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Jared Gall

Contributor Jared Gall lucked into an internship at a car magazine when he was still in high school and has been writing about cars for 20 years. He has driven everything from semitrailers and school buses to off-road race buggies and hypercars. Jared is now a hermit with two dogs named after trucks and has an abiding love for the Subaru Baja.

Articles by Jared Gall

After a face-lift for the 2025 model year that tweaked its exterior styling and updated the cabin tech, the Odyssey rolls into 2026 mostly unchanged.
For 2026, the Cadillac Optiq adds a new rear-wheel-drive base powertrain, more power for the AWD version, a new V-Series performance variant and a standard NACS port.
After ditching its entry-level trim-level for the 2025 model year, the Ascent’s base price leaps $830 for 2026.
For 2026, Toyota isn’t changing much beyond dropping the 2025 Corolla sedan’s sporty-looking FX Edition but adding standard blind spot monitors and rear cross-traffic alert across the lineup, as well as a new 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster on the XSE and hybrid XLE trim levels.
Though the criteria for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest honor are more strict, both the Tesla Model Y and Volvo XC90 Plug-in Hybrid SUVs have earned the agency’s highest honor, Top Safety Pick+.
The revived Prelude hybrid sports coupe will ride on the full suspension found under the track-rat Civic Type R.
Toyota’s Tundra pickup truck rolls into its fifth model year since a major redesign with wider availability of some interior and exterior options and new upholstery for a few of its pricier trim levels.
The 2026 Uncharted EV is the third shared product Subaru and Toyota have launched in as many months.
Available to new buyers and current owners, the three-tiered Hyundai Rewards program nets customers discounts on new vehicles and Hyundai’s Bluelink connected-services subscriptions.
The new Rivian navigation with Google Maps takes the functions of the leading navigation platform and cloaks it in Rivian graphics.