10 Biggest News Stories of the Month: Genesis Electrified GV70 Luxuriates, Hyundai Palisade Pops
Is it too much to ask for a luxury SUV that’s accommodating, comfortable, elegantly appointed, powerful, fuel-efficient and affordable? If those are your criteria for the best luxury car, then you need to check out Cars.com’s Best Luxury Car of 2025 winner, the Genesis Electrified GV70. It ticks off all these boxes: In addition to its coddling interior and robust 429 horsepower and 516 pounds-feet of torque, it gets 91 mpg-equivalent and costs $68,400 to $75,200 — the second most efficient and among the most palatably priced among competitors for this year’s Best Luxury Car honor.
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In one of the most popular articles on this month’s list of most read stories, we announced the Electrified GV70 as the top luxury vehicle. It beat out finalists that included the 2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten, which starts at more than $89,000 with just a 17 mpg estimated combined fuel economy, and the 2025 Lexus LC 500, which starts at $101,100 and musters just 18 mpg. Genesis as a brand showed strong among models under consideration for the luxury honor, including the 2025 G80 and G90 sedans and GV80 SUV, alongside the 2025 Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUV, Lucid Air all-electric sedan, Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV and Porsche Cayenne SUV.
For the rundown on all the nominees and finalists for the Best Luxury Car of 2025 award, as well as a full accounting of why Cars.com editors selected the 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 for the honor, follow the link below to the No. 5 news story from February.
But if family comes before fancy among your car-shopping non-negotiables, be sure to consult our article announcing Cars.com’s official pick for Best Family Car of 2025, the 2025 Hyundai Palisade. The big three-row SUV has been popular among our editors since it arrived on the scene for the 2020 model year and continues to endear year after year. In addition to being an all-around accommodating SUV boasting comfort, high-quality cabin materials, good infotainment and advanced safety features, it continues to provide raw value at a starting price ranging from $38,215 to $55,515. Finalists for the family-car title included the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2025 Kia EV9.
For the details on why our judges landed on the 2025 Hyundai Palisade for the Best Family Car of 2025 — in addition to the full list of nominees for the award — follow the link below to the No. 6 news story of the month.
Beyond all that, we’ve got headlines on the Toyota Land Cruiser, Ram 1500, Hyundai Santa Fe, Toyota Tacoma, Kia EV9, Lexus GX and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past month:
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