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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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The 2024 Tiguan Wolfsburg Edition is based on the SE and features unique exterior and interior accents.
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The Compass isn’t changing for the 2025 model year — aside from a new color, which will be available later in the year — even down to its starting price.
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Audi’s subcompact Q3 SUV receives only an optional visual upgrade for the 2025 model year, which is the current generation’s seventh year on the market.
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Families looking to go electric with their kid bus can now rest assured that the EV9 will protect their brood, as it has been named a Top Safety Pick.
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Entering its sixth model year, the Hyundai Palisade largely holds the line on pricing for 2025, which increases just a few hundred dollars for most trim levels over 2024.
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The Kia Sorento rolls into 2025 largely unchanged; it only gets black badging for the X-Line and X-Pro trims as well as a new gray exterior color choice.
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Honda is giving its segment-leading minivan a mid-cycle face-lift consisting of a new grille, fresh front and rear styling, and updated tech inside.
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The 2025 Infiniti QX60 gets a new Black Edition Package and big changes under the hood for the new model year.
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Hyundai refreshed its bestselling Tucson for the 2025 model year, though the little exterior nip and tuck is of far less interest than the updated interior.
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Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Starbucks in an initiative that will install public DC fast-charging stations at 100 locations along Interstate 5.