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The Passport fills the fairly large space between CR-V and Pilot. There are definitely people out there who want a bigger SUV but don’t need three rows Read more

The current Pilot already has a unique front end, and so do the Odyssey and Ridgeline and the previous Passport Read more

Not gonna happen, the Sport Turismo was a single-digit percentage of previous-gen Panamera sales Read more

I would pick the Taycan even if it was a base model Read more

The SL isn’t really a small car, and the Aston DBX certainly isn’t either as it’s longer than a Cayenne by half a foot Read more

Look, we know. You think we don’t know how shitty the ad setup is? It sucks just as bad for us writers as it does for you readers! There was truly nothing we could do about it before when we were under G/O’s rule. Luckily, as of last week Jalopnik is under new ownership (Static Media), and a website redesign (with a Read more

Every system I can think of has an off button; for cars where things like HVAC is controlled through the screen, usually an action bar with those controls will remain at the bottom of the screen, with the rest of the display turned off. Read more

This is just not true at all, EVs across unrelated brands feel completely different. And it’s not like there’s much separating ICE powertrains from different automakers these days anyway. Read more

Have you driven new cars that have wild ambient lighting? I’ve never found it to be distracting or hazardous to my vision; in fact the wilder the setup the more I love it. But you can always dim the lights, or make the colors more subtle, or just turn it off completely... and almost every infotainment system main Read more

Which ones do you mean? The ones with the four-point LEDs? I’ve never heard them referred to as constellation lights. These are the new base Taycan lights

Yeah he’s 6'4"! And seems to fit well even with the pano roof Read more

The slippery aerodynamic coupe shape is kinda the whole point of the CLA, and the CLS it spawned from. Read more

That does look sick. Audi should have done a TT Allroad Read more

There is not a single new car you can buy that does not have a screen, and that has been true for half a decade Read more

It’s not eligible for the tax credit. Didn’t pay attention to MPG Read more

I had the car for a week and could easily accomplish my daily driving without the gas engine ever coming on, or with it only coming on for brief sections of driving.  Read more

It wasn’t overlooked, it was the focus of my initial QOTD https://jalopnik.com/what-discontinued-off-roader-deserves-a-modern-revival-1851684335 Read more