Test Drives

2020 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV)

Road Test: 2020 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid

As with all PHEVs on the market today, the 2020 Kia Niro PHEV is a bit of a split personality. It’s not the fastest CUV on the market today, and it’s EV-only range is not spectacular, but when it comes to total range and economy, it is one of the best.

2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime AWD plug-in hybrid

Take Two: 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV

The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime is a genuine PHEV that has an awesome EV-only range, rated at 42 miles, and in our tests, we think they sandbagged that range a bit as we beat it by 50 percent.

2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid

Road Test: 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime

The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime, like the Prius Prime, enables 42 miles of EV range, which will likely serve most people’s daily needs. When they have to drive farther, the 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine kicks in.

2020 Buick Encore GX

Road Test: 2020 Buick Encore GX Essence

The 2020 Buick Encore GX Essence FWD is a nice, comfortable crossover that gets 30+ mpg and has ample storage and passenger space. The design is easily among the best among its peers, and the quiet ride is a bit more premium than others in this category.

2020 Toyota Camry TRD

Road Test: 2020 Toyota Camry TRD

What wasn’t expected was to take this freeway cruiser, family vacation and grocery-getter, and make it massively cool-looking and bordering on being a sports sedan. Bordering, because while the suspension has been tuned to make the 2020 Toyota Camry TRD handle like no other Camry, the engine wasn’t modified.