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2018 Fiat 500X

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What worked so well for Mini hasn't panned out nearly as well for the other company that specializes in mini cars: That would be Fiat. It's hard to understand why. Are Fiats bad...

2022 Kia Stinger

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Here is something anomalous . . . a rear-wheel-drive performance sedan that isn’t a luxury-badged (or priced) sedan.  One that's also more practical than other mid-sized sedans. Because it's a hatchback'd sedan. It is...

2013 VW Passat

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The old Beetle was designed as "the people's car" - for European people. It was very small - and very small engined. The current Passat, on the other hand, was specifically...

2023 Jeep Compass

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Jeep sells a lot of 4x4s - as in, SUVs with four-wheel-drive. It also sells some that look like 4x4s but are more like the crossovers everyone else sells a lot...

2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e

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How many vehicles with all-wheel-drive average 50 miles-per-gallon? The answer, of course, is not many. Very few manage even 35 MPG. That's best case, on the highway. Usually just barely. Cue The Exception...

2022 Lexus ES350

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There aren’t many luxury sedans on the market anymore. There are lots of luxury-sport sedans. It’s not a small difference. Luxury-sport sedans have the amenities - and the prestige. They also tend to...

2013 Nissan Murano

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Almost ten years ago, back in '03, I drove one of the first Nissan Muranos. It was Dennis Kucinic to Barack Obama - or Ron Paul to Mitt Romney. Something different for...

2011 Ford Mustang

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In the '80s (and through the early '90s) Ford's 5.0 "high output" V-8 led the latter-day muscle car resurgence. Then around 1994, Ford dropped its hugely popular (and long-serving) five-liter OHV...

2011 Toyota Venza

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Apparently, station wagons are not cool. And "crossovers" are becoming ... commonplace. So what do you call a new vehicle that’s based on an existing sedan and has most of the characteristics...

2016 Nissan Titan XD

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Straddling the middle is no easy thing - but that's what Nissan hopes to do with its new Titan XD. It is tougher - in terms of the beefiness of its frame, the...
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