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2024 Hyundai Elantra Earns Highest IIHS Safety Rating
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has crash-tested the 2024 Hyundai Elantra and 2024 Hyundai Tucson and both have done well enough to earn…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - December 18, 20232024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 Earns Highest-Possible Safety Rating
The 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 becomes the latest electric car to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) highest-possible safety rating. The IONIQ 5…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - November 1, 2023Most-Stolen Cars In America
With a powerful V8 engine, a muscular design, and a glorious exhaust note, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is a great car for drivers looking…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - August 31, 2023Blind Spot Detection Can Still Cost Big Money
Modern cars come with more advanced safety features than ever before. Nowadays, even affordable cars come with pedestrian detection, automatic emergency braking, and forward collision…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - August 29, 20232023 Honda Pilot Earns Highest-Possible Safety Award
The fully redesigned 2023 Honda Pilot has gone through the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) tests and comes out with a Top Safety Pick+…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - August 4, 2023Cheapest Cars To Maintain
Most shoppers only focus on a vehicle’s price tag when considering a new vehicle purchase. The amount you pay for a vehicle at the time…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - June 30, 2023Are Small Pickup Trucks Safe?
Automakers have made great strides in making full-size pickup trucks safer than before. Large pickup trucks were almost nonexistent on the Insurance Institute for Highway…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - June 29, 2023Tesla Tops 2023 American-Made Vehicle Rankings
Cars.com recently put out its annual American-Made Index, which ranks vehicles that are on sale based on how American-made they are. Surprisingly, there’s only one…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - June 21, 2023Volkswagen ID.4: Should You Avoid Buying One?
Consumer Reports just came out with its list of popular cars for shoppers to avoid and there are some surprising vehicles on the list. The…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - June 20, 2023Ford BlueCruise Beats GM Super Cruise In Testing
Nowadays, nearly every automaker offers some kind of advanced driver-assist system that can handle some driving tasks in certain conditions. From keeping the vehicle in…
By Joel Patel, Automotive Editor - January 31, 2023