A Girl's Guide to Cars

2 days ago | agirlsguidetocars.com | Kristen Brown

In the last decade, technology in modern cars has exploded. Nowadays, cars can park themselves utilizing a myriad of cameras, sensors, and radar devices. Some can come to you when you summon them, and some can drive themselves and switch lanes for you. For features like that, you used to have to prepare to drain your bank account dry to have one of those features. Now, many come with one, two, or all of those features for much less than you’d assume.

3 days ago | agirlsguidetocars.com | Kristen Brown

At this year’s Mudfest test drive event, where journalists from the Northwest Automotive Press Association test drive trucks and SUVs on muddy Pacific Northwest terrain, there was one SUV that caught my eye in particular. It sat alongside the luxurious Genesis GV80 Coupe, the capable and quiet Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT, the always popular Subaru Forester, and the commanding Ram 1500 RHO. It was the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Trail Edition—an upgraded, badass version of the Outlander—that captivated me.

4 days ago | agirlsguidetocars.com | Kristen Brown

A little over 10 years ago, my then-fiance and I took a road trip to Moab, Utah, in our 1996 Land Rover Discovery to visit my uncle. He’d lived there for about 15 years before that, daily driving his heavily modified 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. He’d installed a 3.5-inch lift, put it on 35-inch tires, packed it full of locking metal compartments, a CB radio, a winch bumper, and so much more.

1 week ago | agirlsguidetocars.com | Kristen Brown

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder—and baby, the 2026 Lexus ES has it in a death grip. The eighth generation was unveiled in April during the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, and it came with an important announcement: the ES for 2026 would no longer offer a gas engine. From here on out, the ES could only be bought as a battery electric EV (BEV) or a hybrid. The ES is trimming back on the ethanol.

1 week ago | agirlsguidetocars.com | Kymri WIlt

Do you know of a charitable nonprofit organization that’s doing great things in its community? Volunteers putting in time and resources to perform selfless acts of service and give back to their community? Of course you do!  You know that you can nominate that organization, or your own, to apply for a $30,000 funding grant AND a brand new custom Defender 130? Each finalist for the award gets a check for $5,000, too. Nominations are now open through July 25, 2025.