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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: The Futuristic, Comfortable Electric Family Hauler premium
Hyundai’s EV lineup expanded with the Ioniq 6 earlier this year, but I recently got some seat time in the still-new Ioniq 5. I’ve wanted to experience its futuristic styling, advanced tech, and high-powered electrical architecture for a while, and for the most part, the SUV didn’t disappoint. The Ioniq 5 is available in several […]
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August 13, 2015
Underrated Ride Of The Week: 2007-2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP premium
So what if it shares a manual transmission with the Hummer H3, Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon? It was built to take a beating and with all that torque on tap, that's a good thing. As for the overall low quality cabin, that comes with the territory. This is a Pontiac, not a BMW, not a Porsche, not even an Audi. It's not going to feel premium and it isn't trendy.
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Underrated Ride Of The Week: 1990-1997 Toyota Land Cruiser premium
  Can a legendary vehicle qualify as underrated? When it’s preceded by two more legends I certainly think so. Such is the case with the J80 Series Toyota Land Cruiser. During its production run from 1990 to 1997, the J80 was offered in a number of different configurations around the world and boosted Land Cruiser sales to 2 […]
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Underrated Ride Of The Week: 2004-2006 BMW X5 premium
The driving dynamics are good for a car, and the X5 is a whole heck of a lot more versatile than a car. What you loose in tossability is more than made up for with the ready-for-anything attitude and off-road capability of the X5. Plus, it has a split rear hatch which means you can tailgate with it.
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Future Used Car Review: 2015 Infiniti Q70L premium
If you're going to buy a new car, wouldn't you want to get one that'll hold its value? Of course you do. So consider the 2015 Infiniti Q70 L.
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Underrated Ride Of The Week: 2007/2008 Acura TL Type S premium
The midsize sedan segment is littered with performance pretenders, all show, no go. The '07/'08 TL Type-S is no pretender, so isn't it more popular?
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Underrated Ride Of The Week: 2004-2007 Cadillac CTS-V premium
  Cadillac’s resurgence over the past couple of years has been a joy to watch. America once again has a legitimate luxury brand that can go toe to toe with any foreign automaker and that warms the heart. To many folks it might seem that this change happened overnight. One minute Cadillac was building soulless vehicles […]
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July 13, 2015
Surprise and Delight: Driving The 2015 Explorer, Mustang, F-150 and Focus. premium
  This past week I was invited down to Carson, CA to drive 10 vehicles from Ford’s 2015 lineup. Some of them I had driven before (Mustang, F-150) and some of them I had not (Explorer, Focus). I was excited to get seat time in everything they had available, even the Focus SE 1.0L EcoBoost, which […]
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Underrated Ride Of The Week: 2005 Mecedes Benz C55 AMG premium
Welcome to the first post in our weekly series called Underrated Car Of The Week! We’ll be taking a look at vehicles that never quite achieved the mainstream success they deserved and hold them up for all the world to see. These will be great cars whose inconspicuousness has blessed them with acceptable price tags.
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