Matt Degen
Editor at Kelley Blue Book / Autotrader & host of I Want To Cook
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4 days ago |
kbb.com | Matt Degen
Compact SUVs might fall into one general category, but there’s surprising diversity among the dozen-plus players in the segment. Take the 2025 Mini Countryman and 2025 Mazda CX-50, for example. Both offer the practicality buyers seek in a compact SUV, yet each also has its own special sauce that makes owning and driving one something to be enjoyed rather than merely endured. Here’s how the Mini Countryman and Mazda CX-50 compare to each other.
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1 week ago |
kbb.com | Matt Degen
The 2025 Mazda CX-50 is a 5-passenger compact SUV with a rugged, adventurous vibe. The CX-50 is a newer vehicle in the Mazda lineup, debuting for the 2023 model year. While the Mazda CX-50 competes broadly with roughly a dozen rivals such as the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and even its CX-5 sibling in the compact SUV segment, the CX-50 is among a subset of SUVs, including the Subaru Forester, designed for off-road adventures.
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1 week ago |
kbb.com | Matt Degen
Yamaha audio system comes standard in refreshed 2025 Outlander SUV Collaboration marks Yamaha’s first car audio system in the U.S. If you’re shopping for a new car, you’ll soon find that, along with all the different makes and models from which to choose, there are now more premium audio systems than ever competing for your dollars. What you might not realize is that there are only a couple of major brands behind all the names that frequently appear on options lists.
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2 weeks ago |
kbb.com | Matt Degen
The 2025 Kia Sportage is a compact SUV and the brand’s best-selling model. It competes against other 5-passenger small SUVs like the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue, and Chevrolet Equinox. The Kia Sportage is for the buyer seeking fantastic design, surprisingly innovative features, and an unbeatable warranty in their compact SUV. Today’s Kia Sportage is one of the best-looking and most sophisticated compact SUVs you can buy.
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2 weeks ago |
kbb.com | Matt Degen
The Mazda CX-5 offers buyers a premium design and cabinPricing starts at $30,190 | Price it your wayOn sale now | See Mazda CX-5 models near youThe Mazda CX-5 competes in one of the hottest and most popular segments in the automotive kingdom — that of the compact SUV. With over a dozen models competing in this category, it’s also one of the largest. Yet even against stiff competition, the Mazda CX-5 stands out from the crowd. In a segment where just about every entrant is good, the CX-5 is great.
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