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Model-year 2025 examples of the Audi Q6 e-Tron, Buick Enclave and Nissan Armada have emerged from a recent round of crash testing crowned as IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award winners.

Cars.com scoured its current vehicle listings and found the best vehicles in different types and sizes with median list prices of around $10,000.

Porsche and Subaru earned the top spots in the premium and mass-market segments, respectively, in the 2025 J.D. Power U.S. Customer Service Index Study.

The 2025 Buick Encore GX Avenir is unlikely to disappoint buyers, but it feels equally unlikely to delight them: It’s a competently executed vehicle with upscale looks, but it does little to stand out.

Read on to see which vehicles and brands rose to the top of J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study in terms of reliability.

The auto-industry analysts at J.D. Power say vehicles built during the COVID-19 pandemic are more problematic than those manufactured any year since 2009.

Wheel warming has gone mainstream, with the feature standard or optional not just on luxury vehicles, but on an increasing number of models with sticker prices of $40,000 or less.

Of 30 vehicles subject to the new test in the agency’s latest front crash evaluation, 22 rated good or acceptable.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

For the first time ever, Subaru gets the crown of most dependable brand for Consumer Reports’ annual Auto Reliability Survey.