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The Porsche Taycan
lacks the range of a
Tesla Model S, but it
counters with superior
L.A. Show luxurious interior.
refinement and a more

Kia Seltos
Seltos is gunning at Jeep, thank you very 2020 FIRST DRIVE
With 7.2 inches of ground clearance, the

much. Arriving at dealers any minute
be had with a 146-hp four-cylinder and a Porsche
with a starting price under $22,000, it can

CVT or a 175-hp turbocharged four with
a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Taycan 4S
All-wheel drive is optional.

he Taycan 4S, a little less powerful
Toyota RAV4 Prime than the Turbo but a lot more
Worried your hybrid SUV isn’t quick T affordable, will arrive in the U.S.
enough? Toyota has a Prime for that. this spring priced from $106,410, under-
Retuning the gasoline engine, enlarging cutting the Turbo by $47,100 and the
the battery, and bulking up the elec- Turbo S by a whopping $81,200.
tronics and front electric motor (the Buyers will have to forgo some brag-
rear motor is the same) make the RAV4 ging rights when opting for the entry-
Prime Toyota’s second-quickest vehicle level Taycan: The 4S is eight-tenths of a
behind the Supra at 5.8 seconds to 60 second slower to 60 mph than the Turbo
mph. Expect 90 mpg-e with a 93-mile and 1.2 seconds slower than the Turbo S,
all-electric driving range. taking 3.8 seconds for the sprint, and it
only does 155 mph, whereas the Turbo
Mazda CX-30 twins can hit 161 mph.
Sliding between the CX-3 and CX-5, Two versions of the Taycan 4S will be
the CX-30 will come in at $22,945 available. The base model, which is not
to start. All-wheel drive is optional, scheduled to enter production until June,
but no matter what, you’re getting a comes with a 79.2-kW-hr battery Porsche
186-hp four-cylinder and a six-speed calls the Performance Battery. Available
automatic. If it looks like a jacked-up sooner is one fitted with the bigger 93.4-
Mazda3, that’s because it is. It only kW-hr battery used in the Turbo and
has 6.7 inches of ground clearance, Turbo S. Dubbed Performance Battery
but it does have an off-road mode to Plus, it’s a $6,580 option.
help you get out of sticky situations. Headline performance numbers—0 to
60 acceleration and top speed—are the
Buick Encore GX same for both 4S variants, partly because
It says Encore, but it’s not like the the bigger battery adds 177 pounds,
Encore already on sale. The GX is bigger bringing it to 4,894 pounds. However, it
and rides on a different platform. Two also allows the front and rear
sizes of turbocharged three-cylinder
engine will be available, with a CVT
for small-engine front-wheel-drive
models and a nine-speed automatic for
big-engine all-wheel-drive models. The
first models are hitting lots now, priced
at $25,095 to start.

Genesis G90
The luxury sedan once known as
the Equus has been updated with a
love-it-or-hate-it new look. Along
for the ride is a 365-hp twin-turbo
V-6 engine or a 420-hp V-8, both
matched with an eight-speed auto-
matic and driving the rear or all four
wheels. Price wasn’t announced at
press time, but it should be on sale
now starting at about $71,000.

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