Car Reviews

Last year was a busy year for the Polaris Slingshot. Fresh off a styling refresh, complete with interior refinements and software upgrades, 2026 is far from a rest year for America’s favorite three-wheeler. With two new trims in the top end of the lineup packed with features, it’s quite the opposite. This is the 2026 Slingshot Signature Edition and Slingshot Grand Touring, the new apex of a decade-old lineage.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2025 Chevrolet Suburban High Country for your perusal.

Introduced back in 2020, the DBX became the best-selling model in Aston Martin’s lineup shortly thereafter, proving once again that while sports coupes might be nice to look at and fun to drive on a good road, it’s the SUVs that ensure an automaker’s checks clear.

The wait is over, the Honda Prelude is back and I had the chance to get behind the wheel and take it for a spin.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a review of the 2026 Nissan Sentra SR for you all.

The flagship of the Kia lineup, the three-row Telluride has been a big hit for the Korean brand since its 2020 debut. Unlike many new models, the popularity of the Telluride never waned, with sales increasing every year since its launch.

Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the 2026 Infiniti QX80 Sport.

The 2026 Acura MDX Type S Advance brings flagship performance to the luxury SUV segment, and Drive Culture viewers will appreciate how aggressively this model leans into its sport‑focused identity.

With the 2026 Trailseeker—its third all-electric model—Subaru is finally getting to the point in its electrification journey where it can make something a bit more niche.

Subaru’s EV lineup is hitting a growth spurt, and once again we have Toyota to thank for that.

Friend of the site Robin Warner has a drive of the 2026 Honda Passport Trail Sport.

Have you ever tried to build and price a Jeep Grand Cherokee online and found your head spinning at all the trim choices? If so, Jeep and Stellantis will be happy to show you that the 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee L have a simplified trim walk.

Oh, and they'll happily tout the new Hurricane engine, as well.

Some folks in the car community - perhaps rightly so - have a certain perception of Mazda. These are the folks who make the Miata. The folks who, God willing, always will. Everything else is in orbit of this Miata-centric theory of the Mazda universe. Another reality exists, though, and to continue to shoehorn this heliocentric analogy in, we’ll place the CX-5 at the center of the Mazda universe.

The 2015 Honda CR-Z HPD Edition is a unique and intriguing vehicle that sparked the interest of many Honda enthusiasts and performance car fans.

After a hiatus of three model years, the compact/midsize SUV is back at Jeep -- meet the hybrid-only 2026 Jeep Cherokee.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a 2025 Ford Bronco Heritage video review for you.

The 2025 Acura ADX A‑Spec AWD brings serious attitude to the premium subcompact SUV class.

The 2025 Audi SQ5 is a luxury SUV that embodies the perfect blend of performance and sophistication, making it a sneaky fast SUV that can leave many cars in its dust.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2026 Volvo XC60.

Today, friend of TTAC Connie Peters has a video review of the 2026 Genesis G90 Prestige Black.

Friend of the site Robin Warner has a video review of the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid for your perusal.

Extra-outdoorsy trim levels are all the rage these days. More rugged styling bits are a must, while all-terrain tires represent the bare minimum amount of effort to increase actual capability.

The 2025 Ford F-150 3.5L Powerboost Hybrid Platinum is one bougie pick-up truck.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a review of the 2026 GMC Terrain AT4 for us.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2025 Polestar 3 for us.

The art of creating the sleeper car has always been tricky. How does an automaker come up with a car that's comfortable for commuting, fuel efficient, and practical, and also set it up to be ready to play on the back roads should the driver get a wild hair?

Ask Volkswagen, because whatever formula the company has applied to the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta GLI works quite well.

The retro styling, the boxy shape, the unique interior, the Grenadier is very cool, in my opinion. I wasn't disappointed in the driver experience either. I took the Grenadier on a circuit track and on an off-road course at an event this Spring and the Grenadier is simply made for off-road drives.

Polestar just launched its fourth car unto the U.S. market, hence the Polestar 4 name. But despite the name, in actuality the car lines up between the Polestar 2 and 3 in terms of size and price. Polestar calls it a "crossover SUV coupe.” It looks a lot like a fastback sedan to me. But, in fairness, the Government agrees, classifying it as a standard sport utility vehicle 4wd. 

Nissan's first Kicks was, unique styling aside, was a bit of a letdown. The 2025 Nissan Kicks addresses what needed to be addressed -- it's a much better effort in the inexpensive compact-crossover class.

Today, friend of the site Connie Peters has a review of the 2026 Kia Sportage for us. She covers both the ICE and hybrid powertrains.

We're doing another edition of Drive Notes -- a capsule review of a car myself or a staffer drove that doesn't quite need a full review.

Today it's a 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Rally -- and yes, it is a 2024 but I drove it deep into 2025. Sometimes cars stick around for a while, and it's still worth a write-up for used-car shoppers. Not to mention that sometimes models carry over virtually unchanged.

Welcome to another edition of Drive Notes, which is where we provide a capsule review to a car that doesn't need the full-review treatment.

Up today -- a 2024 Ford Bronco Sport Freewheeling that I drove earlier this year. Yes, it's a 2024 -- sometimes they are in the fleet for a while. This one was obviously a limited-edition trim, but lightly-used ones are out there on the market.

Odd ducks can be fun -- even if the use case doesn't quite make sense. So it goes with the 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 43.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has another review for you. Today it's the 2025 Nissan Armada PRO-4X.

Nissan names its off-road friendliest truck the Pro-4X.

The 2026 Subaru Outback is here. And it's very much what you'd expect -- in both ways good and bad.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2026 Honda Passport Trailsport for you.

Perhaps you can compare it to our first drive for some point/counterpoint.

Volkswagen introduced the third-generation VW Tiguan to the U.S. for 2025. It includes a re-tuned turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with more power. An updated, lighter weight platform.

Friend of TTAC Connie Peters reviews the 2026 Mazda MX-5 Miata and RF hardtop. That latter one might be of interest with winter coming.

Hyundai has a hit on its hands with the Palisade three-row crossover SUV. Since it arrived for the 2020 model year, it’s been quiet, comfortable, and roomy, all while delivering a class-above luxury experience. For its second generation launched with the 2026 model year, it is larger and even more comfortable, but in the powertrain department Hyundai made it worse only to make it better.

The 2026 Honda HR-V AWD Sport is a top contender in the small SUV market, offering a unique blend of style, performance, and functionality.

The 2026 Nissan Sentra looks quite different than the 2025 version. Yet, underneath, it's relatively unchanged. Which leads to ask -- does this blend of new and preexisting lead to a more-desirable result or just more of the same?

Friend of TTAC Connie Peters has just driven the 2025 Ford Expedition King Ranch. Her thoughts are below.

Polestar got its start as a Swedish racing team in the 1990s. It then became a Volvo tuner, and was purchased by Volvo in 2015 and turned into the functional equivalent of a BMW M or Mercedes AMG performance arm for the brand. It’s now its own EV company, with ties to both Volvo and the Chinese company Geely, but its performance tradition carries on.

Friend of TTAC Robin Warner has a review of the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado for you.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a review of the all-new 2026 Toyota RAV4 out.

Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the 2026 Honda CR-V Hybrid Trailsport.

The Corolla Cross, a best selling small SUV from Toyota gets some light updates for 2026 including new styling on both the gas and hybrid models. 

Honda now offers seven trims of CR-V for 2026. Four of them make use of a hybrid powertrain, including the new CR-V TrailSport. The other three continue to motor along with a turbocharged 1.5-liter I-4 engine that pumps out a respectable 190 horsepower and 179 lb.-ft of torque. From there, it channels through a continuously variable transmission and on to the front- or all-four wheels. Is that still enough for the highly competitive, compact crossover market in 2026? 

The Vistiq is smaller and less expensive than the Escalade IQ with plenty of the same luxury. Which one's for you?

Step into the world of Japanese automotive royalty with this deep dive into the iconic 2000 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34—a machine that redefined performance and style in the late ’90s and early 2000s and continues to dominate hearts today.

Your humble author's experience with helming water-based vehicles has been, heretofore, limited.

I've piloted a few boats on open water. I've kayaked shallow water in the Caribbean. Done some white-water rafting in the Pacific Northwest as part of a group. And that's about it.

Most of my boating experience has been as a passenger, it seems.

So when I was told I'd be piloting a Sea-Doo GTX personal watercraft as part of my trip to Utah to drive some Can-Am side-by-sides, I had questions.

For example, should I be ready to do some swimming?

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2025 Polestar 3 that's worth checking out.

It was shortly after I'd slid off a rock and came too close to some birch trees for comfort that our group, which was in northern Utah to test Can-Am Defender side-by-sides, took a break while a photographer riding along set up his next shot. While we stopped, our local guide wandered over, grinned at me, and, referring to the slide that nearly, but not quite, ended with me in the trees, said "Puckered your butt, didn't it?"

Subaru has long been building a reputation as a purveyor of practical cars with off-road utility. Some models even have Wilderness trims that are quite capable when the road goes away.

But not every buyer wants to get that wild. Enter cars like the 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid.

Friend of the site Connie Peters has a video review of the 2025 BMW Z4 M40i for us -- the one with the manual.

Subarus are known for being plenty capable in the great outdoors, and we all know that the brand tends to move a lot of metal in states that have a high percentage of people who like to play outside. If you travel to New England, Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, even parts of California, you'll see that Subarus are the vehicle of choice.

That said, most auto-industry observers know that some car buyers select models that are highly capable off-road but never venture beyond Trader Joe's.

Enter the 2026 Subaru Forester Wilderness. You may never, ever feel the pull to take it past the daycare drop-off line, but should you want/need to tackle a difficult trailhead or clamber over a few rocks, well, this rig is more than capable.

In this Review, I drive the top of the line Calligraphy around a wide variety of roads and then head off road in the new for 2026 XRT Pro.

The Audi S5 has been a staple of performance and luxury in the automotive world, but with the current SUV market dominating the sales charts, the question remains, is the all-new model enough to make a statement?

Friend of TTAC Robin Warner is here to help you figure out which version of the 2026 Toyota Camry is right for you.