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Hatchbacks make perfect sense as economy cars. They do a bang-up job as sporty runabouts too, when pressed. When they're pressed into duty as the planet's defenders, well, that's when we like hatchbacks best. Our pick for the Best Hatchback To Buy 2018 is the Chevrolet Bolt EV. Chevy's first mass-market electric car does some fascinating things...View the full article

The Chevrolet Bolt EV is our Best Electric Car to Buy once again. Last year, we pointed out that the Bolt EV rendered all other affordable electric vehicles "outdated and nearly obsolete," and it remains the case. What's most surprising is the way that the Bolt EV remains the segment leader a year on, even though a new Nissan Leaf will be in...View the full article

Nissan says its ProPilot self-driving technology will be ready to take over the majority of human driving responsibilities by 2020. The automaker demonstrated the ProPilot technology with an Infiniti Q50 equipped with all necessary components. As the video shows, the Q50 was able to navigate not only highways but city streets as well. Today's...View the full article

By all accounts, the 2018 Honda Accord is a fantastic mid-size sedan. It's no surprise, then, that there was little disagreement among the Internet Brands Automotive staff that it deserved our top award. But each of us was enamored with at least one other new car this year. Any of these "dark horse" candidates could have easily taken our top award...View the full article

Chinese automaker Geely has been given the all-clear to purchase would-be flying-car manufacturer Terrafugia, ending months of scrutiny after the acquisition was first reported last summer. While most carmakers—including Geely-owned Volvo—are developing self-driving car technologies in a bid to turn science-fiction fantasy into...View the full article

The 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander’s story this year isn’t told here; a new plug-in hybrid is (finally) available in the U.S. It matches an inline-4 with a 12-kilowatt-hour battery and electric motors and is one of the few plug-in hybrid crossovers on the market. According to Mitsubishi, the Outlander PHEV can run for up to 22 miles on...View the full article

Lyft opens Big Apple office in bid for larger slice of ride-share pie New York is already one of the most hotly-contested rideshare markets, with Uber surging ahead of the city’s famed Yellow Cabs and Lyft registering gains on both, in terms of rides hailed. Now, Lyft is folding the battle for the Big Apple into its overarching strategy...View the full article

The 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport skips the refrigerator-on-wheels looks for a sleeker shape for better fuel economy, but it’s still a Land Rover underneath. None of the above is a bad thing, by the way. The Land Rover earns a 7.3 before fuel economy and safety are factored in, an admirable score for the off-roader. (Read more about how we...View the full article

Every year, The Car Connection ranks and rates hundreds of new vehicles, to recommend the very best to you. This year, we've chosen the 2018 Honda Accord as our overall Best Car To Buy 2018. Among the ranks of SUVs, we've gone with an old favorite: the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. While crossovers like the excellent new 2018 Volvo XC60 get the...View the full article

Chrysler didn't invent the family, they just made having one much easier. The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica is the successor to the Town & Country minivan and it was well worth the wait. New last year, it was The Car Connection's Best Car to Buy 2017 so it shouldn't come as any surprise that it's this year's Best Minivan to Buy. Over the past year...View the full article

Take our Best Car to Buy 2017—the Chrysler Pacifica—and add a hybrid-electric powertrain capable of providing 30 or more miles of electric-only driving. You have a one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly family hauler, an easy shoo-in for The Car Connection's Best Hybrid to Buy 2018. We love the Pacifica regardless of what's under its hood. Its...View the full article

The 2018 Lincoln MKZ is an understated, conservative, sedate luxury sedan. A trio of engines each give the MKZ its own personality—from relaxing to robust to remarkably fuel efficient in the MKZ Hybrid. Overall, the 2018 MKZ lineup rates XX out of 10 on our scale. (Read more about how we rate cars.) For 2018, Lincoln has added four paint...View the full article

New York is already one of the most hotly-contested rideshare markets, with Uber surging ahead of the city’s famed Yellow Cabs and Lyft registering gains on both, in terms of rides hailed. Now, Lyft is folding the battle for the Big Apple into its overarching strategy, amplifying its East Coast efforts in a move it considers vital to...View the full article

The 2018 Honda Ridgeline lives in the world most of us would recognize, where we don't drop cinder blocks from high-rises, scramble heavy equipment up a mountainside, or tow Saturn Vs on a Tuesday. Daily uses for the 2018 Honda Ridgeline include hauling more than 1,400 pounds in the bed (it's wise to mulch, you know), comfortably seating four...View the full article

Honda Accord: The Car Connection's Best Car To Buy 2018 Each year at The Car Connection we drive and rate hundreds of cars to help tell you what's best. We've driven them all this year: family cars to basic commuter cars, but only one car can be our Best Car to Buy 2018. The Car Connection's Driver's Choice 2018 award winners It's that time of...View the full article

Each year The Car Connection gives the Best Car To Buy award for vehicles that we'd recommend to anyone. Our overall winner this year was the 2018 Honda Accord. In a very narrow vote, it beat out our Best Crossover To Buy 2018, the Volvo XC60. With its bigger XC90, Volvo reset the notion of what a luxury sport-utility vehicle could offer, from its...View the full article

Few vehicles can conquer more of our planet than the Land Rover Range Rover. But we're not just talking about this ultra-luxury SUV's off-road ability. Sure, it'll make pebbles out of boulders and puddles out of rivers, but the Range Rover is just as at home in the wilds of the Kalahari as it is jostling for attention with Bugattis the valet stand...View the full article

It's that time of year where the air turns brisk, snow looms in the forecast, turkeys are fearful they'll end up on your table, and awards are given out for the best of the best in the auto industry. With Driver's Choice awards, The Car Connection puts you in the driver's seat as you choose the winners. From the best minivan on the market to the...View the full article

Each year at The Car Connection we drive and rate hundreds of cars to help tell you what's best. We've driven them all this year: family cars to basic commuter cars, but only one car can be our Best Car to Buy 2018. So what is it? The 2018 Honda Accord. Let’s start with what the new Accord offers this time around. Honda has pushed the wheels...View the full article

Just weeks before South Korea hosts the world’s first motor show centered on self-driving cars, has opened its own city, developed purely for testing driverless vehicles. The ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the partial opening of what is being dubbed “K-City,” a, $10 million simulated town designed to...View the full article

Ram has one last special edition in store for its 1500 Sport pickup before a new version is unveiled in January. The brand revealed the 2018 Ram 1500 Sport Hydro Blue edition Thursday and it's one bright pickup truck. While the special edition truck doesn't bring any new equipment with it, it does sport a new Hydro Blue exterior hue, as its name...View the full article

What's New for 2018: Chrysler Chrysler's has consolidated its lineup for 2018. Redesigned 2018 Jeep Wrangler to boast improved fuel economy The all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler may still have boxy styling that flashes back to World War II, but its fuel economy will improve substantially. Google's Waymo takes cabbie out of its self-driving taxis...View the full article

The all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler may still have boxy styling that flashes back to World War II, but its fuel economy will improve substantially. Roadshow dug up the 2018 Wrangler's fuel economy figures, which were posted to the EPA's website. The figures released for the Wrangler with a 3.6-liter V-6 reveal 17 mpg city, 23 highway, 19 combined with...View the full article

Chrysler's has consolidated its lineup for 2018. That's a nice way of saying that Chrysler doesn't have much to offer you unless you're after a minivan or a full-size luxury sedan with a sportier-than-average outlook on life. Luckily, if a Chrysler Pacifica or Chrysler 300 is on your shopping list, they're both highly competitive products with...View the full article

Las Vegas' free self-driving shuttle involved in crash on its first day Just an hour after hustling its first passengers around downtown Las Vegas, an experimental self-driving shuttle was hit by a truck Wednesday. Google's Waymo takes cabbie out of its self-driving taxis Google-owned Waymo is taking the driver out of self-driving cars with a new...View the full article