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Thursday, January 23, 2020

What to Get

These Trucks and Utilities Were Last Year’s Bestsellers; Here Are the Ones We Like

A couple weeks ago we did a story about 2019’s passenger-car sales rankings vs. the cars our enthusiasm thinks deserve the top spot. We’ve done it again, this time with trucks and SUVs. Here are the top-selling trucks and SUVs in their respective categories, along with the vehicles Autoweek thinks should be on top.

Drives

2020 Hyundai Venue: 5 Things to Know

Hyundai's latest entry-level SUV offers an alternative to buying an older, used car. Here are 5 key things to know about the Venue.

Future Cars

Subaru EV Concept Looks like a Crosstrek Cybertruck

Subaru said it plans to get at least 40 percent of its global sales from full-electric or hybrid vehicles by 2030. And at a technology briefing held in Tokyo, the company went a step further, saying in the first half of the 2030s, it plans to electrify every vehicle in its global lineup.

Drives

2020 Honda Accord Sport 2.0 Review: Perfect for a Very Specific Sort of Buyer

This balanced, affordable and manual transmission-equipped Accord isn't for everyone. But it might be tailor-made for you.

Autoweek Talks: Year of the Rat

Enter the Mind of Big Daddy Roth, the One True Rat Fink

As family lore has it, I met Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, car customizer and weirdo underground artist extraordinaire, once. It would have been in the early 1990s at the St. Ignace Car Show in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and I would have been too young to remember any of it.

Racing

NHRA to Reward Series Regulars With Automatic Spots in Countdown Playoffs

The NHRA just made qualifying for its Countdown to the Championship playoffs a whole lot easier. Just show up every week, and you're in.

Racing

Kalitta Motorsports Shakes up NHRA Lineup; Shawn Langdon Returns to Top Fuel, Richie Crampton Out

The Connie Kalitta-led team announced its 2020 driver lineup on Tuesday, and it includes returning Doug Kalitta (Mac Tools dragster) and Shawn Langdon (pictured above, DHL dragster) running the Top Fuel cars, and J.R. Todd (DHL Toyota Camry) returning in Funny Cars.