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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 Subaru Ascent is inching upmarket for the 2025 model year, dropping 2024’s Base trim level and adding two new trims in its place, plus a number of standard safety features.

The new-for-2024 Subaru WRX TR trim brings a sharper edge to the regular WRX — for better and for worse.

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.

For 2024, Porsche takes the top spot for premium brands as well as the overall crown, with Mini taking the honors among mass-market brands.

Seven out of eight SUVs tested in a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study performed well in rear crash prevention tests.

Here are vehicle brands offering retail buyers some level of complimentary scheduled maintenance for the 2024 model year.

This year’s study is based on responses from 99,144 buyers and lessees of new model-year 2024 vehicles, and respondents were surveyed 90 days after acquiring their vehicles.

While the 2024 Subaru Ascent might appeal to brand loyalists, its snug interior, lackluster fuel economy and frustrating tech prove the three-row SUV is in need of an overhaul.