It’s that time of the year again when trusted U.S. magazine Consumer Reports publishes its annual auto reliability rankings. These rankings are based on data collected on more than 300,000 vehicles as reported by their owners, covering the 2000-2024 model years as well as some early 2025 models. Twenty potential …

The last few years have not been kind to middle-class motorists. New-vehicle ownership costs have skyrocketed, and automakers have abandoned many small cars in favour of bigger, more expensive and more profitable SUVs and trucks. Clearly, the automobile is becoming a luxury item. Still, there are some pretty good deals …

The number of makes and models offering manual transmissions keeps shrinking due to poor sales, new emission regulations, incompatibilities with various driver assistance features and the increasing array of electric and hybrid vehicles, among other things. The 2025 model year will see the Jeep Gladiator, Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf …

The SUV craze has given Mazda the opportunity to introduce several all-new models lately and also create some confusion among customers in the process. The sleek and technologically advanced CX-50 is a compact SUV just like the venerable CX-5 that’s been around since 2013 and has proven to be a …

Reliability is at the top of many used-car shoppers’ list, and that’s pretty easy to understand. Who wants to make regular visits at the repair shop and pay huge maintenance bills, right? U.S. magazine Consumer Reports , which knows a thing or two about reliability, has just released its first-ever …

Unlike the CX-90 that replaces the CX-9, the Mazda CX-50 serves as an upscale, more adventurous companion to the CX-5 , which soldiers on as the brand’s best-selling product and will return for a third generation. Granted, the latter is getting fairly old and the former is more in tune …

The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has finalized its list of the safest vehicles for 2024, which includes both 2024 models and a few 2025 models. Since the preliminary list was announced earlier this year, 10 new winners of the higher-tier TOP SAFETY PICK+ award have been added, …

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week threatened to impose a 25-percent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican imports as soon as he returns to the White House on January 20, 2025 – a move that essentially aims to put pressure on the two neighbouring countries to strengthen the borders and …

Despite being just one year old, the all-new Mazda CX-90 has experienced a number of problems so far and currently faces as many as nine separate recalls. Four of them were announced in the past week alone, all affecting the 2024 model. For starters, software bugs with the powertrain control …

Mazda ’s new three-row midsize SUV, the CX-90 , returns for its sophomore year with slight equipment and pricing changes, mostly due to the arrival of the similarly sized, two-row-only CX-70 . It will be available in dealerships later this summer. Looking at models featuring the 3.3-litre turbocharged inline six-cylinder …

Mazda keeps saying that a new, third-generation CX-5 is on the way, complete with an optional hybrid powertrain, but if you thought we’d see it for the 2025 model year, guess again. The wait is not over yet. The current CX-5 dates back to 2017, meaning it’s about to turn …

As promised, Mazda is electrifying the CX-50 for the 2025 model year with a new hybrid powertrain. Fuel economy is not this sleek-looking compact SUV’s forte, whether with the naturally aspirated 2.5-litre engine (187 hp, 185 lb-ft, 8.9 L/100 km) or with the turbocharged variant (up to 256 hp, 320 …

The fourth-generation Mazda3 is not bowing out just yet. Instead, it’s back for a seventh year. The 2025 Mazda3 (sedan) and Mazda3 Sport (hatchback) models will arrive in dealerships by late July. The same two engines return, including a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre four-cylinder that produces 191 horsepower and a turbocharged …

With rising prices and interest rates over the past couple of years, getting more bang for your buck has become more important than ever for a lot of people, especially when it comes to large expenses such as a new car. Automotive data research firm Vincentric today announced the winners …