Quoth Huey Lewis (of the News fame): “New York, New York is everything they say and no place that I’d rather be.” Truer words could scarcely have been spoken in reference to the last major auto exhibition of the 2018 season: Automakers, quite unexpectedly, held back some of their biggest new-model debuts, either in quality or in quantity, to go out on a high note at the 2018 New York International Auto Show — and Cars.com’s team of automotive journalists was there to ford the flood.
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Some of the most exciting unveilings weren’t necessarily from the most exciting cars, but instead from 2019 incarnations of top-selling nameplates like the Toyota RAV4, Subaru Forester and Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs, Nissan Altima sedan and even a sporty-looking hatchback version of the Toyota Corolla.
All-new models were well-represented, too, with high-profile bows by the 2019 Cadillac XT4 and Lexus UX SUVs, Genesis G70 sedan — and the pretty fantastic Lincoln Aviator SUV, technically not a production vehicle but very close to being in its final form.
