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Posted November 2 2009 12:59 PM by Joe Lorio
It used to be that convertibles demanded so many compromises, they were
cars you drove in summer only. But having just spent a late autumn week
in an Audi A5 Cabriolet, I am reminded how incorrect that idea has
become.
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Posted October 25 2009 01:33 PM by Matthew Phenix
I've driven pretty much every flavor of Porsche Cayenne , and every time I get behind the wheel of one, I feel the urge do something heroic, like lap the Nürburgring or cross the Continental Divide or navigate the Mall of...
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Posted October 8 2009 05:36 AM by Matthew Phenix
There’s not a lot to be said about the Mazda Miata that Jean Jennings and Jamie Kitman — two of the car’s most abiding and eloquent devotees — haven’t already said better . But I can’t resist making note of an anniversary:...
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Posted October 5 2009 09:30 AM by Matthew Phenix
This morning I finished a week and 800 miles behind the wheel of a 2010 Toyota Prius . I'm impressed. On one of my 68-mile legs (which includes a highway-biased mix of stop-and-go traffic and open road), the car informed...
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Posted September 18 2009 12:16 PM by Matthew Phenix
When I was a kid, my older brother spent a few sweet years abusing a silver 1978 Subaru BRAT, and I spent a memorable portion of that time clinging for dear life in its little pickup bed, wedged into a rear-facing seat...
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Posted September 14 2009 01:16 PM by Matthew Phenix
So last week, doubtless at the behest of its new Italian parent , Dodge quietly killed the Caliber SRT4. And today, none other than a 2009 Dodge Caliber SRT4 landed in my driveway. Perfect timing.
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Posted September 4 2009 11:37 AM by Joe Lorio
For the last two decades, full-size pickups have been getting bigger and bigger. And through all that time, Toyota has been playing catch-up. First with the T-100, then with the original Tundra. Finally, the all-new,...
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The 2010 Ford Mustang convertible can’t help but be a standout in its field
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Posted August 17 2009 01:04 PM by Joe Lorio
From the moment in 1964 when the Ford Mustang established the ponycar, convertibles have been an integral element of the genre. Except for a few dark years in the 1970s and early ’80s, there has always been a Mustang...
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The death of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky means no more GM roadsters
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Posted August 12 2009 03:33 PM by Joe Lorio
With GM shutting down Pontiac and selling off Saturn, it’s no surprise that the company would end production of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters. Since the roadsters were the only products produced at GM’s...
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2010 Honda Insight is another mileage champ that’s not much fun to drive.
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Posted August 7 2009 10:57 AM by Joe Lorio
I recently spent a few weeks with our magazine’s long-term Volkswagen Jetta TDI, which has earned a lot of respect around the office but which I was less than thrilled with. Although I often saw an indicated fuel economy...
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First Drive: 2010 BMW X6 M
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Posted July 7 2009 01:56 PM by Jason Cammisa
I can't remember the last time I heard anyone ask for a 555-hp SUV-or, an M version of their truck. We can get into endless discussions about whether M should be building such a vehicle (which, of course, I had with the...
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