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Drop all of the animal analogies and jabber about buyer interest for a moment and actually stare at the Kia Soul, and you will see a small, round-eyed automobile that if seen on the streets in 1959 would likely have been mislabeled as “UFO activity.”

Every single automaker needs a three-row SUV to compete in today’s crowded market. After a couple of years with some less-than-positive headlines, Volkswagen needed a win from their first-ever three-row midsize SUV. And they got it with the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas.

If you want a new Tahoe with all of the latest Chevy truck updates you are going to have to wait a minute. Despite Chevrolet’s reveal of an all-new Silverado at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show, with a slated arrival date of late 2018, Tahoe and Suburban buffs are going to be stuck with what they’ve got on the lot for the foreseeable future.

I usually wouldn’t review a vehicle for a past model year, but I’m making an exception here since I didn’t get a chance to live with the Jeep Compass until the final days of 2017, and the 2018 model is basically identical.

Alfonso Albaisa is a certified design genius, of that I am sure. With a few strokes of the stylus on their computer-aided design system, he and his team transformed the Infiniti QX80 from one of the homeliest vehicles on the planet to a very handsome SUV for 2018.

Driving a lot of different vehicles, I’ve develop a mental checklist of things I notice and enjoy. And certainly, I’ve developed some personal biases toward certain types of vehicles. We all have our favorite kinds of cars.

Salted roads and snow. They both suck, and for completely different reasons. One makes commuting a potentially life-threatening inconvenience, while the other is put in play in order to alleviate said slippery disposition, but poses a threat to your automobile and is a chore to remove.

Say what you will about handmade supercars, but McLaren continues to create some of the most amazing extreme machines ever to grace the asphalt. Unfortunately, getting a vehicle of this caliber for a week-long review is easier said than done, and while there is a very good chance that I will be getting ahold of a 720S next spring, the desire to tinker with one today remains insatiably strong.

Does the world really need another compact crossover? Maybe not, but Mitsubishi clearly does if it wants to continue its climb back to from obscurity in this country. The largest and fastest growing segment in the auto industry, compact crossovers now dominate the lots of suburban malls, high schools, and office parks across the land.

After a long absence from the US auto market, Alfa Romeo has come back to the states with three very solid cars in the last couple of years – the crazy fun, but highly impractical 4C, the excellent handling and well-executed Giulia (and its bonkers Quadrifoglio variant), and now the Stelvio – the company’s first ever SUV.

Do you know what I have learned to love about the latest rounds of Lexus vehicles? No matter how low you go on the totem pole, they will always come packed with presence and projected reliability.

All the leaves were brown, and yes, the sky was grey. But I’d be damned if I was walking that wintry day. Ford had gone through all this trouble to make sure that I had ample access to the heavily revised, and downright devilish Mustang GT in Malibu, California, and I sure as hell wasn’t about to pass up on seat time.

If there’s one thing that Dodge is doing well these days it getting the most out of its line-up. Despite the challenges of aging platforms like the ones underpinning the Charger, Challenger, and Durango, all three vehicles continue to be relevant and desirable thanks to the prowess of Dodge and SRT’s engineering and design teams.

Put every ounce of ingenuity into building something special, and the results are guaranteed to impress. Nowhere is this adage more appropriate than within Ford’s latest lineup, especially when considering its completely overhauled models. Regardless of whether you are considering a microscopic GT/GT40 LEGO kit or a hulking F-150, The Blue Oval has something for everyone, and it’s only getting better as time progresses.

Vehicle redesigns are an expensive and risky investment for car manufacturers, although they’re also a necessity to keep up with stiff competition. General Motors’ SUV line is undergoing a major overhaul. Both the Chevy Equinox and Chevy Traverse are redesigned this year along with the Buick Enclave.