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The Cheaper Acura SUV That Feels More Luxurious Than A Mercedes GLS

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By Damian Adams
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The three-row luxury SUV segment has a pricing problem: spend enough on a German badge and the sticker climbs past six figures before you've touched a single option box. But one cheaper alternative from Acura is quietly proving that a hushed cabin, soft-touch materials, and genuine comfort don't require a Mercedes-sized budget. It undercuts one of the segment's biggest names by tens of thousands of dollars, yet drivers who spend real time in both often walk away preferring the cheaper one.
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Kia's Niro Hybrid: The 50-MPG Wagon Buyers Wrongly Overlook

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By Damian Adams
| TopSpeed Verified
Walk into a Toyota or Honda showroom looking for an efficient small crossover and you will hear two names. The Kia Niro Hybrid rarely makes the shortlist, which is odd, because the numbers say it should. In its most efficient trims, it is rated at 53 mpg combined. It undercuts its Toyota rival on price, offers more room, and comes with a long Kia warranty. Yet it sells in a fraction of the volume. Here is what the Niro actually offers, where it falls short, and why so many buyers never try it.
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The New 4Runner TRD Pro Wrangler Loyalists Are Finally Watching

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By Damian Adams
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For two decades, the body-on-frame SUV conversation started and ended with the same two names. Wrangler owners mocked Toyota's aging V6, Bronco owners pointed to their locking diffs and 35-inch tires, and the old fifth-generation 4Runner sat quietly in the corner, reliable but irrelevant to the argument. That silence just ended with the new sixth-generation 4Runner.
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