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We drive the Faraday Future FF 91, CES 2020 highlights and more: Roadshow's week in review

Here's a look at our most important stories for the week ending Jan. 11.

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Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.

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Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR Concept — The Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR concept was one of the bigger debuts at CES 2020.
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When it comes to the past seven days, we can pretty much sum it up with three letters: CES. Yes, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas took the automotive news cycle by storm, bringing us some crazy concept cars, new EVs and a whole bunch of game-changing tech. On top of that, we had some big-time reviews hit the Roadshow feed, as well as a number of other important news stories.

Here's a recap of the hottest automotive bits from Jan. 5-11.

Top reviews

Faraday Future FF 91 creeps closer to production

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Faraday Future FF 91

If it feels like this one's been a long time coming, that's because it has. Faraday Future first showed its FF 91 at CES back in 2017, but now, we've finally had the chance to take a prototype for a spin -- albeit briefly. Turns out, the car is plenty good. It's the company that's in trouble.

Click here to read our Faraday Future FF 91 quick drive review.

2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB250 brings big style to a small package

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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB250

Mercedes' latest SUV splits the difference between the GLA-Class and GLC-Class crossovers. But as we found out during a week-long test of the compact SUV, the GLB has more personality (and more room for passengers) than both. Of the three, it's the one we'd get.

Click here to read our 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB250 review.

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The Nissan Rogue is getting old but it's still worth considering

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2020 Nissan Rogue

The tried-and-true Nissan Rogue isn't much different heading into the 2020 model year, but it's still one of the most important vehicles in the compact SUV class. We give one a full test and explain why.

Click here to read our 2020 Nissan Rogue review.