A few weeks ago, we recounted how, in 2017, Toyota’s RAV4 crossover became the country’s best-selling vehicle that’s not a pickup. RAV sales soared past the 400,000 mark, familiar territory for Ford’s F-150 but a first for a crossover. We didn’t mention that another small…
When Kia debuted its Telluride crossover last spring, you knew that a Hyundai version would be along shortly. Now, it’s here. Hyundai’s midsize, three-row Palisade arrived in showrooms this summer. Hewing to corporate strategy, the Kia presents as a more rugged crossover, while the Hyundai...
Last year, Toyota took the unusual step of updating the hatchback version of the compact Corolla months before giving the same treatment to the better-selling sedan. Now, both vehicles — the 2020 sedan and hatch — are available, along with an all-new sedan hybrid. Before…
Some people will tell you that the Honda Civic once saved the brand. Honda is now Japan’s second-largest automaker and the world’s eighth-largest, but it has limped its way to death’s door more than once. In the early ‘70s, a series of bad management decisions...