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2010 Chevy Equinox Makes the Grade(0)
General Motors does this thing where every branch of the company shares a common platform and puts out pretty similar vehicles. Sometimes this is a strength – because customers are irrational and some of them just don’t like Chevy, but they liked the same car when it was made by Pontiac or Buick. Sometimes, though, [...]
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2010 Camaro SS – Beauty and the Beast in One Package
I am predisposed to like the 2010 Camaro. After all, I raced a 1976 Camaro LT around the speedways of the Pacific Northwest for nigh on a decade in the 1990s. The 2010 version of Chevy’s classic pony car has little (if any) real connection to my old race car, but they do share the [...]
New Mercedes E-Class 350 4Matic Hits The Spot
The Mercedes-Benz E class is their top of the line luxury passenger car. In prior years the E class did not always rise very far above the entry level (for Mercedes) C class cars, but the new E350 is a true premium Mercedes. What’s even better is that the price tag for this bundle of [...]
2010 GMC Terrain – Return of the Son of Hummer
With the body of Hummer cold and in the ground, at least as a GM brand, GMC is back to its dominant position as the General’s tough truck and SUV division. The new 2010 GMC Terrain is a assertion of that dominance, taking its visual cues from the soon-to-be-Chinese Hummer like a warrior wearing a [...]
Ultimate SUV: 2010 Range Rover
The world of big SUVs has taken a beating in the last two years, with high fuel prices and a faltering economy giving the market a double-whammy. Premium brands such as Hummer that were desirable status symbols just a few years ago are now out of business entirely. Yet recent trends indicate that the behemoth [...]
Dodge Ram 3500 Laramie Mega-Cab – When You Need To Tow The Whole Damn Thing
When you need a big pickup truck to tow a heavy trailer, it’s usually the case that nothing else will do the job at anywhere close to the price. You can get a big SUV or a commercial truck, but chances are either of those will cost you quite a bit more coin – and [...]
Buick Challenges Acura, Lexus with 2010 LaCrosse
This time last year, journalists, pundits and economists were taking bets on GM’s future, and whether a division like Buick could survive the economic meltdown of the American automobile industry. But here we are at the end of the year and GM has not only survived, but Buick has its new LaCrosse sport sedan on [...]
2010 Ford Fusion Earns Car of the Year Status in Detroit
Ford’s certainly on a roll these days – profitable, not bailed out in any way, and with a stable full of exciting products that people want to buy. To cap off a great year, Ford just garnered two prestigious awards at the Detroit Auto Show for their innovative Transit Connect utility vehicle and for the [...]
2010 Cadillac SRX – Road Test Review
The appeal of the Cadillac Escalade SUV has always eluded me. I’m not a fan of big SUVs in general, but even accounting for my sports car orientation, the Escalade was always a puzzlement. The Escalade version of luxury is opulence, and while I’m no Spartan, I like my luxury to be understated – less [...]
2010 Toyota 4Runner – First Drive
The first Toyota 4Runner appeared at the start of the SUV revolution in 1984. Like most of its contemporaries, it was little more than a pickup truck with a permanent “camper shell” on the back. Powered by the same 4-cylinder engine and drivetrain that motivated the comparable pickup trucks, the 4Runner was an affordable alternative [...]
