North American Car of the Year Archives • Driving Today

How Will Trump Change the Auto Industry?

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The elephant in the room this week is the landslide election of Donald J. Trump and what it means to the auto industry and the American car buyer. From tariffs to regulation changes to tax […]

Special Road Test: 1,000 Miles in 2025 Honda Odyssey Elite

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Driving from Dallas to Oxford, Mississippi, and back over the course of a three-day weekend sounds like a daunting proposition for a lot of people. After all, Dallas is 530 miles from Oxford, so the […]

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2025 Toyota Camry XSE: 600+ Miles of Range in a Sedan You’ll Love

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The 2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid is all that flash, but after testing it this week, we think consumers will really respond to its combination of versatility, fun-to-drive, and incredible fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency […]

2025 Ram 1500 Goes Straight (Six)

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After years featuring the Hemi V8, the 2025 Ram 1500 now offers the new turbocharged 3.0-liter Hurricane straight-six engines, and Co-Host Chris Teague gives the heavily massaged full-sized pickup a thorough test. At the wheel […]

Mazda MX-5 Miata, Subaru WRX TR Keynote Joy of Driving Week

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This week America on the Road proves yet again that there is more to driving than just getting from Point A to Point B in a thoroughly rational but also thoroughly uninvolving crossover SUV. We […]

All-New 2025 Ford Expedition: Is It the Ultimate Family Hauler?

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Ford Motor Company doesn’t see the all-new 2025 Ford Expedition as just another big SUV. It has a larger purpose in mind. Expedition Brand Manager Luis Perez told AOTR Host Jack Nerad that Ford wants […]

Mustang Convertible + Autumn in Maine: The Perfect Automotive Cocktail

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While the other domestic manufacturers are dropping their sporty cars as if they were redhot hunks of iron just pulled from a fireplace, Ford is doubling down on its iconic Mustang, and we’re happy about […]

2025 Ford Mustang GTD: 815-horsepower, 202 MPH Top Speed; Are We Nearing the End of Days?

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This week’s lead news story is the just-announced 2025 Ford Mustang GTD that Ford Motor Company says is the pinnacle of Mustang engineering. As we discuss in this week’s episode, it’s hard to argue that. […]

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: A Driving Simulator That You Actually Drive

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The 2025 Ioniq 5 N isn’t simply Hyundai’s first electrified N performance brand model, it is also one of the most fascinating cars we at America on the Road have ever driven — and we’ve […]

Mission Incredible: Flying Around Maine in Nissan Z NISMO

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Co-Host Chris Teague was confronted with a very difficult task in our lead road test this week. His job was to pilot the 2024 Nissan Z NISMO around the twists and turns of Maine’s backroads. […]