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2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Review: Setting a New Standard

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (561+ words) Published Aug 20, 2025 10: 00 AM EDT No other vehicle in this segment combines everything the Escalade IQ does, and it further shows why Cadillac is having its best moment in 20 years. Despite the appendage to the name, the IQ still looks like…...

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Electric Truck Battery Demand Increased More Than 70% Last Year, Future Is Uncertain

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (455+ words) Caleb Jacobs is The Drive's senior editor. When he's not searching for stories or poring over copy, he's usually driving his dump truck or wishing it was running so he could drive it. He was born and raised in the…...

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2027 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport: The Goldilocks Spec Returns With New LS6 and Z06 Aero

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (314+ words) Published Mar 26, 2026 10: 00 AM EDT Chevy dumped a whole pile of 2027 Corvette news on us this week, and while the introduction of a new V8 may be the big story for most, the upcoming model year also marks the return of one…...

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2026 Infiniti QX80 Review: Not Quite an Armada or an Escalade

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (605+ words) Published Apr 10, 2026 12: 39 PM EDT When the redesigned Infiniti QX80 launched two years ago, our review called it a moon shot, and a successful one at that. But the Earth keeps spinning. Lincoln has a new Navigator, and both Cadillac and Jeep…...

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AI Is Coming for Car Salesmen and Let's Be Real, It Makes Perfect Sense

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (604+ words) Published Apr 9, 2026 4: 18 PM EDT An auto dealer software company is pitching AI-powered kiosks designed to replace car salesmen on showroom floors. Automotive News says the industry is "skeptical." But be honest'would you really rather deal with the average car lot…...

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Artiga, Jacama, Avatar? Get a Load of the Rejected Names for Acura

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (422+ words) The Drive Imagine an alternate timeline where Honda's luxury brand shared a name with blue aliens. Acura turns 40 this year, and accompanying a press release marking that milestone was a list of proposed names for the brand, which was introduced…...

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How GM Used Virtual Crash Testing To Bring Back the Chevy Bolt so Quickly

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) The Drive Getting the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV to showrooms after it was killed and resurrected required a lot of creativity. General Motors' flip-flop on the affordable EV meant moving an assembly line and hoarding parts to build prototypes in order…...

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But How? Russian Mechanics Convert Subaru Boxer Engine Into Inline-Four

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (237+ words) Published Mar 28, 2026 1: 00 PM EDT If an engine has four cylinders, chances are they're arranged in-line'unless that engine was made by Subaru, of course. A boxer-four is second only to all-wheel drive as a Subaru calling card. But the mad Russians…...

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Driven: Kumho Solus 4 S HA32 Solves the Seasonal Tire Swap Headache

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (600+ words) Published Mar 24, 2026 5: 34 PM EDT This tire review is focused on real-world driving impressions, feel, and feedback'vibes over VBOX numbers. And hey, Kumho is offering an $80 rebate in the form of a prepaid Master Card gift card if you buy a…...

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Handy Info Comic Teaches Newbies How to (Not) Buy a Car

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (482+ words) Published Mar 5, 2026 12: 38 PM EST I was fortunate as a teenager when my parents bought my first car. Actually, it was a truck'a 1996 Ford F-250 with the 7. 3-liter Power Stroke. But when I eventually moved on from that rig and decided to…...