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Volkswagen Halts U.S. ID.4 Production: What It Signals About EV Demand and What Doesn’t Change for Owners

Volkswagen Halts U.S. ID.4 Production: What It Signals About EV Demand and What Doesn’t Change for Owners

Volkswagen hits pause on U.S. ID.4 outputVolkswagen is halting production of the ID.4 electric SUV in the United States, a move the automaker attributed to challenging market condi…

Why Everyone Flashes You at Night: Headlight Aim, LED Swaps, and the ‘Too High’ Problem

Why Everyone Flashes You at Night: Headlight Aim, LED Swaps, and the ‘Too High’ Problem

That moment you realize you’re “the glare guy”It usually hits on a dark two-lane when traffic is light and your mind is finally quiet. Then it happens: an oncoming car flashes you.…

Automakers Warn They Could Pull Entry-Level Models if USMCA Weakens: Why the ‘Cheap Car’ Segment Is So Fragile

Automakers Warn They Could Pull Entry-Level Models if USMCA Weakens: Why the ‘Cheap Car’ Segment Is So Fragile

Cheap cars don’t have much cushion and trade rules are the cushionNEW YORK   The cheapest new cars in America have always lived on a thin edge. They’re built to a price, sold …

2026 Hyundai Kona vs 2026 Honda HR-V: Two Small Crossovers, Two Totally Different ‘Normal Days’

2026 Hyundai Kona vs 2026 Honda HR-V: Two Small Crossovers, Two Totally Different ‘Normal Days’

Two small crossovers, two very different “normal days”I’m Michael Turner, based in Detroit, and I’ve spent enough years bouncing between press fleets and airport parking structures…

Chevy Colorado vs Nissan Frontier: Two Midsize Trucks for People Who Don’t Want a Full-Size

Chevy Colorado vs Nissan Frontier: Two Midsize Trucks for People Who Don’t Want a Full-Size

Chevy Colorado vs. Nissan Frontier: the sweet spot between “car life” and “truck stuff”In Los Angeles, a full-size pickup can feel like showing up to a coffee date in hiking boots …

2025 Hyundai Palisade Review: The Big-Family SUV That Lives in the Details

2025 Hyundai Palisade Review: The Big-Family SUV That Lives in the Details

2025 Hyundai Palisade Review: the three-row that sweats the small stuffI’m Michael Turner, based in Detroit, and I’ve been writing about cars long enough to remember when “three-ro…

Direct Injection and Carbon Buildup: What’s Myth, What’s Real, and What Drivers Actually Notice

Direct Injection and Carbon Buildup: What’s Myth, What’s Real, and What Drivers Actually Notice

Direct injection isn’t new magic just a different way to spray fuelI’m Brian O’Connor, based in Chicago, with an engineering background that still makes me listen to an engine the …

Hyundai Ioniq 5 vs Kia EV6: Same Platform, Totally Different Personality

Hyundai Ioniq 5 vs Kia EV6: Same Platform, Totally Different Personality

Same bones, different vibeHyundai’s Ioniq 5 and Kia’s EV6 are the kind of siblings you’d never confuse at a party. They share the same underlying architecture Hyundai Motor Group’s…

Cadillac Lyriq Review: Quiet Luxury EV, Real-World Controls, and Daily Convenience

Cadillac Lyriq Review: Quiet Luxury EV, Real-World Controls, and Daily Convenience

Cadillac Lyriq Review: Quiet Luxury EV, Real-World Controls, and Daily ConvenienceBy Michael Turner (Detroit). Fifteen-plus years of writing about cars has taught me a simple truth…

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