10 Biggest News Stories of the Week: Subaru Solterra Outshines Ford Super Duty, Lincoln Nautilus

Have those fake-out TikTok advertisements ever come across your For You Page where they’re like, “We feel really sorry for anyone who purchased such-and-such product … because the price just went from $973 down to 75 cents!” Well, we feel sorry for anyone who purchased a base 2024 Subaru Solterra for $46,340 — because the 2025 model of the all-electric compact SUV starts at just $39,915 (all prices include destination). Don’t swipe up, Solterra owners! We’re just the messengers. But for shoppers who have the Solterra on their list of new-car candidates, we must imagine we’ve captured your attention with one of Cars.com’s most popular news articles of the past week.

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In our pricing report on the 2025 Solterra, you’ll want to note that the latest version of the electric SUV not only offers all of the same features and content, but adds the option of a new range-topping trim — the Touring Onyx Edition — for those who want to put that starting-price savings of $6,500 to good use. The entry-level Solterra Premium starts at $39,915, rising to $43,415 for the Limited trim, $46,415 for the Touring and $46,915 for the Touring Onyx Edition. In other words, you can now buy the second-to-highest trim level for the exact same price as you would’ve paid for the base variant last year — and that’s before up to $7,500 in federal tax credits for purchasing an all-electric vehicle.

For full details on pricing for the 2025 Subaru Solterra — including a trim-by-trim breakdown of features and options — follow the link below to the No. 2 news story on this week’s countdown of most read stories.

As some Solterra owners are likely wishing they could recall their previous purchase in order to benefit from the new cheaper price, hundreds of thousands of car owners out there this week are likely wishing they didn’t have to have their vehicles recalled. Two big federal safety recalls were announced in the past week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, impacting nearly 300,000 Ford Super Duty pickup trucks and nearly 50,000 Lincoln Nautilus SUVs. In the truck recall, affected vehicles include model-year 2020-22 Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 and F-600 trucks and model-year 2021-22 F-650 and F-750 vehicles due to a fuel-pump defect that could result in a dangerous loss of drive power. In the SUV action, model-year 2024-25 Nautilus SUVs are being recalled for a problem with the power windows that could result in occupant arm injuries. In each recall, the automaker will begin informing affected vehicle owners on Jan. 13 about how to get the respective issues repaired for free at a dealership.

For full details on the Ford Super Duty truck and Lincoln Nautilus SUV recalls — including what the specific fix is for each vehicle and who to contact for more information in the meantime — follow the links below to this week’s No. 5 and No. 9 news articles.

Beyond all that, we’ve got headlines on the Nissan Armada, Dodge Charger, Hyundai Palisade and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past week:

1. 2025 Nissan Armada Review: Nissan Builds a Replacement Toyota Land Cruiser 

2. 2025 Subaru Solterra Gets Significantly Lower Starting Price, New Trim 

3. Here Are the 11 Cheapest Electric Vehicles You Can Buy 

4. Electric Cars With the Longest Range 

5. 295,000-Plus Ford Super Duty Trucks Recalled for Failing Fuel Pump 

6. Which Electric Cars Are Still Eligible for the $7,500 Federal Tax Credit? 

7. 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Review: Identity Crisis 

8. Is the 2024 Hyundai Palisade a Good SUV? 6 Pros, 2 Cons 

9. 47,000-Plus Lincoln Nautilus SUVs Recalled Over Pinching Power Windows 

10. Which SUVs, Minivans and Sedans Have the Most Cargo Space?

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