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2025 EV Sales So Far: GM Wins, Tesla Loses

First-quarter sales results are rolling in, and things are looking up for most automakers. Toyota sales are off to a strong start, Mazda and Subaru had record months, and Kia had its best quarter ever. But when digging into the data, results for electric vehicles were much more mixed.

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Mazda and Subaru Just Had Their Best Months Ever

Mazda and Subaru revealed sales numbers for the first quarter of 2025, with each brand posting record numbers for the month of March. Mazda sales jumped by 16.1 percent compared to March 2024, while Subaru saw a 16.6-percent increase. The massive gains might have something to do with tariffs.

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The Dodge Charger EV Is Already Outselling the Supra in 2025

Update: Nissan has released sales figures for its Z sports car. This story has been updated with those figures.

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The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport Is Tougher Than You Think: First Drive Review

With more buyers seeking solace in the great outdoors, they need vehicles capable of getting them there. That's why most automakers have taken a ruler and chisel to their beloved family haulers in hopes of capitalizing on those calls for adventure.

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Mazda CX-50 Hybrid: If You Can’t Beat Em, Join Em, Right?

As long as I’ve been reading and writing about cars, Mazda has served as a sort of anti-hero counterpart to the automotive giants, namely Toyota. Like, check any comments section of any sort of news information about any given Toyota (especially hybrids) at any time between 2003 and, well, now,…

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Why Toyota Was Disappointed by the Honda-Nissan Merger Talks

Having joined Toyota in 1984, Akio Toyoda likely knows the ins and outs of the automotive industry better than anyone. As CEO for over a decade before stepping down in 2023 to become chairman of the board, he played a crucial role in Toyota’s rise to global dominance. In 2024,…

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These Car Brands Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump's Tariffs

President Trump recently introduced a 25 percent tariff on all foreign-built cars. That means any vehicles assembled outside the US could see a price hike Stateside, including those built in Canada and Mexico. Even foreign-made parts for vehicles assembled in the US will be subject to the tariff, according to…

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Edmunds: Five best used three-row SUVs for under $30,000

A three-row SUV is ideal for car shoppers who need extra space for transporting lots of people and plenty of cargo

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How Mazda Aims To Keep Its Electric Vehicle Plans ‘Lean’

Mazda’s first electric vehicle, the MX-30, was a flop. Its latest one, the EZ-6, is really a Changan underneath. It’s pretty clear that Mazda is up against the wall when it comes to electrification; after all, it's one of the last few small, independent car companies left, and it doesn't…

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Mazda's Skyactiv-Z Will Be 'The Ideal Internal Combustion Engine'

These days, we rarely get to talk about newly developed gas engines. Automakers prefer to hype up their future EVs, while internal combustion becomes little more than a footnote. But some companies are bucking the trend. Mazda defied the downsizing agenda with its gas and diesel inline-sixes, and now it’s…

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Volkswagen Plans To Hit Back Where It Matters Most

Western car companies expected China to be the golden goose. The world's largest auto market was supposed to turn out cars for companies like Volkswagen and General Motors and BMW, feeding insatiable Chinese buyers until the death of the universe. Somehow, none of those companies counted on their local joint-venture…

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Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

About 60% of the 1.2m cars that drove out of the showroom last year were SUVs, but road fatalities reached a 12-year high too

The Guardian - AU

Why the V12 of the Aston Martin Valkyrie leaves fans striving for more

Whenever I’m at a race for Autosport, the World Endurance Championship or whatever, I like to venture out on track to get a feel of what the cars are doing.

Autosport

Making A Plug-In Hybrid Is A Lot Harder Than You Think

Just make plug-in hybrids! It's obvious. Simple, even. It's the solution. Read enough forums, social media posts and comments and you'll surely learn that for yourself. Automakers seem persuaded. Everyone from Ram to Chevy to Nissan is following along.

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2026 Mazda CX-5: Everything We Know

When the Mazda CX-50 debuted, most people thought it would replace the CX-5 in Mazda's lineup. However, one doesn't simply kill your best-selling vehicle without being absolutely sure people will buy the new one. Whether or not the CX-50 was originally intended to replace the CX-5 remains to be seen. But…

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The 2025 Mazda CX-70 Has One Big Conundrum: Review

Ahead of last year's NASCAR’s season finale in Phoenix, my friend and fellow car nerd, Bozi Tatarevic, asked Mazda to borrow a CX-90. I borrowed another Mazda for the weekend, the CX-70, which is the CX-90’s nearly identical stablemate. (Bozi wanted to see how the engineering of these cars differed.…

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Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid: We're Driving One, What Do You Want To Know?

It's not easy to find a good three-row family EV. The Rivian R1S, Tesla Model X, Mercedes EQS SUV and Cadillac Escalade IQ are all pretty pricey, and some of their third rows are pretty dinky. The Volkswagen ID. Buzz isn't cheap either, and it doesn't have the range for…

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Mazda Is Going Premium. What Does That Mean for the Miata?

The market for luxury cars is booming. In the last five years, brands like Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce all raked in record sales. Ignoring the societal implications, one thing is clear: More people have huge money to spend.

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Evening Standard

Car safety tech has ‘blind spot’ for high-vis jackets, study suggests

Researchers conducted trials involving a crash test dummy and three cars travelling at 25mph.

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The Most Reliable Cars for the Money: Study

Value for money is an important factor when buying a car. And there's nothing more valuable than a car's reliability. Being able to get you from one place to another is the entire point of owning a car, so having one you can rely on is always worth the spend.

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Honda Wanted Nissan to Scrap Its Hybrid Tech: Report

Honda and Nissan called off merger talks last week, less than two months after agreeing to explore plans for a new holding company to launch in 2026. Details are beginning to emerge about why the deal fell through, as the two Japanese automakers clashed on two main topics. It's already…

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Mazda BTCC Super Tourer from 1993 to race in the UK for first time in 30 years

A one-time British Touring Car Championship pole sitting Mazda Xedos 6 will make its first UK racing appearance for more than 30 years at Brands Hatch this summer.

InsideEVs

The Original Mazda Miata Works Great As An EV

Ever since the EV conversion game got going, I’ve been waiting for this one to happen. It’s a car loved the world over, nearing the end of its fourth decade, and remains a benchmark: It’s time for the NA Miata to ditch the gas and go electric. At this point…

AAP

Small cars show a big thirst for petrol in road tests

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Wrecked: This Mazda 2.0L Skyactiv Engine Put a Rod Through the Block

Certain parts of an engine shouldn’t be visible from the outside. If they are, something went wrong. It’s often not normal wear and tear that puts a rod through a block, so being able to see straight through this Mazda 2.0-liter Skyactiv engine means bad things happened inside.

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