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By Jim Meachen
Editor, MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 31, 2023) Toyota has sold the mid-sized Highlander three-row family SUV for years and it has become one of the most popular crossovers in North America — now in its fourth generation. It's one of the most practical and easiest to drive vehicles in the populated three-row segment. However, if maximum cargo and passenger space is one of your concerns in choosing your next vehicle you will have to move up to the much larger Sequoia or seek another brand.

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By Jim Meachen
Editor, MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 24, 2023) Mazda offers choices. Good choices, because Mazda builds excellent SUV crossovers. This gives customers the option of better fillingtheir needs and pocketbook when shopping Mazda. For instance, in 2020 Mazda introduced the subcompact CX-30 in direct competition to the popular CX-3. Last year, Mazda offered yet another choice for the faithful or for prospective Mazda buyers — the nearly midsized two-row CX-50. It lives along side the similarly sized highly rated CX-5, which, by the way, is Mazda's best seller in the U.S.

Photos by Paul Borden

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 17, 2023) In a prior life, the Buick Envista that debuts as a 2024 model might have been dubbed a hatchback coupe. But in keeping with company’s vehicle E-style nomenclature Buick prefers to call it a crossover SUV,  joining compacts Envision and Encore GX and the mid-size Enclave in the company’s North American portfolio.

By David Boldt
MyCarData

(December 17, 2023) Back in the day (that would be my day) it was known as a sleeper. Built within the envelope of an anonymous sedan, its owner/builder would cram as much performance under the hood as the engine compartment could accommodate, but instead of advertising the installation with as many fire-breathing cosmetics as the cash-strapped owner could gather, he left it visually stock.

Rock Creek challenges Arizona's
Butcher Jones State Park trails

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 15, 2023) After being wowed by the completely redesigned Nissan Pathfinder when introduced for the 2022 model year, the Japanese automaker introduced a rugged off-road edition "Rock Creek" for 2023, and just this week we were able to test the 2024 edition that brings real differences to the game, not just with a rugged appearance.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(December 10, 2023) Jeep will soon introduce production versions of the all-electric Wagoneer S and Recon concepts.  However, I suspect there are more than a few Jeep traditionalists who are open to electrification, but given the difficulty in finding plugs en-route, aren’t quite ready to go all-in.  For them, the plug-in 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe bridges the trail between gas and electric.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(December 3, 2023) I had plans for the Thanksgiving holiday.  After watching The Parade, we’d drive sixty miles to my parents’ and enjoy some turkey.  We planned to catch the new Priscilla movie, do a little shopping, and drop off a box of books for donation downtown.  There would be no pulling RVs, tackling mountain trails, nor out-running exotic sports cars.  And yet, when I checked the schedule, my ride would do all of that and then some.  Yep, I’m chasing fat bird in a Ford F-150 Raptor…R.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(November 26, 2023) I’m going to do something I’ve never done before — give you the price tag right up front:  $107,390.  That’s for a regular length 2023 Lincoln Navigator with the Reserve package.  That’s pretty heady pricing against the Cadillac Escalade, Mercedes-Benz GLS, Jeep Grand Wagoneer, and Lexus LX, but is it worth it?  Let’s find out.