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    Ford Escape vs. Mazda CX-5: Can Ford's Newcomer Beat the 10Best-Winning Mazda?

    Marc UrbanoCar and Driver Crossovers are popular, but in our office of car enthusiasts they aren’t the keys we fight over. We worship the tenets of performance, handling, and refinement. Crossovers have different values, and while we can appreciate their practicality, we’d argue that a station wagon does everything a crossover can do while being […] More

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    Road-Tripping In Our Honda Passport Is (Mostly) a Joy

    10,000-Mile Update Our long-term Honda Passport is proving to be an accomplished and frequent traveler in the few months that it’s been with us, sailing past the 10,000-mile mark on the back of a number of journeys around North America. More impressively, it has done so while generating only a few nits for us to […] More

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    2020 Mazda CX-9's Updates Don't Go Far Enough

    Michael SimariCar and Driver The current-generation Mazda CX-9 may have debuted for the 2016 model year, but it still cuts a dashing figure both inside and out, and it remains the driver’s choice in the mid-size three-row SUV segment. We’ll always have a soft spot for it. A handful of improvements for 2020, including under […] More

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    Our Mazda CX-5 Turbo Deserves a Better Infotainment System

    20,000-Mile Update It has taken nearly a year for our long-term Mazda CX-5 to cross the halfway point in its 40,000-mile stay with us. But that gradual mile accumulation is not for the Mazda’s lack of goodness as a compact SUV. While we’re not petty enough to shy away from the CX-5’s handsome styling, excellent […] More

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    Configuring Our 2019 Porsche Cayenne Was a Heated Affair

    Austin IrwinCar and Driver Introduction When we got the go-ahead for a long-term 40,000-mile Porsche Cayenne, we pretty much knew what we wanted. Well, we knew at least whatever configuration we decided on would spark more than a few arguments among our staff. Because one of our favorite things to do is tinker with Porsche’s […] More

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    Defining the Porsche 911: New vs. Old

    Andi HedrickCar and Driver Porsche’s slope-shouldered 911 sports car is arguably one of the most recognizable automobiles in the world. It’s undergone 56 years of evolution, changing so slowly over its seven generations that no one could possibly question its lineage—except us. Now that the latest 992-generation 911 is here for the 2020 model year, […] More

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    The New CT5 Is a Step Backwards for Cadillac

    Andi HedrickCar and Driver In realigning its sedan range for the 2020 model year, Cadillac has updated the CTS and recast it as the CT5 to better target the BMW 3-series’s segment. At the same time, the previous ATS essentially has evolved into the CT4 to serve as an entry-level price leader similar to the […] More