Mark Phelan
Auto Critic and Columnist at Detroit Free Press
Auto columnist for the Detroit Free Press. MSU Spartan. I own two dogs, love music and grew up in the American South, Ireland and Michigan.
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5 days ago |
freep.com | Mark Phelan
I'm not done testing the vehicle in which the experience happened, so I am not naming it. Fortunes have been made surveying drivers about vehicle features that don't work, but there's no data on how other drivers react to lippy virtual assistants. I had an annoying experience with a vehicle’s virtual assistant recently. When I say "vehicle virtual assistant," can I assume we all know how the experience was going to be annoying, or is that just me?
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Mark Phelan
Toyota's only EV competes with the Chevrolet Equinox EV, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Nissan Ariya. The range and charging time of the Toyota bZ4X EV trail its competitors. Toyota sold 18,570 in 2024, nearly double the 2023 figure. I didn’t’ get to drive the Toyota bZ4X EV when it debuted as a 2023 model ― there’s only one of me, and there’s a lot of new vehicles. I finally caught up with the world’s largest automaker’s sole EV recently, so I gave it a second look. Here are some brief impressions.
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Mark Phelan
Nissan has 1,300 U.S. dealers. More partnership talks are likley. Nissan's U.S. sales have fallen 31.7% since 2019. Nissan’s been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately ― management turmoil, falling sales, potential merger or acquisition ― but consumers shouldn’t be concerned the automaker and its dealers won’t be around if they own a Nissan or Infiniti vehicle.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Mark Phelan
BORREGO SPRINGS, California — Ford’s growing Bronco off-road sub-brand just made life tougher for small SUVs with off-road aspirations. The new 2025 Bronco Sport compact SUV’s Sasquatch package raises the stakes, easily dispatching steep slopes, sharp rocks and soft, deep sand on a daunting off-road course in the parched desert east of San Diego.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Mark Phelan
New Sasquatch package increases the off-road ability of Bronco Sport’s Badlands and Outer Banks trim levels. Interior changes include a big touch screen and a configurable instrument cluster with off-road gauges. BORREGO SPRINGS, California — Ford’s growing Bronco off-road sub-brand just made life tougher for small SUVs with off-road aspirations.
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