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With more conventional styling and a longer range, the redesigned 2018 Nissan Leaf all-electric hatchback is more mainstream and practical than ever, but Nissan missed an opportunity to fix some of its glaring shortcomings.

By Mike Hanley
Senior Road Test Editor
The Outlander is an affordable way to carry seven people, but it lacks the refinement and features of other family-haulers.

By Brian Wong
L.A. Bureau Chief
Infiniti has given its big flagship SUV, the QX80, yet another update in this
current generation. Does that make it worth your while as a shopper?

By Kelsey Mays
Assistant Managing Editor-News
The LX 570 is old-school in good ways and bad ways, with a luxurious interior and real SUV capability, but it needs cabin and technology updates.

By Brian Wong
L.A. Bureau Chief
Big, bold and fully updated, the Expedition has the goods to take the sales crown away from the Chevrolet Tahoe.

By Aaron Bragman
Detroit Bureau Chief
The Mirage GT has some surprising features for its price, but once you’re driving you won’t forget what’s missing.

By Brian Wong
L.A. Bureau Chief
The RS 3 has all the ingredients, but the final dish doesn’t offer the
performance its price tag suggests.

By Brian Wong
L.A. Bureau Chief
The Golf SportWagen artfully meshes utility and fun into one vehicle.

By Brian Wong
L.A. Bureau Chief
Affordable subcompact cars are seldom a class consumers want to shop, but if budget or size constraints land you there, the redesigned Hyundai Accent is a prudent, if unexciting, choice.

By Kelsey Mays
Assistant Managing Editor-News
SUVs are hotter than goat yoga, but what's trending the other way are sedans, and although the 2018 Volkswagen Passat doesn’t exactly excite, its consistent pleasantness won me over.

By Jennifer Geiger
News Editor