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Tesla Inc. received a pair of downgrades on Monday, with analysts warning that Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle company is facing a highly uncertain outlook, especially on the political front.

The stock fell 1.1% in premarket trading, suggesting it will extend its pronounced year-to-date decline. Shares are down about 27% in 2025, making it the ...Read more

Q: I recently purchased a new PHEV, which provided instructions regarding the 1,000-mile break-in period. This has been my experience for many, if not all, cars purchased over the years. I intend to comply. However, I'm curious as to exactly what is happening to the engine during the break-in period. Also, is there any break-in required for the ...Read more

Until recently, big vehicles -- big SUVs especially -- generally came with big engines. The Infiniti QX80 was no exception. Since its 2004 debut -- as the QX56 -- all the way through to last year -- it has always come standard with a 5.6-liter V8.

The just-updated 2025 QX80 breaks with that tradition -- and, as is usually the case when there is...Read more

There are no small trucks anymore. They've all been replaced by "midsize" trucks like the 2025 GMC Canyon and its competitors -- which are longer and taller than the full-size trucks of the early 2000s.

And most of them come standard with shorter (5-foot) beds than the compact trucks that used to be available.

They're also a lot more ...Read more

Can you envision a Buick that is made in China?

It's more than just that too. Buick -- as a brand -- probably owes its survival to the fact that Buicks are very popular in China. Pontiac and Oldsmobile, not so much -- which is why those brands have been retired.

But why might an American want to consider buying this made-in-China ...Read more

Like its main rival, the Mercedes E-Class sedan, the BMW 5 used to come standard with a six-cylinder engine -- as people used to expect when they spent what it costs to buy a midsize luxury sedan. Both of them now come standard with 2.0-liter fours -- and neither of them has gotten any less expensive.

This isn't to say the BMW 5 Series...Read more

Mazda is one of the few brands still selling a sedan, and it's one of the even fewer sedans that's also available as a hatchback sedan -- and with a manual transmission -- and that's something as rare to find in anything new today as cigarette lighters.

What It Is

The Mazda3 is a compact sedan/hatchback (five doors) and the competes with the ...Read more

Until three years ago, you couldn't buy a small truck in this country. And you still can't.

But you can buy a small pickup that looks like a truck and can do many of the things you could do with a small truck, such as carry a load in a bed and pull a 5,000-pound trailer.

Which, for the record, is something many of the small trucks you can't ...Read more

A few years from now -- maybe as soon as a year from now -- we may look back upon the 2025 Honda Pilot very much as we look back on the V12-powered (and even V8-powered) ultra-luxury vehicles of 20 years ago.

Because the Pilot comes standard with a V6 -- and that's getting to be a luxury. Even in luxury-brand (and luxury-priced) crossovers from...Read more

What is the difference between Volkswagen's Taos -- and the better-known Tiguan?

About $5,000.

There's more to it than that, of course. But also less.

What It Is

The Taos is a compact crossover -- and so is the Tiguan. The latter was VW's smallest (and least expensive) crossover until the Taos slid into that slot when VW added it to the ...Read more

Imagine going back in time to the heyday of the V8 muscle car in the late 1960s and early '70s with a brand-new Prius hybrid -- and beating almost all of them in a drag race.

While averaging close to 60 mpg.

That's what you might call a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too situation.

What It Is

The Prius is -- as everyone knows -- a hybrid designed...Read more