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2016 Kia Sorento crossover keeps getting better

One of the worst vehicles offered since the turn of the century was the original Kia Sorento. Sold from 2001 to 2009, it rode a truck-type body-on-frame platform that conspired with dismal suspension tuning to make it flop through turns like "Ishtar" at the box office. Pricing was reasonable,...

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  • Tips for cold, cold car care
    Tips for cold, cold car care

    Cars, like people, don’t function as well in cold weather. Your car doesn’t like it anymore than you. Because most employers frown on hibernating, we’ve compiled a list of precautions to increase the odds of your car functioning in extreme or unseasonable cold. 

  • New Illinois sales tax law lowers the cost of leasing a car
    New Illinois sales tax law lowers the cost of leasing a car

    Leasing as a percentage of new vehicle sales has nearly doubled to 26 percent nationally over the last five years, but Illinois has lagged well behind that growth spurt because of sales tax laws that make leasing less attractive than in other states.

  • 2014 autos in review: the good, the bad, the recalled
    2014 autos in review: the good, the bad, the recalled

    Good times, bad times, the auto industry had its share in 2014.

  • Majority of recalled vehicles have not been repaired
    Majority of recalled vehicles have not been repaired

    Each day, attorney Terry Harris sets out in his trusty 2002 Honda Civic, which has 150,000 miles — and has been recalled for a variety of defects considered dangerous by safety regulators.

  • Tesla boosts Roadster to 400-mile range
    Tesla boosts Roadster to 400-mile range

    Tesla Motors has made a habit out of making continued improvements to its vehicles after they leave the showroom, sometimes with software "updates" that look like recalls, and sometimes with actual improvements.

  • Honda says 3 million more cars need air-bag fix in U.S. recall

    TOKYO — Honda, the biggest customer of air-bag maker Takata Corp., said about 3 million more of its vehicles will need to be fixed in the U.S. after it widened a repair campaign to across the country.

  • The most interesting cars for 2015
    The most interesting cars for 2015

    Some of the most interesting automotive announcements in 2014 will make for the most compelling storylines of 2015. How will the all-aluminum F-150 alter the automotive landscape? How will American buyers react to the wave of subcompact crossovers ready to hit the marketplace in 2015? Will...

  • Chicago Tribune staff compile a wish list of dream cars
    Chicago Tribune staff compile a wish list of dream cars

    Just in time for Listmas season, we gathered some car-loving Tribune staffers to compile their dream car wish list. Several Tribuneers have ditched car ownership outright in favor of car-sharing services, and some of us drive Subaru Foresters, Nissan Altimas, Honda Civics, Toyota Prii,...

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