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Buick Enclave moves into third generation with 2025 model



By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(January 17, 2025) The 2025 Buick Enclave opens the third generation of the company’s flagship SUV with a new, slightly more powerful and fuel efficient engine and a 30-inch touchscreen display that incorporates the instrument panel and infotainment functions into one wide display
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2025 Infiniti QX50 — Model offerings trimmed for second-generation SUV


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By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(January 6, 2025) After beginning life as the EX35 nearly two decades ago, the smallest SUV in the Infiniti portfolio assumed its current QX nameplate when the luxury division of the Japanese automaker Nissan revised nomenclature for its Infiniti fleet. Beginning in 2014, “Q” has designated sedans, coupes, and convertibles with “QX” denoting Infiniti’s SUV fleet.

Looking for a luxury SUV without luxury price — Palisade is the ticket


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(December 26, 2024) Hyundai is not usually a brand you think of when the subject of luxury vehicles comes up but the top trims of the 2024 Hyundai Palisade may just change your thinking a bit. The interior of the 2024 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy is not only roomy but features styling touches that give the cabin the look and feel of a vehicle priced thousands of dollars higher.

Mid-cycle refreshing updates Hyundai's top-selling SUV for 2025



Tucson gets updated interior,
enhanced safety features


By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 10, 2024) Hyundai is refreshing its best-selling vehicle for 2025, giving the Tucson SUV an updated interior with new controls for the infotainment system (knobs for adjusting the sound and surfing the radio dial — hallelujah!) and enhanced safety features that include a system that monitors the driver’s attention.

2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV — Iconic nameplate goes gas free


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By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 2, 2024) Chevrolet’s use of the Blazer nameplate dates back to the late 1960s and the vehicle itself has gone through many incarnations since debuting as a pickup truck for the 1969 model year before eventually morphing into the familiar SUV we know today.

After a long wait, Infiniti finally gives its largest SUV a makeover


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By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 27, 2024) After beginning life as a 2004 model QX56 before emerging 10 years later as the QX80 to follow the company’s revamping of its model nomenclature, the 2025 Infiniti QX80 gets a long-delayed redesign that should boost its image in the large luxury SUV class. The largest vehicle in the Japanese automaker’s SUV fleet has sat virtually idly by for well over a decade as smaller models like the QX50 and QX60 got makeovers that boosted their market appeal.

Venerable Ford Explorer still going strong after all these years



By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 18, 2024) The Ford Explorer certainly is not the oldest SUV around — origins of the segment actually date back to the 1930s — but there is no question that the Explorer ignited the segment’s popularity in leading what may be considered the “SUV Revolution” of the 1990s. Its impact on the market was such that by 2020, or 29 years after it replaced the Bronco II in the the company’s lineup as a 1991 model, it claimed the title of the best-selling SUV off all-time.
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2024 Subaru Solterra — Below average range, poorly designed infotainment



By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 13, 2024) If the results of the annual survey conducted by the research and data firm J.D. Power are on the mark, this may be a good time to buy a new car just based on the quality of what is available After two years of decline, the latest J.D. Power Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout
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Little chance for buyer's remorse with XRT trim of Hyundai Santa Cruz


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By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(November 9, 2024) As I wrote about 11 months ago in my first experience with the vehicle, the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz is a good option for those hungering for a pickup truck, but don’t want to deal with the size (and budget) that comes with a full-size model.  A recent revisit simply confirms that notion. Like it the first time, you’ll like it the second. And third. And so-on.

Redesigned Forester moves into sixth generation with launch of 2025 model



By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(October 28, 2024) Birthed in the mid-1990s, the Subaru Forester advances to its sixth generation with the launching of the 2025 model. Not the sexiest offering in the Japanese automaker’s lineup, the 2025 Forester gets the latest version of the company’s EyeSight Driver Assist system that includes such features as adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and emergency braking as well as a restyled cabin and exterior.