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Choosing between the Honda Passport RTL vs TrailSport looks simple until we start digging into what Honda actually changed between the two trims. At first glance, they share the same rugged new body, muscular V6 engine, standard all-wheel drive, roomy two-row cabin, and most of…

The Honda Passport has carved out an interesting corner of the midsize SUV market. It is not a soft little crossover pretending to enjoy dirt roads, yet it is not a hardcore rock crawler that makes us sacrifice comfort just to survive Monday morning traffic.…

The Honda Passport looks like exactly the sort of SUV we should be able to buy used without losing sleep. It carries the Honda badge, uses a naturally aspirated V6 in most modern versions, offers generous interior space, and avoids some of the mechanical complexity…

Shopping for a Honda Passport should be fairly simple. After all, this is a two-row midsize SUV, not a luxury sedan with an options catalog thick enough to double as bedtime reading. Yet once we begin comparing Honda Passport trims, the lineup can look more…

The Nissan Rogue generations tell a surprisingly clear story about how the compact crossover evolved from a fairly simple, car-like SUV into one of Nissan’s most technology-focused family vehicles. If we park an original 2008 Rogue beside a current model, the family resemblance is there,…

Choosing between Nissan Rogue trim levels can feel a little like ordering coffee from a menu that has somehow grown to twenty choices. The basic ingredients are similar, yet a few carefully placed upgrades can completely change the experience. That is especially true with the…

The Nissan Rogue has spent years near the heart of the compact-SUV market. It is practical, comfortable, fuel-efficient, easy to live with, and usually cheaper on the used market than several Honda and Toyota rivals. On paper, that sounds like a recipe for an easy…

Choosing between the Peugeot RCZ vs VW Scirocco is one of those used-car decisions where logic and emotion immediately start arguing with each other. On one side, we have the Peugeot RCZ, a low-slung French coupe with dramatic curves, a double-bubble roof, and styling that…

Put the Peugeot RCZ vs Toyota 86 side by side and we get one of those comparisons that looks straightforward until we actually start driving them. Both are compact 2+2 sports coupes. Both attract enthusiasts searching for something more exciting than an ordinary hatchback or…

Put a Peugeot RCZ next to a Peugeot 308 CC, and the family resemblance is easy to spot. They come from roughly the same era, share some engines and mechanical DNA, and both tried to prove that Peugeot could build something more emotional than an…

Few affordable coupes manage to look special after more than a decade on the road. The Peugeot RCZ and Audi TT are two of the exceptions. Park either one outside a café today and neither looks like something dragged out of automotive history. The Audi…