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Ford redesigned its popular compact SUV, the Escape, for the 2020 model year, and Cars.com drove multiple examples at a media preview in Kentucky. Here’s our first take.
Mini’s original small, sporty model still proves massively entertaining, but it’s getting pricey for what it delivers.
The 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is stylish, nimble and capable — and that may be enough for many to overlook its lack of space, hard-to-use multimedia system and controls, and balky powertrain.
The Kia Optima overcomes a hit-and-miss driving experience with value galore, especially now that Kia has added much-needed standard safety features for 2019.
The Edge has excellent ride-and-handling balance along with sophisticated driver-assistance and multimedia tech, but its interior quality lags its price, and all but the ST model need more power.
The much-improved 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan has most of the underpinnings, amped-up tech and nicer trim previewed on the 2019 Corolla Hatchback — but iadds a legitimate backseat and trunk.
The new 2020 Subaru Outback may not look terribly new, but it is — and it’s the best one Subaru has ever made.
The 2020 Lexus RC F Track Edition marks the fourth version of Lexus’ performance coupe that I’ve tested, and it’s also the most special. Did it make me fall in love with the RC? Read on to find out.
Although our time in the 2020 Volvo V60 Cross Country was brief, we came away with high hopes.
The 2020 Volvo XC60 sees a bunch of small tweaks for the new model year, but there is one big change for 2020: the new Polestar Engineered trim. Find out how it drives here.