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Automakers and workers are teed up for what each side views as a fight for existence — with cobots in the middle and already operating inside General Motors Co's Factory ZERO in Detroit.

Artificial intelligence, robots and automation took center stage in Detroit during this week's UAW Constitutional Convention and Reindustrialize, an industry...Read more

The 2026 Honda Pilot looks like an SUV. It stands tall, wears rugged-looking tires, and projects the sort of square-jawed confidence usually associated with people who own chainsaws and know how to use them. But spend five minutes with one and you discover it's less the rugged outdoorsman and more of an assistant vice principal. The Pilot isn't ...Read more

Lexus has provided many wins over the years for consumers, chief among them being sedan success with the IS.

Regardless of what others say, this is not an upscale Toyota Camry. The Lexus IS adds the luxurious flare consumers demand and provides power and style while maintaining comfort, exactly what Lexus consumers demand.

With a history of ...Read more

DETROIT — The mainstream three-row SUV class is having a moment. Sexy family haulers? You bet. Check out the rugged Chevy Traverse ZR2, Hyundai Palisade XRT Pro and rock-scaling Honda Pilot TrailSport. Or the hot-rod Dodge Durango Hellcat, Mazda CX-90 inline-6 cylinder and Ford Explorer ST.

Now comes the knockout Kia Telluride X-Pro SX-...Read more

A watershed moment has arrived -- for Volkswagen. This year will be the last year you'll be able to buy any VW with a manual transmission. This includes the Jetta, which (for the next six months) you can still get with a manual six-speed, in the Jetta GLI. Next year, it and every other model VW sells -- including the high-performance Golf...Read more

The least expensive new car you can still buy is also probably one of the least well-known small cars. It is not the Honda Civic. It is not the Toyota Corolla. It is not the Hyundai Elantra.

It is the Elantra's Kia cousin, the K4.

What It Is

The K4 sedan is Kia's least expensive car and also the least expensive new car you can buy, period. It...Read more

What is the difference between an Acura Integra and a Honda Civic? More finely, is there any difference between an Acura Integra and a Honda Civic -- other than the price?

What It Is

The Integra is a sporty small sedan sold under the Acura label that is closely related to the less expensive Honda Civic. There are numerous differences that go ...Read more

Subaru has really rolled the dice with the 2026 Outback. For one, it no longer looks like an Outback -- because it no longer looks like a wagon. It has been restyled to look more like a crossover SUV.

It's also a lot more expensive.

The Outback used to be one of Subaru's more affordable models, with a base price under $30,000.

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There are several things that are unusual about the 2026 Land Rover Defender. The first is that it's available in different wheelbase lengths and two- and four-door body styles -- with seats for as few as five and as many as seven. The second is that it's available with four different engines, including two different V8s (as well as a ...Read more

There are only a few new vehicles you can still buy for less than $23,000 -- and even fewer of them are cars. The Hyundai Venue and the Chevy Trax, currently the least expensive new vehicles at around $21,000 to start, are both crossovers. If you're interested in a new vehicle that isn't a crossover -- and doesn't cost more ...Read more

The Hyundai Palisade and its Kia-badged sibling, the Telluride, have each been hot sellers. Part of the reason why is probably because they're both refreshingly inexpensive -- under $40,000 to start for a full-size, seven-to-eight-passenger crossover being just that these days -- and even more so because for that you get a standard V6 engine, a ...Read more

Lincoln has always been a luxury brand.

Meaning it isn't a luxury-sport brand, which is what pretty much every other luxury brand has turned into over the past 25 years or so. There was a brief dabbling with the luxury-sport thing back in the mid-to-late '80s and into the '90s, with models like the Mark VII LSC sport coupe and the LS ...Read more