Pricing
The 2027 Jeep Cherokee Costs $130 More and Adds Two Blacked-Out Trims
Jeep’s hybrid SUV now comes in seven versions, with two gloss black Altitude trims and four new paint colors. Pricing for most of the lineup is still unannounced.
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New Cars
VW’s 268-HP Tiguan Just Won a ‘Best Compact SUV’ Award From a Program You’ve Never Heard Of
The $44,560 range-topper beat the segment in the first season of a New York awards program founded by ex-Good Housekeeping Institute executives — and it’s the one model keeping VW’s U.S. numbers afloat.
Recalls
Honda Is Recalling the Recall: 4,804 CR-V and Accord Hybrids Got the Wrong Tire-Kit Part
Supplier TEK mixed old nozzles in with the new ones, so some owners who already had the June fix left the dealer with the same part Honda was replacing. VIN lookup opens October 17.
Buying Advice
The $25,000 New-Car List Is Down to Seven: Every One, With Destination Included
Seven cars clear the $25,000 line once destination is added — four sedans, three crossovers, no hybrids. We rank them by sticker price and name the nine that miss by a hair.
New Cars
Nissan’s Rogue Hybrid Wins a Wards 10 Best Award Before It Reaches Dealers
Nissan’s e-POWER system joins an all-electrified 2026 Wards list before the first Rogue Hybrid is sold in the U.S., and the EPA now rates the SR at 41 mpg city.
New Cars
Europe’s New Hyundai Tucson Gets a 288-HP Plug-In Hybrid — America Hasn’t Been Promised One
The European fifth-gen Tucson gets a 288-hp plug-in with up to 50 WLTP miles, and Hyundai and Waymo are eyeing robotaxi markets beyond the US. Paris also brought a new Bayon and an electric Staria Cargo.
Industry
VW’s U.S. Sales Fell 10.9% in Q3. Take Out the EVs and They Rose 5.5%
The ID.4 and ID. Buzz lost more sales than the whole brand did. The Tiguan now makes up more than a third of Volkswagen’s U.S. volume.
Recalls
Toyota Recalls 31,000 RAV4 Plug-In Hybrids — Owner Letters May Take Until December
A control-unit fault can shut down the hybrid system at speed. The fix is a free software update, but Toyota won’t finish notifying owners until early December.
Motorsport
Subaru's Rebelle-Winning Forester Hybrid Returns With a Lift, 30-Inch Tires and a Locker
Carey Lando and Andrea Shaffer will defend their X-Cross title in the same 2025 Forester Hybrid, now rebuilt with more lift and hardware than any Forester Subaru sells.
New Cars
MINI Countryman Untamed Edition Gets a Lift, All-Terrain Tires and a $43,900 Price
The $43,900 Countryman S ALL4 Untamed Edition arrives in the U.S. with a lift, all-terrain tires and a 3,500-pound hitch as standard — hardware Europe rations.
Industry
Mazda Just Had Its Best September Ever — So Why Is It Still Down for 2026?
A 31.9% jump gave Mazda its biggest September in the U.S., but slumping CX-30, CX-5 and CX-90 sales still leave the brand 2.9% behind last year.
Industry
Nissan Cut Rental Fleet Sales 45% — and Retail Buyers Filled the Gap
Total volume barely moved, but retail sales jumped 7.8% as Nissan pulled back from rental fleets. Infiniti had its best third-quarter retail result since 2020, thanks largely to the new QX65.
Pricing
Corolla Cross Hybrid Loses Its Base Trim — and Now Starts at $31,415
Toyota has cut the entry-level Hybrid S for 2027, so every Corolla Cross Hybrid now gets blind-spot monitoring and wireless charging. Gas models carry over with a $900 bump.
Tech
Hyundai's New Tucson Brings an AI Assistant and Android Brain to the US — and Keeps CarPlay
The 2027 Tucson gets a 17- or 12.9-inch screen, a voice assistant that answers to "Hey Hyundai," and its own app store, while wireless phone mirroring stays.
Industry
Hyundai's Best Q3 Ever Leaned on the Outgoing Tucson as Ioniq Sales Halved
Hyundai sold 246,896 vehicles in the US from July through September. The Tucson jumped 23% as its replacement debuted, while Ioniq EV sales fell by more than half.
New Cars
Jeep's Cherokee Trailhawk Brings Real Low Range to a Hybrid SUV for $44,625
A two-speed transfer case, a locking rear axle, and a 24-inch fording rating turn the hybrid Cherokee into a genuine trail tool, at a cost of 6 mpg.
New Cars
The New Hyundai Tucson Gets a Second Premiere — This Time in New York
Two weeks after showing the SUV in Korea, Hyundai will stream a New York premiere Thursday at 5:15 p.m. ET. US powertrains, pricing, and timing are still unannounced.
Comparison
Chevy Equinox vs. Kia Sportage: $1,090 More Gets You the Kia's 41-MPG Hybrid
Their base prices are $10 apart before freight. The difference is Kia's $32,085 hybrid, which Chevy can't match, plus a warranty twice as long.
Pricing
Nissan Prices the Gas Rogue at $29,690 — $5,800 Below Its New Hybrid Twin
The gas Rogue enters 2027 with a $200 price bump, a retuned CVT, and the same 201-hp VC-Turbo — positioned as the budget path into a lineup that just gained a hybrid.
New Cars
Hyundai's New Tucson Goes Big and Boxy, With a 242-HP Hybrid and Built-In AI
Hyundai's best-selling SUV grows in every dimension, adopts the angular Art of Steel look, and gains a 242-hp hybrid plus LLM-based in-car AI. Korean sales start in October.