Cars
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Distinct Measure
I hesitate to use the word ''distinctive'' when describing the design of a car. It's a little like a real estate agent telling you a...
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Better Late Than Never
Just like with a boyfriend, it's fair to say you don't truly know a car until you've spent time with it on vacation. If, after...
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Staying Sharp
It was only a year or so ago when I lamented the hue of the brand-spankin' new Volvo S40 that was dropped at my door...
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A Surprising Sedan
It's easy to forget that in the great middle-ground of the automotive marketplace, the inoffensively non-descript hold sway. Sure, the flashy and the different garner...
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Smooth Sailing
There are many, many car lovers attracted to the flashier aspects of the automotive world: eye-catching styling flourishes, head-jerking acceleration, ear-splitting exhaust notes, gargantuan size....
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Slimmed Down
Just in time for a dramatic increase in gas prices, the 2006 Hummer H3 landed in my driveway. What timing. Granted, this is the baby...
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Eye of the Beholder
One could be charitable in describing the look of the new 2006 Subaru Tribeca SUV by calling it distinctive, or interesting. Or, one could try...
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Drop the Top
For those who can afford the best things in life, it's easier to balance what's wanted with what's needed. Basically, if you can pay for...
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Summer Stories
It's that time of year again. The boys are back from the beach, the days are growing shorter, the leaves are threatening to leave their...
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Quick Change Artist
In the grand scheme of automotive design, marketing and sales, it's commonplace to take a car from Company A, change around a few design elements,...
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Good Sport
Among the rules for buying cars should be this: Thou shalt not buy a sports car for its luxury. This isn't to say that some...
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Hard Charging
Cadillac is living proof that an automotive brand can come back from the dead (a feat that parent company General Motors certainly hopes to repeat,...
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City Slicker
In the heavily masculinized world of automobiles, trucks are the truly butch boys. Big and rugged, these haulers are expected to extend their capable aura...
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A Step Forward
While there are plenty of car enthusiasts in the world who live for the chance to ogle the latest exotic offerings and talk shop about...
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The Middle Child
These are the times that try an SUV-lover's soul. With the price of regular pushing ever-upwards to $2.50 a gallon, every trip to the gas...
