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The 2026 SUV market features a notable redesign with the hybrid-only Toyota RAV4 as well as all-new EVs like the Rivian R2 and Subaru Trailseeker. Favorites like the Hyundai Palisade and Kia Telluride also get significant redesigns.

A rocky year for the automotive industry has meant the end of the road for some models and a couple of trim levels, as well as murkiness for the fate of some others.

Hyundai is pausing production of its Kona Electric for the 2026 model year, and Kia is pulling the plug on its Niro plug-in hybrid from the U.S. market.

Along with crash tests, safety features and accommodation of family members and their gear, we consider family-friendly features, car-seat fitment and overall excellence.

In addition to overall excellence, we pay extra attention to the aspects with which many EVs stumble, such as efficiency, intuitive controls and charging speed.

Cars.com’s editors share what they’d like to see — and what they wouldn’t —in Toyota’s new three-row SUV, which will be revealed Feb. 10.

Vision Pulse uses ultra-wideband technology to expand a vehicle’s field of vision through obstacles including buildings and other road users.

Slow sales, impending tariffs and a shifting electrified-vehicle landscape are to blame for many of these canceled models and trims.

Read on to learn five things we like about the refreshed Kia Sorento and two things we don’t after time spent driving one.

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 84,300 vehicles for software errors in instrument panel displays.