Lexus

For 2025, the Lexus LX features the LX 700h, a highly capable off-roader with a hybrid powertrain and a starting price even nearer to — if not beyond — six figures.

Little changes for the 2025 Lexus IS, and a yellow-themed Special Appearance Package available on the IS 500 is limited to just 180 cars.

Aside from a new paint color, a carbon-fiber scuff plate for the hybrid’s Sport Package and new roof-color options for the convertible, the car is otherwise unchanged.

Between the Grand Highlander and TX, there are some 158,000 vehicles that will need to be repaired. Production is expected to resume by the end of October.

Consumer Reports, which has been ranking new-car reliability for years, has released its first-ever ranking of used cars that are 5 to 10 years old.

The 2024 U.S. Tech Experience Index Study suggests buyers of new vehicles are “becoming overwhelmed with technology features that don’t solve a problem, don’t work, are difficult to use or are just too limited in functionality.”

The mid-size RX SUV gains a standard 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a couple of new design packages, but it’s otherwise unchanged.

Cars.com’s 2024 Best Cars for Car Seats list compiles a year’s worth of our Car Seat Checks in 56 vehicles, six of which made our honor roll.

Some automakers furnish complimentary maintenance programs that last anywhere from one to five years from when the car was new, but there are limitations.

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.