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2018 Smart EQ fortwo – it’s electric now
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Travel throughout European cities and you’ll find smart (with a small s) cars of all styles and ages. They’re in variety of colors and trims, ranging from base models to ones with custom factory paints and Brabus accessories. They’re frequently parked sideways on crowded streets where conventional cars are parallel parking, after their drivers finally…
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Quick Spin: 2019 Acura RDX A-Spec – part 2
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We looked at the new Acura RDX in detail some time ago. While I got a good idea of what it was about, I didn’t get to drive it enough. I wanted to see how Honda’s new 2.0-liter turbo performed in this heavier all-wheel-drive vehicle and how the new infotainment system interface performs in daily…
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Observations from driving a yellow widebody Dodge Challenger Hellcat
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Gas mileage is awful. Around the city it’s in the single digits. On the highway you’ll crack double digits if you restrain yourself. You’ll actually laugh about that. Don’t expect more than 200 miles out of a tank. You’ll get asked about gas mileage. You’ll get all kinds of comments. Some women will question…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Nissan Titan PRO-4X King Cab
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The full-size pickup truck market is the highest grossing and most competitive of all North American vehicle segments. The big three have been competing against each for almost a century. To show just how competitive this market is and how much brand loyalty there is in, Toyota and Nissan have been offering their versions of…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI SE
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The GTI shouldn’t need an introduction. Even its model name, despite being used on many other cars, can only be related to one vehicle without further specification. In the decades that the GTI has been around it remained shockingly true to its roots – a hot-hatch version of the Volkswagen Golf. For 2018, the evolution…
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Quick Spin: 2019 Acura RDX
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In 2007, based on the sales successes of the Honda CR-V, Acura launched the RDX. In the days when automakers tried to shoehorn the biggest V6 into the smallest CUVs (see ‘05-‘12 Toyota RAV4), the smaller sibling to the MDX came with a very different engine – a turbocharged four-cylinder. Annual sales were not very…
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Quick Spin: 2018 BMW X2 xDrive28i
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In 2016 I drove the then new BMW X1. I liked it perhaps more than I should have. It wasn’t even until I opened the hood that I realized that this was the first Bimmer that I’ve driven with a transversely mounted engine. Earlier this year I drove the MINI Cooper Countryman, a base version…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Lincoln Continental
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The Lincoln brand was in trouble. The products were nothing but rebadged Fords or aging rebadged Fords. Lincoln had a choice: die or step-up. Ford wisely chose to put some money into the brand, develop a strategy, and slowly begin to execute. The true first of the new era of Lincoln was an old model…
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Quick Spin: Zenos E10S – British Track Day Option now in the Colonies
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Zenos is the brainchild of some people who once worked at Caterham and Lotus. They decided to start their own car company, probably with blackjack and hookers, and the E10 was their first vehicle. But then some financial problems came up and the production has stopped. Since then Zenos has been bought out by AC…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T SEL Premium
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There’s a problem with mid-size sedans. They’re not selling. Seriously, no one is buying them. Everyone wants an SUV these days. It’s so much of a problem that Ford, a huge automaker by any measure, gave in and decided “hell, let’s just not make any ‘cars’ for the U.S. market”. And others might follow suit,…
