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Two years after Rivian announced the midsize R2 SUV would be built at its Normal, Illinois, plant, the first versions of the potentially game-changing EV are packaged, priced and getting ready to roll off the line this spring, the company announced Thursday.

Starting prices range from $45,000 to $58,000 — substantially lower than its full-...Read more

It has been a bumpy road for the electric vehicle market as declining federal support and plateauing public interest have eaten away at sales.

But EV sellers could soon receive a boost from an unexpected source: The war in Iran is pushing up gas prices.

As Americans look to save money at the pump, more will consider switching to an electric or...Read more

What's the difference between the Mazda CX-70 and the Mazda CX-90 -- other than the latter having three rows while the former has two?

Next to nothing.

And that's not a bad thing.

What It Is

The CX-70 is the two-row iteration of the CX-90. Or you could say the CX-90 is the three-row iteration of the CX-70. It amounts to the same thing as ...Read more

Some of the least well-known new cars are among the ones most looking into. The catch: If you don't know it exists, it's not likely you'll be looking into it.

One of these is Volvo's V90 wagon.

In the first place because it's a wagon -- rather than another crossover. In the second, because it's priced thousands less than the better-...Read more

It's gotten so that you almost can't find a standard (or even optional) V6 engine in a new midsize pickup anymore.

The Honda Ridgeline is one of just two that still comes standard with one. The rest no longer even offer one. And the Ridgeline's not really a pickup. At least not by the usual standards.

But that's not necessarily a...Read more

A strange thing has happened to what used to be compact -- and affordable -- trucks like the Ford Ranger and its rivals. They have grown in size to the extent that they are now nearly as big as full-size trucks used to be -- and they have become twice as expensive as compact trucks used to be as recently as about 10 years ago, when all the small...Read more

Luxury-brand (and luxury-priced) vehicles have -- arguably -- been diminished by the fact that many of them have the same size and type of engine that non-luxury-brand vehicles have.

That size and type being a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.

The Cadillac XT5 also comes with one of those. But -- for the moment -- it is also still ...Read more

Nissan has had trouble selling its electric vehicles -- the Leaf and Ariya (the latter was just recently canceled). Sales are down 94%. Probably because EVs are too expensive and too impractical for most people.

The Kicks is neither.

Which probably explains why it does sell.

What It Is

The Kicks is Nissan's smallest -- and most affordable --...Read more

The Chevy Colorado is simpler to buy than it was a few years ago -- because now it only comes in one configuration -- crew cab, with a 5-foot bed -- and with just one engine, a turbocharged four.

This truck used to be available in extended cab or crew cab configurations, and you used to be able to pick from three different engines, ranging from...Read more

Would you pay $8,800 more to get a Honda HR-V with less engine but more power? What if it were badged as an Acura -- and came standard with a larger touch screen than you'd get in the Honda?

Behold, the Acura ADX!

But is it worth almost $9,000 more than an HR-V?

What It Is

The ADX is Acura's smallest, least expensive model. It's a ...Read more

Electric vehicles have brought something back to the lower end of the new car market that's been absent from that end of the market for decades:

Rear-wheel drive.

It was once common for even economy cars to be rear-wheel drive. Examples include the Ford Pinto, Chevy Chevette and Datsun B210. Front-wheel drive became standard in pretty much ...Read more