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First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf R
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6BU_H6YH2M[/youtube] Volkswagen is pretty much cooking up a Golf for everyone on the planet. You have the standard Golf, the diesel TDI, and an all-electric eGolf. Enthusiasts around the globe love the GTI. There’s also a wagon version coming soon called the Golf SportWagen. This, however, is the one for… us. This is the Volkswagen…
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First Drive: Volkswagen XL1The future is now
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It’s not very often that you get a chance to take a peek into the future. We live in the now, and all future products and practices are being hammered out behind closed doors, in science labs, and in the heads of engineers across the planet. Occasionally, however, someone pulls back the curtain and allows…
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First Drive: 2014 Volkswagen GTDWell suited for high-speed hot-hatch hijinks
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“228… 229… 230… 231… 232!” The numbers moved slowly but they kept coming. I couldn’t tell though because my eyes were focused on the road ahead. It was marked with the occasional imposing truck, dented Skoda Octavia, or unwavering bridge support. My driving partner had his eye on our speedometer, however, because I had my…
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First Drive: 2014 Aston Martin Rapide SShapely Sedan Gets Sportier Moves
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There’s no denying that Aston Martin is in the business of making cars look and sound like wonderful, mechanical works of art. These aren’t things people buy simply to satisfy a basic craving. A desire enters the mind, and it must be satiated. This desire can start down in your brain, your heart, or…
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Spintires Tech Demo: Combining big Soviet trucks with incredible realism
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Is it Truck Thursday yet? Oovee Game Studios has been working on an interesting Windows PC simulator that would certainly be of interest to a great deal of us fellow Hoons. The game is called Spintires, and the only way I can possibly summarize it is to say that it’s a beautiful, highly detailed, and…
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First Drive: 2014 Kia CadenzaIs the world ready for a Kia fit for a King?
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Kia believes there is an emerging space between the standard road-going machines and the premium and luxury vehicles available. This emerging space has opened up because people are far more careful where and how they spend their money. Gone, supposedly, are the days of flashing your cash by way of your ride. Folks still do…
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Video Review First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth CabrioDrop your top and open your ears
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The Fiat 500 Abarth is a fun car but not a great car. It produces a rather addicting exhaust note, is fun to squeeze through traffic, and it returns a white-knuckle experience should you venture out on to a race track in one. The Abarth isn’t about the track though, despite the engineers stressing that…
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First Drive: 2013 Hyundai Santa FeCruising comfortably in crossover country
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I’m staring out the window of my room at the Hotel Del in Coronado. For the third time in 20 minutes, a military helicopter has flown past and interrupted my particularly lovely view of the Pacific Ocean. I’m not upset though, because this flight path brings up memories of my childhood. As a boy, my…
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First Drive Review: 2013 Nissan PathfinderA CUV that you should see
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[Editor’s Note – My apologies to Nissan, this was originally supposed to run months ago but got lost in the shuffle. It was a First Drive, but we’ve decided to just call it a review, hence the strike-through above. — JG] I hate oysters. They’re a poor representation of what’s possible in the world of…
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Video Review: 2014 Mazda 6 First Drive
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Style, allow me to introduce you to Substance Happy-happy, joy-joy no more. Say hello to crisp, angular aggression. Say hello to an exterior wrapper finally matching the driving dynamics that lurk beneath. Say hello to the 2014 Mazda 6, and what I hope is the precursor of a whole lot more style injected into a…
