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After repeatedly topping the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s list of most stolen cars in recent years, the Dodge Charger has been replaced in the top 20 of this year’s study by another muscle car.

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.

GM is issuing a recall for more than 132,000 Chevrolet and GMC heavy-duty trucks over an issue with the tailgate.

Another major GM recall affecting diesel-equipped pickup trucks and SUVs involves a transmission control valve that may fail.

For 2024, Porsche takes the top spot for premium brands as well as the overall crown, with Mini taking the honors among mass-market brands.

This year’s study is based on responses from 99,144 buyers and lessees of new model-year 2024 vehicles, and respondents were surveyed 90 days after acquiring their vehicles.

A recall for more than 323,200 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD pickups is out over the risk of unwanted tailgate openings.

Chevrolet is rounding off the Silverado HD’s updates for 2025 with additional standard equipment on many of the six trim levels, new optional features on others and a Trail Boss package.

We drove most of Chevrolet’s new ZR2 trucks for 2024 to see which one we’d most want to take into the desert — and maybe take home afterward.