Kristin Shaw
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2023 Nissan Kicks: Urban Standout
Introduced in 2018, the Kicks is still in its first generation and has not required much to keep it up-to-date so far. With seating for five, the Kicks is a subcompact crossover with an attractive price point. Driver-assist features and... -
2024 Toyota Grand Highlander: Future Best Seller
All-new for 2024, Toyota has unleashed the Grand Highlander, a three-row SUV that builds on the success of its popular Highlander model. The smaller Highlander debuted in 2001 and the brand has sold 3.3 million in the U.S. (and nearly... -
2023 Nissan Versa: Small Sedan, Big Value
Now in its third generation, the plucky 2023 Nissan Versa is a compact sedan with five comfortable seats and a very attractive price. Starting at $16,925, the Versa is the cheapest new car you can buy, and it packs a... -
2023 Lexus GX: Due For An Upgrade But Still Impressively Capable
The GX 460 is Lexus’ second-largest SUV (it’s smaller than the LX) and seats six or seven, depending on the configuration with or without captain’s chairs in the second row. The third row folds down in a 50-50 offset for... -
2023 Volvo XC90: Three Rows Of Swedish Elegance
With room for seven passengers and plenty of power in its gas or plug-in hybrid form, the 2023 Volvo XC90 is a terrific three-row standout SUV with an abundance of class. In a competitive segment, the XC90 shines, and in... -
2023 Acura TLX: An Amenity-Packed Midsize Sports Sedan At A Compact Price
After a major overhaul in 2021 that brought a newly developed chassis, a longer, wider stance, new engines and more, the 2023 Acura TLX is holding steady, for now. The TLX continues to offer huge value for the money, packed... -
2023 Honda Odyssey: Peak Minivan, For Now
At high schools across the country, teachers annually introduce Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, to a new generation of students. Encyclopedia Britannica calls it, “An everyman’s tale and a romance…filled with adventure, longing and temptation, the struggle between good and... -
2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz: Quirky Utility
Now in the third year of its first generation, the 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz strikes a pose all its own. It’s not an SUV, and it’s not a truck; pinning it down is an amusing exercise, and that nebulous identity... -
2023 Cadillac Escalade: Big-Time Luxury
Now in its fifth generation, the 2023 Cadillac Escalade maintains its sheen as a status symbol, far surpassing its beginnings in 1999 as a rebadged GMC Yukon Denali. With that first effort, the Escalade was essentially a placeholder until the... -
2023 Lexus ES: Predictably Pleasant
Now in its seventh generation, the Lexus ES delivers a luxury ride as comfortable as a favorite blanket. The ES doesn’t bring whiz-bang innovation or extraordinary features, but that’s not a bad thing. The ES’ stock-in-trade is a predictably pleasant... -
2023 Genesis G70: Plush Value
Genesis made waves when the G70 concept appeared at the 2016 New York Auto Show. The production version made its North American debut at the 2017 Detroit auto show as a 2019 model. Penned by noted German designer Peter Schreyer,... -
2023 Mazda CX-9: Underrated Crossover Value
Well into the second generation that kicked off in 2016, the CX-9 is aging nicely. The CX-9 brings class to the seven-passenger SUV segment with a streamlined interior and handsome design that’s just as home at a tailgate cookout as... -
2023 Audi A5: Style, Grace And Pace
Audi launched the A5 as a luxury sport coupe in 2008, then added a soft-top Cabriolet (convertible) option for model year 2010, effectively picking up the traditions of the brand’s coupes and convertibles that date back to the Coupe Quattro... -
2023 Honda Civic Type R: Pure Joy
Hot hatch fans have been waiting eagerly for the return of the Honda Civic Type R. After skipping a year in 2022, the Type R has finally reemerged for 2023, and it’s worth the wait. The regular Civic got a... -
2023 Genesis G90: Above And Beyond
Now entering its second generation, the 2023 Genesis G90 is all new and just as bold as the Korean brand’s other recent introductions (G80, GV70, and GV60). Beneath the new body, with its sinuous surfaces, jumbo-sized diamond-shaped grille, recessed door... -
2023 Audi Q5: Still Stylish And Sophisticated
Now in its second generation, the Audi Q5 is a compact luxury crossover and originally the German brand's answer to rivals like the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC. Over the past decade, it gradually supplanted the A4 sedan as Audi's... -
2022 Chevrolet Corvette: America’s Supercar
Blasting onto the scene in 2020 with a whole new mid-engine configuration, Chevrolet’s iconic Corvette left no doubt that it’s still a dominant American sports car. Now it challenges even its overseas competitors like McLaren and Acura and is known... -
2022 Hyundai Palisade: Straddling The Line Between Value And Luxury
In the midsize SUV realm, the Hyundai Palisade has been a shooting star, giving competitors such as the Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander a nudge and level-setting the whole category. The related Kia Telluride gets more headlines, but the Palisade... -
2022 Kia K5: A Style Standout, And Practical Too
Kia’s family-focused Optima sedan went to the great discontinued model graveyard in the sky after model year 2020; the K5 is its replacement. New last year, Kia’s K5 is a mashup of the best parts of the brand’s sedan history,... -
2022 Toyota Camry: A Steadfast Sedan Choice
Toyota’s perennial sedan is back for 2022 with its typical dizzying array of flavors. Eighteen options, including three V6 grades, five four-cylinder trims with front-wheel drive, five four-cylinder versions with all-wheel drive and five hybrid grades offer a combination for... -
2022 Toyota 4Runner: More Of The Same, But It Works
Now in its fifth generation, the Toyota 4Runner has stuck to its basic recipe since 2010. Most vehicles don’t carry on for this long before switching it up, and that is a strong indication that the Japanese automaker isn’t going... -
2022 Lexus NX: A Quiet, Capable Crossover Gets Even Better
The Lexus NX returns for 2022 entirely redesigned, now in its second generation and boasting a wider array of choices, with a quartet of powertrains and a similar number of trims. This crossover borrows its platform and some of its... -
2022 Lexus GX: Luxury That Extends Off-Road
Still only in its second generation, the Lexus GX 460 dates all the way back to 2010, but steady updates over the years have changed its size and style. For 2022 it’s grown to 192.1 inches long, nearly three inches... -
2023 Acura Integra First Drive: Back To The Future, Manual Included
The long-awaited return of the Acura Integra brings a 200-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder and, praise Acura, a manual transmission. Kristin Shaw Acura announced the return of its venerated Integra at Monterey Car Week nine months ago, and the joy could be... -
2022 Toyota GR Supra: A Canyon-Carving Speedster
Toyota resurrected the Supra for 2020 to fanfare worthy of the storied name. Having added a four-cylinder option in 2021, the new GR Supra (GR stands for Toyota’s Gazoo Racing team) drifts into 2022 entirely unchanged. Known as a fierce... -
2022 Toyota Sequoia: Soon To Be Replaced, But Still Has A Lot To Offer
The fact that the Sequoia hasn’t been updated much since 2008 speaks to Toyota’s uncanny ability to project well into the future during initial product planning in the early 2000s. Equally as likely, Toyota executives found it prudent to sync... -
Hagerty’s 2022 Bull Market List: Calling The Classic Car Value Trends
The Volvo 240 station wagon was once a frowsy family hauler, but 80s nostalgia, a healthy supply of survivors and the car's distinctive profile have earned it a spot on Hagerty's 2022 Bull Market list of appreciating classics. Hagerty For...
2023 Acura TLX: An Amenity-Packed Midsize Sports Sedan At A Compact Price
2023 Honda Odyssey: Peak Minivan, For Now
2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz: Quirky Utility
2023 Cadillac Escalade: Big-Time Luxury
2023 Genesis G70: Plush Value
2023 Mazda CX-9: Underrated Crossover Value
2023 Audi A5: Style, Grace And Pace
2023 Honda Civic Type R: Pure Joy
2022 Hyundai Palisade: Straddling The Line Between Value And Luxury
2022 Kia K5: A Style Standout, And Practical Too
2022 Toyota Camry: A Steadfast Sedan Choice
2022 Toyota 4Runner: More Of The Same, But It Works
2022 Lexus GX: Luxury That Extends Off-Road
2023 Acura Integra First Drive: Back To The Future, Manual Included
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