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- Mercedes-Benz GL
- Mercedes-Benz GLK Class
- Lexus GS
- Lexus ES
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Land Rover LR2
- Audi Allroad
- Big Three Boom, As Luxury Trucks Push Average Pickup Price Upward
- Honda Odyssey Airbags Investigated For Unexpected Deployment
- 2013 Nissan Frontier
- 2013 Nissan Xterra
- 2014 Jeep Cherokee Priced From $23,990: Familiar Name, Different Path
- 2014 Jeep Patriot
- 2013 Toyota Avalon
- 2013 Toyota 4Runner
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:42 PM PDT  The Mercedes-Benz GL is a full-size family-friend luxury SUV with three rows of seating, and a price tag that can range between $60,000 and $100,000 depending on which model you choose. Its biggest competitors are the Range Rover, Cadillac Escalade and Lexus LX 570. It's also one of three Benzes built here in the U.S.–in the brand's...      |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:38 PM PDT  The Mercedes-Benz GLK is the smallest crossover SUV available from the brand. Following a design update and the addition of a diesel model in 2013, the GLK competes with cars like the BMW X3, Range Rover Evoque and Audi Q5. Read our 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK review for pricing with options, specifications, and fuel economy information Roughly the...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:36 PM PDT  The Lexus GS is a mid-size luxury sedan that sits just below the company's flagship, the LS. It's available in both V-6 and hybrid versions, and it competes with the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5-Series and Audi A6. See our 2013 Lexus GS review for pricing with options, gas mileage information, and specifications Over time, the Lexus GS has been...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:31 PM PDT  The Lexus ES is a midsize sedan, and one of the brand's most popular models. Available as both a standard V-6 or hybrid model, the ES was once closely related to the Camry, but now it's closer in relation to the Avalon, which isn't a bad thing. See our 2013 Lexus ES review for pricing with options, specifications, and gas mileage information With...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:29 PM PDT  The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is a compact, stylish SUV with legitimate off-road capabilities. It's loosely related to the Land Rover LR2, but the Evoque's interior and design earn it the Range Rover badge. For more information, including pricing with options, see our full review of the 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque. It's also without a...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:26 PM PDT  The Land Rover LR2 is the brand's smallest SUV if you're not counting the upscale Range Rover Evoque. While small and luxurious, the LR2 is also surprisingly capable off-road. Priced from the high $30,000s, it competes with the Audi Q5, Cadillac SRX, Mercedes-Benz GLK, BMW X3 and Volvo XC60. The Land Rover LR2 is the brand's smallest off-road...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:21 PM PDT  The Audi Allroad is essentially a taller version of the A4 Avant wagon, but with more rugged trim details, standard all-wheel drive, and a little more assertive personality. It's meant for those families who occasionally like to go off-pavement, but not in a hardcore kind of way. The Allroad sits below the Q5 and Q7 models in Audi's crossover...   |
| Big Three Boom, As Luxury Trucks Push Average Pickup Price Upward Posted: 10 Jun 2013 01:12 PM PDT  Full-size trucks were big profit centers for U.S. automakers prior to the recession. And if you read the pricing trends over the past couple of years, combined with a pronounced upswing in truck sales of recent months, those times appear to have returned. As we reported last week, sales of full-size pickups bloomed in May, with positive economic...   |
| Honda Odyssey Airbags Investigated For Unexpected Deployment Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:39 AM PDT  The federal government has opened an investigation into front airbags that are unexpectedly deploying, in 2003 and 2004 Honda Odyssey minivans. The issue could affect about 320,000 Odyssey vans in all, and it could lead to a recall. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were six reports from owners alleging...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:13 AM PDT  There's no way to buy a new compact pickup truck at a dealership for 2013; the last vehicles to fit that description–Colorado, Canyon, Ranger–all disappeared last year. Left in their place are a range of midsize trucks with much more utility–and among them, our top pick is the Nissan Frontier. More a downsized big...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:07 AM PDT  The Nissan Xterra isn't the perfect family vehicle, but it does manage to maintain just enough daily-driving practicality to keep weekend warriors happy enough on the weekdays. At the same time it's true to its tough look: with its big off-road tires, safari-style roof rack, high stance, skid plates and straightforward SUV silhouette...   |
| 2014 Jeep Cherokee Priced From $23,990: Familiar Name, Different Path Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:05 AM PDT  It's time to put the Jeep Liberty to pasture and for 2014 its replacement brings back a legendary nameplate: the Cherokee. Introduced at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, the Jeep Cherokee is nothing like the vehicle it replaces. It's a crossover that focuses on design, fuel economy, and technology. Priced from $23,990 including...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:50 AM PDT  The Jeep Patriot fits in as a refreshingly different alternative to a market filled with small crossover utility vehicles like the CR-V and RAV4–and increasingly smaller CUVs like the Juke, Cube and Soul. The Patriot hasn’t changed much in the seven years since it was first introduced, and that’s a good thing. But...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:47 AM PDT  The Toyota Avalon my occupy the top run in its lineup, but until now, it's ruled with an invisible grip. The Avalon has lived in the shadows of the best-selling Camry as a longer, plusher, more billowy cousin, quite clearly aimed at an older demographic that craved more relaxed specifications. This year, Toyota is striking out in a new...   |
| Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:44 AM PDT  The 2013 Toyota 4Runner was once mainstream, but is more of a niche model today; as the market has moved toward softer crossovers, the 4Runner remains focused on the rugged trail ability that seduced American families in the 1990s. Only this time, ironically, it has a lot more of what those families wanted, and if you still place some...   |
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