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General Motors Co. is among the latest automakers to roll out new dash cam recording features on some of its models, a move industry analysts said is a long time coming and likely will become standard as the cost of cameras drops.

For GM, the security-focused over-the-air updates also are a chance at redemption after what federal regulators ...Read more

Subaru continues to market to a highly active consumer base that genuinely enjoys traveling, camping, hiking and biking, and its vast array of vehicles consistently delivers for every single one of them.

While traditional commuters usually focus entirely on their basic needs, Subaru hits those marks and addresses some of their “wants” as ...Read more

POINT PLEASANT, West Virginia — During Prohibition, my home state of West Virginia was notorious for bootleggers running moonshine across state lines. To outrun the law, shiners like future NASCAR racer Curtis Turner famously ran hooch through the state, using the treacherous mountain passes to escape the feds in modified Ford Coupes, ...Read more

Here's an interesting thing to ponder -- if you're in the market for a full-size pickup: You could buy a half-ton F-150 regular cab and opt for the 5.0-liter V8 (in lieu of the otherwise standard 2.7-liter twin-turbo'd V6), or you could buy a three-quarter-ton F-250 regular cab -- which comes standard with a 7.3-liter V8 -- and pay only...Read more

Is 4.2 inches more worth $35,700 more?

That's one way to look at the difference between a Range Rover Sport, which lists for $77,600 to start, and its only slightly bigger brother, the regular Range Rover, which lists for $113,300 to start.

There are of course some other differences. The slightly bigger Range Rover does come standard ...Read more

The number of new vehicles you can buy if you've only got about $22,000 to spend is on par with the number of habitable planets in our solar system. There's the Earth -- and there's not much else. The Chevy Trax is one of just two new vehicles you can still buy for a little less than $22,000.

What It Is

The Trax is a subcompact crossover and...Read more

The affordability thing is a real thing -- and Kia is trying to address it. The Seltos, which used to be all-wheel drive only, is now AWD optional. It's also larger -- and a lot nicer. At a glance, it looks like Kia's very popular Telluride -- which is also nice but starts at $39,190.

The new Seltos starts at $24,990 -- and you may be ...Read more

The Subaru Outback Wilderness begs a question that deserves an answer: Do you need a four-wheel-drive SUV to have the capability to go off-roading?

Not just off onto the grass.

If all you need is to be able to do that -- and to keep your wheels from slipping when you're on-road -- then a regular Outback with all-wheel drive will more than ...Read more

For decades, the big kahunas -- literally -- in the full-size, luxury marque SUV segment have been models like the Cadillac Escalade and the Lincoln Navigator. The Infiniti QX80 is now every bit the kahuna they are -- and, in some ways, more so.

Also a bit less so -- in that the big Q stickers for thousands less to start than either the ...Read more

There are five midsize pickups available right now, but only one even offers a manual transmission -- something that was once usually standard in pickups. The Ford Ranger, Nissan Frontier, Chevy Colorado and its GMC sibling the Canyon are all automatic only.

If you still like to row your own, there's only one choice: the Toyota Tacoma.

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Nissan's Rogue has sold very well -- notwithstanding that it's not especially roguish. It's a competent, attractively priced compact crossover -- and that's been enough.

Now Nissan's offering something more that's also different -- and even a little bit actually roguish: a plug-in hybrid drivetrain without a transmission -- it's got direct ...Read more