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For all the success the Prius has enjoyed, Toyota has struggled to create a winning small hybrid for Lexus. Perhaps you remember the HS250h sedan, or the CT200h hatchback? If not, you’re not alone. Since 2019, however, the UX has been the Lexus for buyers with Prius sensibilities and caviar tastes. Last year the UX went exclusively hybrid, dropping the nonhybrid UX200, and a front-wheel-drive UX250h model joined the previously available all-wheel-drive version.In contrast to the brand’s previous…
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High-performance SUVs are an extroverted, braggadocious bunch—qualities somewhat at odds with Land Rover Range Rover’s genteel image. When the third-generation Range Rover Sport launched for 2023, it did so without a hi-po model, as the top offering was the extra-luxe First Edition. This year, the First Edition is gone, and the Range Rover Sport instead does some chest-thumping with the new SV Edition One.This is the full-on max-performance variant, akin to the SVR in the previous-gen Range Rove…
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The mid-size RX crossover SUV isn’t the model that established the Lexus brand’s bona fides—that would be the Mercedes S-class–baiting LS400 luxury sedan—but once it arrived, the RX quickly became the sales hero of the lineup. That’s a position it retains to this day. The current-gen RX is only in its second year, and the big news for 2024 is the arrival of a plug-in-hybrid version, the RX450h+ (which we will hereafter shorten to RX450h, because arithmetic symbols do not belong in automobile mod…
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Now in its sixth year, the XT4, Cadillac’s smallest and most affordable SUV offering, has grown to become the brand’s third-bestselling model, and yet it lives in the literal shadow of the Escalade and gets just a fraction of the attention garnered by the pavement-scorching Blackwing sedans. Such is life for subcompact luxury crossovers: leased often, loved rarely. Cadillac hasn’t done a whole lot to stoke the fire since the model’s 2019 launch, with revisions since then limited mostly to equipm…
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While the auto market embraces SUVs with both hands, we still carry a torch for sports sedans, and that genre remains well represented among premium nameplates. The group’s sales leaders—the BMW 3-series, followed closely by the Mercedes-Benz C-class—could be seen as the sport and luxury bookends of the segment, with the Genesis G70 falling somewhere in between. The G70, though, impressed us out of the box, winning a 10Best award in 2019. Since its inception, Genesis’s smallest sedan has always…
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Now in its fourth model year, Volvo’s battery-powered XC40 Recharge—the brand’s spearhead into the EV market—sees its first major change with the arrival of a rear-drive, single-motor model. Until now, the XC40 Recharge—and its slope-roofed, EV-only sibling, the C40—has been available exclusively with a muscled-up, dual-motor powertrain boasting 402 horsepower. The XC40 Recharge Single Motor, as it’s called, trades a bunch of those ponies for better range and a lower price point, but those benef…
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The hybridization of the BMW X5 proceeds apace. The addition of a 48-volt hybrid-assist system means that the standard six-cylinder X5, the hi-po V-8 version, and even the X5 M are all technically hybrids. The plug-in-hybrid X5 remains the gas-electric headliner, however, and for 2024, BMW has brought significant enhancements to both sides of the PHEV X5’s bifurcated powertrain.A turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six again forms the basis of the PHEV’s powertrain, but it’s been significantly revampe…
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From the January 2024 issue of Car and Driver.A performance car that can fry your synapses on a canyon run or a high-speed blast down an empty highway is a thrill, but what about one that can do that and elevate everyday driving into something special—one with a chassis that combines responsive handling with a livable ride and a spirited powertrain with commute-friendly fuel economy? Add a four-adult cabin and the versatility to carry a good bit of cargo, and a do-it-all machine like that could…
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From the January 2024 issue of Car and Driver.As the SUV-ification of the auto market continues unabated and mega-horsepower EVs quickly become the new hotness in the high-performance space, the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 look more and more like outliers. Small, light, naturally aspirated, and manually shifted, this delightfully analog duo flies in the face of many current trends, and they’re all the better for it. Not merely a tonic to prevailing winds, these sports cars are exciting in their o…
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This car set a record for a Ferrari sale price at auction.It’s the only 1962 GTO campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari.The auction took place at RM Sotheby’s in New York on November 13, 2023.There’s a new most-expensive Ferrari and, yes, it’s a 250 GTO. This 1962 example was just sold by RM Sotheby’s for $51,705,000. This result eclipses former headline-making Ferrari sales, including a $48.4 million 250 GTO 2018 Monterey sale, an ex-Stirling Moss 1957 335S that brought $35.8 million in 2016, and a $38…
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The Volkswagen Bus hogs the vintage-van limelight, but Chevy, Dodge, and Ford also made flat-nose vans in the 1960s.A 1965 Chevrolet G10 panel van is a much rarer sight today than a VW Microbus.This Chevy van is sharply restored, and its Goodyear graphics are vinyl appliques, which means can should be easy to remove and replace with those of the new owner’s business, or just leave the sides blank.The 1960s flat-nose van was once a ubiquitous sight, although they were such workaday vehicles that…
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