26 10BEST FOR 2020 JANUARY 2020 ~ CARAND DRIVER
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believe that change
is daunting. It doesn’t have to be, though.
Consider just how often you adapt and
adjust without pause or concern. When
a restaurant carries only Pepsi products,
you order water and move on with your
life. If someone replaces your beloved
Charmin with no-name single ply, you
grab a bigger handful and just keep wiping.
Yes, we’re warming you up.
Our 10Best Cars and 10Best Trucks and
SUVs awards are now simply the 10Best
awards. On this list, cars and trucks and
those irritatingly popular crossovers
peacefully coexist, just as they do on
streets and in parking lots. Don’t panic.
Just keep wiping.
Here’s what hasn’t changed: Our 10Best
winners still represent the smartest, most
entertaining vehicles you can buy today.
They are picked after an exhaustive eval-
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Kia Soul, which mocks our need to catego-
rize everything.
There are no categories on the trophies,
though. To earn a 10Best win, a vehicle
must prove itself against contenders as
diverse as the auto industry. Our crite-
ria remain the same. Ever y winner must
deliver exceptional driving engagement,
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of its competition. As a result, these are
the cars we’d own. These are our 10Best.W
10Best for 2020