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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. built Atlas 3-row SUV, a vehicle large enough that North America will be its single largest market. Whatever it is, it won’t be cheap Defining the ID.Buzz as a vehicle is difficult. Then VW launched the U.S.-built So the U.S.

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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

We’ve mused before on these digital pages that a clean car seems to run better – a missive that apparently holds true for sports cars and hot hatchbacks, though burly off-road pickup trucks and SUVs may take umbrage with that assessment. Good job it rolls easily on its tires.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

If a defect robs a vehicle of motive power and/or results in a giant repair bill, it’s deemed as more important than the windows failing to work or the paint being cheap. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000. Same for the door rests, although the too-thin recycled material door cards feel too cheap for this price car. Nothing says performance playtime quite like one of these. Seats pin you low, are proper buckets and are also coated in Alcantara.

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