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Refining the Refined: The 2025.5 Volvo XC90 T8 AWD Ultra

2 days ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

It is hard to make something great. It's arguably harder to make something already great better. Since 2003, Volvo's XC90 has been a paragon of virtue, the quiet, thinking person's choice for a premium SUV. In a lot of ways, it has defined the segment and set the standard for SUVs outside the premium class. Would the Kia Telluride exist if the XC90 hadn't? You can go back through 17 years of my reviews of the Volvo XC90 (I brought my work online in 2008) and not find a single bad write-up.
From Where I Sit: The 2025 Lexus LX 700h Ultra Luxury

1 week ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

It's now the fourth model year since Toyota took a big leap---making the new generation of what it sells in other countries as the Toyota Land Cruiser the sole property of Lexus as the LX series and bringing the vehicle those other countries know as the Land Cruiser Prado to the USA as the new Land Cruiser.
Step Right Up: The 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid

2 weeks ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

"Minivan."How many readers did I just lose? The American aversion to minivans is right up there with the "what men will do to avoid therapy" meme craze of a few years ago. And like that, it's pretty dumb. Minivans are the Swiss Army Knife of vehicles, able to carry prodigious numbers of people and amounts of stuff while riding and handling better than SUVs or pickups and getting much better fuel economy.
King of the Mountain: The 2025 Toyota Tacoma TRD PRO

2 weeks ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

The current-generation Toyota Tacoma is going all-out for supremacy. The previous-gen (2016-2023) lived most of its life in an era where other midsize trucks were just making a comeback after a long period of dormancy.
Turbo Lag Cured: The 2025 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S E Performance

3 weeks ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

Regular readers will remember my largely positive review of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 in November of that year. Basically, I said that if you're not looking for a three-row SUV, the GLC was "the Goldilocks equation"---a just-right size. The only issue I had with the GLC 300 was that, unless the drive mode was in "Sport", the turbo lag was brutal---a solid second and a half to two seconds between putting my right foot down on the floor and the response from the engine room.
Myth Busted: The 2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Limited

3 weeks ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

Myth: "There are no good, affordable cars anymore."Myth busted: The 2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid. Okay, there are other cars that make the list too, but we're talking about the Elantra Hybrid here---a car that endeared itself to me on a trip to Georgia last year where it significantly exceeded its already high EPA fuel economy estimate.
In Praise of the Plug-In Midsize SUV: The 2025 Kia Sorento PHEV

4 weeks ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

The Kia Sorento has been a bit scarce lately. Not in the world at large---look around you, they're everywhere. But in my driveway. It's been four years since the last time I had one for review, and more than ten years since the one that made me smile every time I get booked in a Sorento---our epic eight-day camping trip in a 2015 model. Obviously, a lot has changed in a decade, but there have been changes since the '21 model I reviewed too.
Not Much News is Good News: The 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid Sport-L

1 month ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

About that headline. Headlines are hard. The old phrase is "No news is good news", which means a bunch of things depending on how you look at it. In the case of the 2025 Honda Accord, it would mean that nothing has been done to mess up arguably the best family sedan on the market today. But "No news" isn't quite accurate here. There is a new SE trim for gasoline-powered Accord models, and all Accords, gasoline or hybrid, get rear air conditioning vents and rear USB ports.
The Long Ranger: The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV

1 month ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

So, despite the uncertainties of...everything....you're in the market for an electric pickup truck. Good taste ruled out the Tesla Cybertruck even before Elon's right arm had a Viagra reaction, you're not familiar enough with the Rivian R1T to feel comfotable yet, the GMC Hummer EV Pickup just seems a bit...large and the RAM 1500 REV is probably a year away from being on dealer lots. That brings the battle down to the age-old rivalry...Ford F-150 versus Chevrolet Silverado.
Progress: The 2024 Lexus GX 550

1 month ago | mikehagertycars.com | Mike Hagerty

One thing you can't accuse Lexus of is change for change's sake. Take the GX SUV. The last time I drove one, it was the 2021 model, which was scarcely changed from the 2010. The '10 replaced the first-gen GX, which had been around since 2003. The new GX is the most radically-changed GX ever. It debuted as a 2024 model, and that's what came to me via the Lexus press fleet---I'll update pricing to 2025 equivalents as we go on in this review.