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Kia Soul: Best Subcompact SUV Fully realized and fun to drive. It’s hard out there for a driver on a budget. New-car prices keep going up, wages remain stagnant, and, based on a cursory Google search of the values of various human body parts, a person needs to sell bone marrow and perhaps a wig’s worth of hair to come...
Over the past year, trucks and SUVs have found themselves in even more households, with SUVs climbing farther up the list of top sellers than ever before, displacing compact cars and mid-size sedans in the process. Rushing to capitalize on the popularity of these vehicles and the higher prices they command, automakers continue to pepper the market with new entries...
Crossovers face off in 0-60-0 mph test When an automaker puts out a video comparing its car to a rival vehicle, you have to approach it with some healthy skepticism. Despite the source, this video of the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace racing against the Tesla Model X has piqued our interest and makes us want to try this for ourselves. During the first part of...
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