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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.

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For 2025, Toyota is expanding the GR Corolla’s appeal with an available eight-speed automatic transmission.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has bestowed its highest honor on three luxury SUVs, giving the 2025 BMW X5, 2024 Lexus NX and 2024 Volvo XC90 Top Safety Pick+ awards.
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The Kona Electric’s features tweaks to the exterior styling and interior trim, but it’s not a full-on N performance model.
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For 2025, Mazda is shuffling the CX-90 lineup, adding new Premium Sport trim levels with two of the available powertrains.
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The Precision Package changes nothing about the way the Blackwing looks; what changes is only visible from underneath the car and appreciable from behind the wheel.
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The 2025 Lexus UX 300h is more powerful, more efficient and more expensive than the 2024 model.
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For 2025, the Kona doesn’t get any bigger, but its family expands with the addition of two new trim levels.
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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.
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Joining its luxury subsidiary, Infiniti, Nissan is rolling out a plan that will provide free oil changes to buyers of its vehicles.
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Hyundai Tucsons built after March 2024 regain their status as a Top Safety Pick+.