While other brands are bowing out of the sedan market to focus on SUVs, Volkswagen isn’t quite throwing in the towel.
For the 2025 model year, they continue to offer the Volkswagen Jetta, a budget-friendly compact sedan offering attractive styling and strong fuel efficiency.
Offered for the past 35 years, the Jetta is VW’s only remaining sedan, and gets a refreshed look on both the front and rear ends for 2025, but not a full redesign.
I recently tested a 2025 Volkswagen Jetta (SEL trim level), and I’m back with a full report on how it holds up against compact sedan offerings from Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda and more.
As drivers continue to embrace SUVs as the go-to vehicle, sedans continue to face a tough environment.
With that in mind, we are saying goodbye to another sedan in 2025, and this time it’s the Subaru Legacy, which is bidding farewell after more than 35 years and more than 1.3 million sales in North America.
The Legacy is a vehicle that’s easy to like. It’s capable of dealing with tough weather conditions, well-equipped with safety features, is quite roomy inside, and offers a strong turbo engine option.
I recently tested the 2025 Subaru Legacy (a Touring XT model), and I’m back with a full report on how it holds up to the remaining sedan rivals — from Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan — in its final year.
In the luxury realm, automakers are taking a variety of approaches to the electrification movement.
One of the automakers that has most aggressively embraced the EV movement is Volvo, yet they also know that some people aren’t quite ready to make the full leap to an EV, and prefer alternatives.
I recently spent time with a 2025 Volvo S60 plug-in hybrid sedan, one of the offerings from the brand to people who want a taste of electrification but not the full commitment.
The S60 is a powerful and stylish vehicle, and unfortunately it will not be returning for the 2026 model year, making the 2025 S60 the final version available for interested buyers — ending a 25-year run.
Read on for a full breakdown of what you’ll be getting if you decide to pick up an S60 before it drives off into the sunset.
One letter, and lots of fun.
That’s a simple way to describe the enthusiast-focused Z line from Nissan.
This sporty, old-school, rear-wheel drive coupe with 2 doors, 2 seats and a whole lot of power under the hood, is one that continues to impress.
After a redesign in 2023, the 2024 lineup adds the more powerful NISMO trim level, which I was recently able to experience.
And it’s definitely a memorable experience, with the Z NISMO offering a fun and fast, racetrack-ready vehicle for driving enthusiasts, highlighted by aerodynamic upgrades and booming power.
Its sports car competition is plentiful — from classics like the Ford Mustang and Chevy Corvette, to the newer Toyota GR Supra and more upscale offerings from BMW and Porsche — but the Z brings an attractive design and powerful performance that can handle the competition, and costs much less.
Remember the wagon? Long ago, for decades, it was the preferred vehicle we used to hop into when people hit the road with family and friends.
Enter the era of SUVs, and the wagons have mostly disappeared as families flocked to the new dominant vehicle type on today’s roadways.
But fear not, wagon lovers, you still have a few choices if you’d like to maintain solid cargo space and a roomy interior, but don’t want to follow the trend of SUV ownership.
The clear leader in the world of wagons today is the Subaru Outback, which is so successful it’s the leading seller for Subaru in the U.S.; sales actually grew by 10 percent in 2023 to reach 161,814 total Outbacks sold. And numbers are trending to grow yet again in 2024.
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