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2 Months Behind Wheel of 2023 Volkswagen Golf R

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We have an unusual road test for you in this week’s episode of America on the Road. Instead of testing a car provided to us by one of the car manufacturers, Co-Host Chris Teague will […]

Driving the 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost in the SoCal Mountains

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Tesla is facing two new lawsuits, and they concern issues we’ve just talked about here on America on the Road. We’ll give you all the details in just a few minutes. Is your car spying […]

Hot As An Electric Burner: Road-testing 2023 Kia EV6 GT

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Does a midsize crossover EV need to be as quick as an exotic car from a specialty carmaker? Probably not. But the 2023 Kia EV6 GT is that quick, as Co-Host Chris Teague discovered in […]

Road Testing New 2024 Ford Mustang GT in SoCal Mountains

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This week we discuss what we discovered when Host Jack Nerad was among the first journalists to drive the seventh-generation Ford Mustang. While the “all-new” 2024 Mustang offers buyers the choice of a turbocharged four-cylinder […]

Why 2023 Nissan Leaf Is Better Buy Than You Think

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Many critics might tell you the 2023 Nissan Leaf is well past its prime and a purveyor of old tech. But after a week in the Leaf, Host Jack Nerad came to a different conclusion. […]

2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Takes on Backwoods Maine & Patio Bricks

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The 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R is the coolest truck in the Ford stable. This week AOTR Co-Host Chris Teague got the chance to match it up against the toughest tests Maine has to offer, […]

All-New 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor: Hot Fun for the Summertime

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Ford has just pulled the wraps off the all-new 2024 Ford Ranger and Ford Ranger Raptor, and we’ll have an exclusive interview with the truck’s marketing manager, Gretchen Sauer. The all-new Ranger is a serious […]

2023 Toyota Highlander or 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: How Will You Spend $50K?

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Car buyers are now being confronted with an interesting — and hard-to-answer — question: do I spend my money on an all-new battery-electric or do I spend it on a larger, more accommodating conventionally powered […]

HOT Hybrid: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Makes Efficiency Fun

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The Corolla Cross Hybrid is a low-priced, high-value crossover SUV, a vehicle type American consumers just can’t seem to get enough of. In little more than a year on the market, it has already become […]

Cross Country Road Test: 2023 Lincoln Corsair Plug-in Hybrid

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The 2023 Lincoln Corsair PHEV is a full-featured 5-passenger luxury crossover filled with high-tech features like Lincoln BlueCruise 1.2 and other niceties. As we found in our 800-mile trek in the heavily revised vehicle, it […]