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10 Electric Cars That Depreciate The Most After 1 Year Of Ownership
Unless you own a rare or classic car that ages like a fine wine, the reality is that your car will depreciate. And an unfortunate reality stacked on top of that is that electric cars depreciate much faster. Here are the ten hardest-hit models. Not all cars lose value at the same rate, of course. For example, prices for reliable…
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Best Used Cars for You
But if you know where to look, there are good cars out there with proven reliability track records and good savings compared with buying new. There is no escaping that buying a used car typically comes with repair risks. You don’t know how it was driven or maintained by its previous owner (vehicle history reports are helpful, but they may…
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How Well Do New Cars Avoid Front Collisions?
The IIHS has been testing AEB since 2013, but the organization implemented stricter standards last year to better test the kinds of crashes that are more likely to injure or kill people. The new tests are conducted at higher speeds—31, 37, and 43 mph. They also add a motorcycle and semi-trailer as targets in addition to a passenger car, because…
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Talking Cars 465: Driving the Mazda CX-50 Hybrid
Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our first driving impressions of the all-new 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid, which we recently purchased for CR’s auto test program. The CX-50 Hybrid is a collaboration between Mazda and Toyota. On the surface, it’s a CX-50 with a RAV4 Hybrid powertrain, although it’s a little more involved than that, and our panelists…
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67 Used Cars to Avoid Buying
But an unreliable used car—no matter how low it may be priced—is never a good value. If you aren’t careful with your research, you can end up with a used car, minivan, pickup truck, or SUV that ends up costing you more money in repairs than you paid for it. In fact, you may spend so much on repairs that…
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Best American Cars, SUVs, and Trucks
All of the cars featured here are CR Recommended, but not all are built in the U.S. Below we spotlight the highest-scoring American-branded vehicle for most of the categories we test. (With the shift in demand toward SUVs, small American cars are nearly extinct. We only included categories where an American-branded car qualified.) There are many ways to sort and…
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Talking Cars 464: Live From CR’s Auto Test Center
This special “Talking Cars” podcast serves as a “recap” of our first-ever live episode of a show focused on the state of electric vehicles in 2025. We welcomed live viewers and listeners who shared questions for real-time engagement with the panel. As you might imagine, there was plenty to talk about. Conversation focused on whether or not the EV products…
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Subaru Starlink flaw let hackers hijack cars in US and Canada
Security researchers have discovered an arbitrary account takeover flaw in Subaru’s Starlink service that could let attackers track, control, and hijack vehicles in the United States, Canada, and Japan using just a license plate. Bug bounty hunter Sam Curry revealed on Thursday that the vulnerability was discovered on November 20, 2024, with the help of researcher Shubham Shah. They found that the security…
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Most Fuel-Efficient Cars – Consumer Reports
Measuring fuel economy is one of more than 50 tests we conduct on each car we purchase. Our fuel-economy numbers are derived from a precision flow meter and are rounded to the nearest mile per gallon. CR’s overall mileage results are calculated based on equal portions of city and highway driving. This list starts with the most efficient car, and…
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Talking Cars 463: Driving the Nissan Kicks
Keith Barry Keith Barry has been an auto reporter at Consumer Reports since 2018. He focuses on safety, technology, and the environmental impact of cars. Previously, he led home and appliance coverage at Reviewed; reported on cars for USA Today, Wired, and Car & Driver; and wrote for other publications as well. Keith earned a master’s degree in public health…
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