In Road & Track's roundup of the best automotive products and gear its testing team lived with throughout 2025, the Hedgehog TurboVAC was named Best Car Vacuum. Tester Sheilah Villari put it through real-world use dealing with the mud, grass, and gravel her rugby-playing passenger tracked into the car, and found it genuinely useful for light-to-medium cleanup — pulling dirt and crumbs from carpets, seats, and cupholders, with slim nozzles that reach between seats and into vents. The write-up highlights its compact size, two power modes, washable filter, and easy-empty dust bin, plus blower and light-inflation functions. In Road & Track's view, a smart grab-and-go tool for quick refreshes and road trips rather than a shop-vac replacement.

Road & Track is a longstanding automotive magazine doing hands-on product testing of tire inflators, dash cams, and detailing kits before naming its year-end favorites. Read the full article here.