Car reviews
A Really Hot Little GT Plants The Seed For A Better AMG
Mercedes-Benz has AMG on an impressive growth curve these days, the official name of the effort being Performance 50. By the 50th anniversary...
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Squirrelling Away In Motown With British Royalty
As far as unexpected encounters with wild animals go, squirrels don't normally rate. The furry little nut-smugglers are omnipresent fixtures in my...
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Among nameplates, the Ford Explorer is one of the best-known on the planet. Yet the latest version of the Explorer has taken a step away from truck influences and reeled in its trail image. It shares...
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Raptor, Excursion, Texas And Hennessey
Each of those words are synonyms for big and bold - combine all four and you've got one of the largest, most powerful and robust street-going sport utility...
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When the Ford Edge was originally created, it was the carlike crossover yin to the Explorer's rugged crossover yang. Yet now, with the Explorer a softer, more versatile family vehicle, we've seen the...
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Is the Best GMC Truck Ever Made Good Enough?
We've got a bright aluminum Airstream camper hitched to our rear bumper as we head up Southern California's coast because GMC says that 60 percent of...
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The Optima went from a homely wallflower to one of the most bodacious mid-size sedans in just a year (that year was the 2011 model year); and ever since then there's been no looking back for Kia....
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Secretary Trim, Evolved
There was a time not so long ago when opting for a base Ford Mustang meant getting little more than some sheetmetal, an anemic four-cylinder engine and what may very well...
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The timing seems a bit odd--for General Motors to bring back the rear-wheel-drive V-8 performance sedan this year, just as automakers are rejiggering their powertrain lineups, more carefully than...
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The BMW 5-Series has always been a benchmark for sport sedans. And the current 'F10' versions of the BMW 5-Series get back in touch with the classic sport-sedan look and near-flawless dynamics of its...
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It used to lurk at the fringes of the top tier of executive luxury. Now the Audi A8's taken the plunge, and fully committed to a fleshed-out portfolio of sedans, both long and short, turbocharged and...
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Despite my best efforts to convince myself otherwise, I think I'm finally getting too old for this car. I remember the days when I would go ga-ga over the winged Subaru WRX STI sedan, my inner boy...
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