehicles are just as easy to live with as their fuel-burning counterparts.

Is the 2025 Toyota Sequoia the right fit for your busy family life — or is it too much SUV for everyday use? In this real-world review, I take you through what it’s actually like living with the 2025 Toyota Sequoia Capstone. From the third row and cargo quirks to the comfort features I LOVE (hello, power running boards, massaging seats, and giant pano roof!).

PONTIAC, Mich. – When someone hands you the keys to a 2025 McLaren Artura Spider in late November, you do not hesitate. You get in the car and go. Anywhere. Time and the season are fleeting, and faster than the final brown and orange leaves will drop, this supercar’s year will soon expire.

Doing this job for a few years has ways of changing what you thought you knew.

The vehicle that popularized the term “cute ute” would become a sales juggernaut.

The Lexus IS 500 boils down to a simple question: how much can one excellent aspect make up for the rest of the package?

If you see a Land Rover Defender 110 wearing a badge that features a black diamond within a circle: do not race it. This is the 2026 Land Rover Defender OCTA and it is unlike any Defender that came before it.

“Do more with less.”

If this 2025 Jeep Wrangler Sport S 2-Door had a scientific name, I’m positive it would be Jeep Jeep. You know, like bison bison.

Modern full-size trucks are pointless for most people.

Cadillac is more daring and adventurous now than any other point in my lifetime.

VALENCIA, SPAIN—Affordability is on everybody’s minds, including those at Kia.

What else can be said about the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata?

A lot of romanticizing has been done about the first three Acura Integra generations. Specifically, though, it was the hatchbacked two-door versions with manual transmissions and ideally the letters GS-R tacked to the back that made car enthusiasts giddy. The rest of the Integra lineup was certainly cooler and more premium than the average compact car, but they weren’t all enthusiast darlings. They had four-speed automatics and could have letters RS or LS on the back, too. Heck, my mother owned one. And then my aunt.

SOTOGRANDE, SPAIN—“All-new” is one of the most overused terms in the automotive industry, right up there with “dynamic” and “no-compromise.” It’s rarely accurate, either.

As automotive slogans go, “the relentless pursuit of perfection” was a great one.

One of the best aspects of our job is the wide variety of vehicles we get to test and evaluate. Driving supercars and off-road monsters is fun, but so is finding a gem of an everyday vehicle. A daily driver that does everything it’s supposed to and does it well. Especially one that flies under the radar, like the 2025 GMC Terrain Denali.

Collaborations between automakers and fashion designers are nothing new. For decades there have been co-branded special edition vehicles like the AMC Gremlin Levi’s, Subaru Outback LL Bean, Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, and Smart ForJeremy.

Sedona, AZ – The plan was simple - head to the desert. It would be a warm, dry, great place to test the new, seventh-generation, 2026 Subaru Outback. Mother Nature, however, wasn’t on board.

The Maverick Lobo is the spiritual successor to the sport trucks of the 1980s and 90s, which Gen Xers will wistfully recall. Their kids, many of whom are now old enough to drive, will have no idea what Dad is talking about, but will also find the Maverick Lobo pretty neat. I spent a week in the head-turning Velocity Blue Maverick Lobo this fall, giving ‘truck month’ a sportier vibe.

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz blurs the line between SUV and pickup, leaning into its identity as a compact crossover with a truck bed—a combination that delivers “business up front, party in the back” energy.

The Jeep Wagoneer, formerly just Wagoneer, won’t live on past this year. There was always a bit of confusion between the Wagoneer and the Grand Wagoneer, each of which is available in two different lengths and offered in various trims. Power, options, and pricing had various intersection points between the two models, muddying the separation. 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – There’s an old Kenny Chesney song that opens with the narrative of a man in the ubiquitous Virginia is for Lovers T-shirt. The subject has a bible in his left hand and a bottle in the other. If Kenny’s right, all we really get is the sunshine and our name. And when it starts to rain, you sure as hell better have a sense of humor.

There once was a time when anything less than a V8 in an AMG was near blasphemy. And a hybrid in an AMG, well, let’s not even talk about that.

You’re tired of waiting.

The AutoGuide Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from the car world, including family life, car buying advice, commuting tips, and car culture.

Hockley Valley, ON—One of the last things the BMW M2 needed was more power. And that’s especially true on days like today.

Phoenix, AZ - Where have all the cars gone? It’s a question we’ve covered plenty of times here at AutoGuide. With the unrelenting love affair North Americans have for SUVs and crossovers, conventional cars continue to fall by the wayside. It seems every week those high-riding utility vehicles claim another sedan victim.

Bologna, Italy – The arrival of a new Lamborghini is cause for fanfare and celebration. It’s not often the manufacturer produces an all-new car, especially one as radically different as the 2025 Lamborghini Temerario.

The AutoGuide Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from the car world, including family life, car buying advice, commuting tips, and car culture.

The Polestar 4 is finally ready to whirr onto American roads two years after it debuted and a year after the original plan. The arrival restores the two-model lineup—after Polestar stopped selling the 2 here—and it gives the brand a five-seat midsize crossover entrant below the larger, $67,500 Polestar 3.

It takes all of three blocks for me to pull over.

It’s nice to be right.

Hyundai may be the grittiest automaker around today. If the manufacturer wants to do something, the manufacturer will do it.

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON—Does any other brand do long product cycles better than Volvo?

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—Who is the 2026 Toyota RAV4 GR Sport for?

This is easily the most important launch of the year. Get ready to see a whole lot of the 2026 Toyota RAV4 on roads near you, the latest version of America’s—and Canada’s—favorite SUV.

Range Rover is one of the best known automotive brands in the world, and the company's SUVs are easy to identify as the styling never changes all that much. To keep things fresh though, Range Rover continues to offer special editions of the manufacturer's products like this, the SV Edition 2.

SONOMA, CA—You’ll miss it when it’s gone.

“What’s a Genesis?”

Even for Quebec, this is a lot of snow.

The Super Sport SS badge has a long, and somewhat muddled history at Chevrolet. When it first appeared on the Impala in the early 1960s, it represented the top performance trim of that car’s lineup. Throughout the ‘60s and early ‘70s, Chevys with SS badges were not to be messed with on the street.

Sophomore slump or comeback of the year?

SAN DIEGO, CA—When you’re out on the trail, the sense of scale goes out the window.

The on-paper recipe was basically perfect.

It’s not the most glamorous vacation vehicle, but it makes the most sense.

We’ve completed the side quest. The mission to drive all the MINI models that have been heavily updated over the past two years. The Countryman SE ALL4, the regular gas-powered Countryman, the Cooper S Convertible, the MINI Cooper JCW, the Cooper 2-Door, and now the MINI Cooper S 4-Door (or 5-Door if you live in Canada).

Bobcaygeon, ON - What is the Jeep Gladiator? Is it a Wrangler, a pickup truck, or something entirely different?