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The 2024 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum has an off-road swagger and a cavernous interior — good reasons to consider putting one in your driveway if you need to haul people, stuff and things with four legs and a tail. The '21 refresh brought the Pathfinder into the modern era. It’s solid, but not the best in class. Here’s why.
Kia is currently working on its first-ever pickup truck, something to compete with the midsize Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux in many markets around the world. It's called the Tasman, but it's not due to be sold in the United States—which makes it all the more curious why recent spy photos and videos have depicted it cruising around the Mojave Desert. What is it doing here?
This month, a wide variety of body styles and powertrain propositions earn Editors' Picks status. The brand-new Mazda CX-90 has impressed us in many forms, but that comes as no surprise. The Tonale from Alfa may not be a super-hot performance SUV like the Stelvio Quadrifoglio, but it's still captured our love. And for those wishing to remain lower to the ground, the V60/V60 Cross Country bring style to the limited pie that is the wagon market. Lastly, Acura updates its TLX, and the package only gets better.
In a rare stumble for the Kia Telluride, the automaker is recalling 427,407 units over a potential rollaway risk. With the relevant assembly dates of vehicles in the recall pool running from January 9, 2019, to October 19, 2023, we're talking about nearly the entire production run of Kia's massively popular three-row SUV. In cars with the problem, splines on the right front driveshaft and the intermediate driveshaft (located between the two front driveshafts, hence «intermediate») might not engage fully in some instances. Kia's recall report said the problem is «suspected improper assembly by the supplier» of the bearing and bracket assembly where the shafts unite.
It’s kind of absurd that the Kia EV9 doesn’t have any current rivals. Sure, there are other three-row EVs, but none are designed around the primary function of transporting lots of people. So really, the Kia EV9 has the three-row EV market all to its own. It goes to show just how far ahead of the curve the Korean brand is.
The next-generation Hyundai Palisade is expected to be revealed in the coming months, but thanks to our spies in Sweden, we're getting a sneak peak at it right now. This isn't the first we've seen of Hyundai's squared-off three-row replacement, but it is the first look we've gotten at the crossover's new interior, which appears to be borrowing some styling cues from Hyundai's electrified models. That's appropriate, since we expect this generation to include a hybrid powertrain in the lineup.
Mitsubishi will soon make public the plans for its transformation in the North American market with a five- to seven-year plan for new product introductions. An announcement is expected this spring, and if you ask us, it can't some soon enough for the ailing brand, which we previously described as "just another Lancia waiting to die" unless drastic changes are made.
The 2024 Kia EV9 takes a big swing at the electric vehicle market with a mainstream, three-row electric SUV. There are very few three-row EVs on the market so far, and if they’re not extremely expensive, then their third rows offer meager space. The Kia EV9 starts below $60,000 and provides ample room to each of its six or seven (depending on configuration) passengers.