Room for a large family – and everyone’s stuff by Brendan R. Appel The week before Chevrolet dropped off their all-new 2021 Suburban for this review we drove Ram’s new 1500 TRX. These might seem like two totally different vehicles: on the one hand, the…
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The Apex Predator Truck – For Now by Brendan R. Appel Since its debut in 2009, Ford’s F150 Raptor has been the default king of the off-road truck. I say “default” because no other manufacturer has produced a truck designed to run a Baja-style off-road…
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2.0T Autobahn Edition by Paul Herrold The Volkswagen Golf GTI is one of those rare automobiles that when someone asks you, “Hey, what do you drive?” you don’t even need to say the name of the manufacture (Volkswagen) or even the name of the model…
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An Urban Prius in a Nice Suit by Brendan Appel & Paul Herrold Let’s be honest: the Lexus UX250h is not our kind of car. We’re into speed and the UX250h, well…isn’t. With 181 total horsepower, a CVT transmission and a 0-60 times in the…
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Room for an NBA Team by Brendan Appel There seems to come a time in every parent’s life where you become excited at the prospect of taking your two or three kids along with their two or three friends out somewhere. So, you instinctively buy…
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An unmitigated success in a disastrous year. by Brendan Appel 2020 will be known for lots of things, but mostly for being an unmitigated disaster of a year. In between COVID-19 and riots, however, we can find a few bright spots to raise our spirits. …
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The Goldilocks of the Mazda SUV Lineup. by Paul Herrold Have you ever noticed that whenever you buy a new car, you suddenly realize how many of that same make and model are all around you? Until I drove the all-new-for-2020 Mazda CX-30, I never…
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Are You Ready for Fun? by Paul Herrold Ford surely hopes you are as they just introduced their all-new 2021 Bronco! It’s been a long time coming and Ford knows this so they made sure they got it right with a great looking retro style body…
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by Brendan Appel Watching one of my favorite trilogies, I realized that the main character of the movie and a Toyota pickup have some things in common. While that is a bit vague, the trilogy I’m talking about features a man of extreme focus, commitment,…
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The return of the Mustang Mach 1. by Chris Balmes It was the year 1969, the bubblegum pop group ‘The Archies’ were at the top of the music charts with the song “Sugar, Sugar.” Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid kept the movie theaters busy…
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