Zach Butler

1 day ago | tflcar.com | Zach Butler

As pretty much everything gets more expensive these days, small SUVs are one of the few remaining bastions of “affordable” car buying experiences. The 2026 Kia Seltos carries on in that vein, and actually drops its base price to $25,085 thanks to the addition of a front-wheel drive LX trim. In fact, FWD offerings are now available across most of the lineup for a lower price point, if you don’t necessarily want to spend the extra $1,200 for better all-weather capability.

1 day ago | tflcar.com | Zach Butler

You know what they say about hindsight, and Mercedes-AMG is taking a good hard look at its future strategy right about now. After earlier reports the German automaker’s performance arm would ditch four-cylinder-backed hybrids — a controversial step it took for the ’63’ variants of the C-Class and the GLC SUV — a senior company insider confirmed to British outlet Autocar it’s going to use its inline-six or, more substantially for its top-end models, a V8-powered hybrids.

2 days ago | tflcar.com | Zach Butler

Since the 2018 model year, Lexus has been selling what is arguably one of the best-looking cars of the modern era: the LC. It’s gotten a few minor updates along the way, but what really made the brand’s halo work is the styling, as well as its 471-horsepower 5.0-liter V8. Now, though, new reports are swirling that Lexus could be ready to kill the LC off. It’s all in the name of progress, as it’s been slowly putting its V8-powered performance cars to pasture over the past few years.

4 days ago | tfltruck.com | Zach Butler

Along with giving your SUV a rugged off-roader treatment, performance models are also all the rage for automakers to roll out, from compact crossovers all the way to full-size, body-on-frame family haulers. The 2026 Nissan Armada Nismo joins the growing list of large SUVs with gusto, effectively bringing a current-gen version of Nissan’s Patrol Nismo that originally debuted for the Middle Eastern market back in 2021.

4 days ago | tflcar.com | Zach Butler