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2018 Hyundai Elantra GT Sport: not quite a Golf, but close

Consumer Reports now argues that the Hyundai brand is more reliable than Nissan, Mazda, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Ford. If you trust the three-year dependability study from J.D. Power and Associates, then you believe that the Hyundai brand overall is more dependable than BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, Jaguar and 21 other brands. If you believe in recalls …

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Video review: the very BIG 2018 Volkswagen Atlas

VW has a very, very big SUV, one aimed almost exclusively at North American buyers.

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Robocars are almost here, right? Not so fast

On the crowded streets of Tokyo, Nissan Motor has just shown us a prototype Infiniti Q50 sedan loaded with the latest version of ProPILOT Technology. It’s a preview of the real-world version of ProPILOT promised for 2020. Dial up a destination in the navigation system, and ProPILOT will drive you there, all by itself. Clogged …

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Ford hedges on autonomous vehicle timeline, but not commitment

Ford Motor is battling the image of an also-ran in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. And this reality makes CEO Jim Hackett bristle. In a recent conference call to discuss Ford’s decent third-quarter earnings, Hackett emphasized that a commitment to autonomous vehicles “is not a question here at Ford at all. It’s something that is really …

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Video review: 2018 GMC Terrain is a stylish value leader

GMC has a new Terrain and it offers more for less in a handsome design.

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