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"Give my creation life!" Gene Wilder cried in his eponymous role as "Young Frankenstein," where the young doctor strove to make a bigger, bolder, better version of his monster for a new generation. Mercedes has done something similar but much more serious with the Tuesday unveiling of its latest creation, the fully electric 2025 Mercedes-Benz G ..read more
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Ford is recalling the Maverick and Bronco Sport once again for a battery issue that could stall the vehicles while in motion or prevent them from starting, the NHTSA disclosed this week. The control modules in those vehicles can't detect a change in the 12-volt battery state of charge while driving. A battery failure can be triggered at a stop by ..read more
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1w ago
One of the keys to adulting is resilience. Plans change, kids grow into adults, wedding receptions get outnumbered by celebrations of life, and on it goes. Riding the vicissitudes, the imperative is to keep on keeping on, Bob Dylan crooned, like a bird that flew. Fortunately, the 2024 Ford Maverick small pickup truck hasn’t changed much ..read more
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What kind of vehicle is the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz? What does it compare to? It’s a pickover, part small pickup, and part compact crossover. Direct rivals for the 2024 Santa Cruz include the Ford Maverick and Honda Ridgeline, but crossover intenders looking for something different might cross-shop the Chevrolet Colorado and Toyota Tacoma as ..read more
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The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser marks the return of an icon and throws the nameplate back with retro flair. But it leaves some hardware off the menu so that the similar Lexus GX can thrive—and it’s nearly overlapped by Toyota’s own upcoming 2025 4Runner. What kind of vehicle is the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser? What does it compare to ..read more
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The 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 goes on sale this summer with a $99,495 price and a range of 440 miles, GMC announced Tuesday. The electric pickup truck tops the Sierra range, and costs $3,000 more than the range-topping 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition expected to land this summer. Both electric pickup trucks cost about $9,000 ..read more
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1w ago
Ford has expanded the recall of a cracked fuel injector that can increase the risk of fire, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. The original recall, from Nov. 18, 2022, encompassed 521,746 Escape and Bronco Sport compact crossovers equipped with a 1.5-liter turbo-3 engine. That recall from 2022 was also an expansion of a previous recall. So this marks the ..read more
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1w ago
The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan slips into the new year with a larger battery that should boost range, an updated regenerative braking system, and a new face that looks more like the flagship S-Class full-size sedan, Mercedes revealed last week. Launched for the 2022 model year, the EQS is a full battery electric take on the stately ..read more
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1w ago
No news is hardly breaking news but Subaru keeping prices the same on the 2025 Outback crossover wagon and 2025 Legacy sedan as on the 2024 models is unusual enough to qualify as news. But there's a but: the destination fee increased $100 from 2024 to 2025, Subaru disclosed Thursday. The 2025 Subaru Outback costs $30,290, including a $1,395 ..read more
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Automakers seemed to launch their own spring auto shows this week, in the wake of a relatively quiet New York auto show at the end of March. Big debuts from Toyota, Buick, Acura, a sweet drive in the redesigned Porsche Taycan, and big updates from Ford topped this week's new cars news and reviews at The Car Connection. Here's what moved us: 2025 ..read more