Final month’s Japan Mobility Present in Tokyo raised the bar so excessive with its assortment of rocking ideas and manufacturing vehicles that there’s merely no manner this week’s LA Auto Present can match it. On high of that, the UAW strikes have compelled Stellantis to tug out, that means we gained’t get an in-person look across the new vans. However there’s nonetheless loads of sizzling metallic heading to LA that’s price getting enthusiastic about. Right here’s a rundown of what to anticipate.
2025 Genesis GV80 and GV80 Coupe
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The facelifted Genesis GV80 SUV makes its North American debut on the LA present following a Korean reveal in September, but it surely’s going to be fully upstaged by its new GV80 Coupe sister. Each variations get a trick 27-inch OLED dashboard show and a selection of 300 hp (304 PS) 2.5-liter, four-pot turbo, or 375 hp (380 PS) 3.5-liter V6 turbo powertrains.
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Honda Prelude Idea
After its world premiere in Japan final month, Honda introduced the Prelude Idea to LA for its first look in North America. Whereas particular particulars are nonetheless beneath wraps, what we do know is that it’s slated for manufacturing inside the subsequent few years and can completely function a hybrid powertrain
2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N and Santa Fe
Think about telling somebody in 2003 that Hyundai would sooner or later construct an SUV as cool as a Vary Rover and and electrical automotive that was quicker and extra enjoyable to drive than most Porsches. They’d suppose you have been nuts, until you have been capable of teleport them to this week’s LA Present up the place they’d get a detailed take a look at the 2024 Santa Fe and 2025 Ioniq 5 N. The brand new, bigger Santa Fe makes as much as 277 hp (280 PS) from its turbocharged inline 4, however the dual-motor 5 N EV is nice for 641 hp (650 PS) in enhance mode.
2025 Kia Sorento and the EV3 and EV4 Ideas
Kia has solely simply launched the ever-so barely upgraded 2024 Sorento, however if you happen to’re about to tug the set off on one, you would possibly wish to maintain off. The refreshed 2025 model will get its U.S. debut on the Staples Heart and includes a fully new face with vertically-stacked LED headlights and way more trendy inside full with curved dashboard show and twin 12.3-inch screens. Becoming a member of the SUV are the EV3 compact SUV and EV4 sedan ideas that each preview future additions to Kia’s rising electrical automotive lineup.
2025 Lucid Gravity
Lucid’s stand goes to be a must-see for anybody on the LA present. The startup has taken the covers off its Gravity, an electrical, seven-seater mannequin that guarantees to ship all the things good concerning the critically-acclaimed Air sedan however in a much more on-trend SUV bundle. In response to the automaker, it delivers as much as 440 miles (708 km) of vary and a 0-60mph (96 km/h) in lower than 3.5 seconds with a beginning worth of beneath $80,000.
2025 Subaru Forester
The brand new Forester has already stirred up a ton of controversy after photos leaked all around the web final week, however we’ll have a clearer thought of whether or not the hate the brand new styling acquired is price it when the SUV is formally unveiled on Thursday. Regarded as a re-skin of the present five-year outdated automotive, relatively than all-new, the 2025 Forester adopts a chunkier form with a harder face and squared arches that look relatively like these on the Toyota RAV4 that shifted 350 per cent extra items final 12 months. Humorous, that, eh?
2025 Toyota Camry and Crown Signia SUV
The unusual Crown crossover sedan hasn’t precisely gone down a storm in America, however its new Crown Signia sibling has a a lot greater likelihood of placing gold as a result of it’s far much less ugly and, extra importantly, it’s an SUV. Effectively, that’s what it’ll be known as within the U.S., although the identical automotive is marketed in Japan because the Crown Property.
That’s not all Toyota is displaying off this week. Now everyone knows a brand new 2025 Camry is rarely going to set pulses racing, until you’re a Toyota vendor, however the Camry’s promoting energy – it’s the fifth hottest new car in America and Toyota’s second finest vendor behind the RAV4 – means we will’t ignore it both and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how Toyota strikes the 2025 Camry on to stay related in an SUV-dominated automotive market.
Aitekx RoboTruck
A California EV startup known as Aitekx has created a really Tesla Cybertruck-like mannequin known as the Robotruck. Whereas particulars are shadier than a palm tree on a sunny day, Aitekx says it’s going to introduce each SUV and pickup truck variations of the Robotruck, with worth factors spanning from $45,000 to almost $100,000.