On the 10 Best Trucks side of things, GM's most inexpensive new vehicle for the U.S. market scored its second win.

 

On the 10 Best Trucks side of things, GM's most inexpensive new vehicle for the U.S. market scored its second win.

Woohoo! 10K miles and it's been a great car the whole time. Averaging 33.6 mpg after a year, no squeaks, rattles, thumps or glitches. Still feels solid and well-built, which if we're being honest, is traditionally NOT how an entry-level GM car typically feels at any point in its life. It really is a great little wagon and not just for the price but simply because it just is.

 

Wonder how many Cadillacs will appear on this list once these awesome sports sedans are gone.

 

Zero/zero/zero??

 

My assumption... fewer.

 

I remember when Mustang use to be on this list all the time, now GM just dominates Detroit when it comes to on-road performance. Ford instead shifted toward off-roading performance where they dominate. GM just needs to move their EVs into performance, right now they have a long way to go but a ton of opportunity.

Naturally, plenty of critical favorites (especially from Detroit) tend to end up on the chopping block.

 

Ford instead shifted toward off-roading performance where they dominate.

Indeed, Ford is the brand with the most entries on the 2025 10 Best Trucks list:

 

Good for GM!

I haven't been in an Accord in a few years, but why is it I've never stepped out of one saying "10 Best"? Maybe because I'm just a passenger and not the driver?

As far as the Cadillac's are concerned and their transition to BEV - One thing I read is the Lyriq will be substantially lowered for the V. If true I take that as an omen that GM is willing to make big changes to make their BEV's worthy of the V badge....

 

I haven't been in an Accord in a few years, but why is it I've never stepped out of one saying "10 Best"? Maybe because I'm just a passenger and not the driver?

That might be it.

All joking aside, the current gen Honda Accord is a fine car for passengers, but an even better car for the driver. It remains the benchmark for midsized sedans. As Mr. Dorian from C&D put it:

 

I would sit in a Tesla 3 for a few seconds see nothing on the dash but an iPad in the middle of the dash and walk away shaking my head.
How can anyone buy a vehicle with that dash? I just don't get it.

 

I get it. Vehicles designed for kids or people with kid-mentality not feeling the 'car culture' at all for whom their smartphone and apps are everything.

 

It looks like by country:
U.S.A - 5
Japan - 3
Germany - 2
There are no BMWs on the list; they used to be on it year-after-year. Also, Toyota only has one joint venture car on the list that is more Subaru than Toyota.

 

And out of that list, probably only half the models make money, LOL.

 

Nine of the ten are probably at least break even. But the tenth model incurred a loss of nearly $427,000 per vehicle in Q3 2024 (1,805 units produced with operating loss of $0.77 billion that quarter):

 

There's a reason Lucid is 2 bux a share.

 

^^^
And the Malibu made the list around 2009 I think. But even then, they only add an additional midsize car to their list. The Accord's place seems permanent. I don't think it's always been deserving.

There's been GM cars that make an appearance for one, maybe two years (Cadillac STS years ago, for one). Then they disappear. But Accords, even without significant updates between generations, are always there year after year, even over newer midsize models.

There's always been some odd choices. The Honda Fit was a perennial as well. And I suppose it was there because of their desire to include difference type of vehicles on the list, not just a bunch of high-dollar, luxury or performance cars. But the Fit? Nothing wrong with it, but c'mon!

 

But the Fit? Nothing wrong with it, but c'mon!

Honda Fit's C&D 10 Best honors in past years had the same rationale as that for Chevy Trax currently: both products are "better than expected, and better than it needs to be".

 

The Fit was a super model compared to the Echo!!

 

Looks do help. The Kia Seltos is supposed to be one of the best subcompact SUVs out there but it is forgettable on the outside. The interior is nice, though.
That name is horrible though.