2021 BMW X4 M Competition Review: Impractically Imperfect

It can be hard to take a “sporty” crossover seriously, but the 2021 BMW X4 M is not one of those times.

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2021 Lexus LS 500 Review: Smooth Operator

When Lexus first arrived in the US with the LS 400 it took the luxury sedan market by storm. Its engine smoothness and in-cabin experience were unparalleled.

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2021 Buick Envision Review: For Your Consideration

The outgoing Buick Envision had an unenviable position in the brand’s lineup.

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2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid Review: Stylin' On You

I think something might be stuck to the front bumper.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Review: First Drive

Apparently I can’t just write “a Wrangler with an EV mode” and say this review is done.

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2021 Ford Mustang GT Convertible California Special Review: Cloudy With a Chance of (V8) Thunder

If you have a Mustang Convertible for a cloudy and rainy week, you would drive it with the roof up, right?

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5 Ways the 2020 BMW M2 CS Marks the Glorious End of an Era
Massaging seats. Myriad driving assists. A cosseting ride. These are all things absent from the BMW M2 CS—and no self-respecting buyer will care.

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2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Review: Happier as a Hybrid

The Santa Fe has taken on many different roles in its two decades on our soil.

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2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Review: Sneak Attack

On Tuesday night, CBC’s Kim’s Convenience came to an end after five seasons.

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2022 Infiniti QX55 Review: First Drive

The problem with name-dropping your inspiration is you immediately stack the deck against yourself.

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2021 Ford Bronco Sport Review: Full of Bucking Character

It’s after the tenth or so explanation that this is not the new Ford Bronco that I start saying sorry before the spiel.

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2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Review: First Drive

For 2022, the Mitsubishi Outlander is getting some more Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance love as it now shares some of its underpinnings, its engine and its transmission with the recently redesigned Nissan Rogue.

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2021 Hyundai Elantra Review: Going Nitpicking, or at Least Trying To

Being a car critic is hard. Don’t believe me? Drive the new Hyundai Elantra. 

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2021 Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel Review: No Apologies

Logic is probably not an off-road enthusiast’s strongest suit.

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2021 Kia Sportage Review: In Search of Mojo
Many moons ago, Kia’s commercials featured the Sportage, swamp tours, and plenty of enthusiast ayeeees.

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2021 Toyota Corolla L Review: Honest Work

It’s rare for a base model to show up on a manufacturer’s press fleet.

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2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge Review: First Drive
On paper, pizza is pretty much the perfect food.

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2021 Toyota Avalon AWD Review: All-Wheel Conundrum
AWD or V6 power? You choose. 

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2022 Acura MDX Review: A Fitter Flagship

It’s going to be a while before AutoGuide can pit the 2022 Acura MDX against the competition. Before that, I can tell you it certainly offers more sure-footed grip than one alternative: my own two legs.

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2021 Volkswagen ID.4 Review: First Drive

Volkswagen touts the ID.4 electric crossover as a car that everyone can afford, not just the wealthy.

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2021 Genesis GV80 Review: Putting 'Em All on Notice

If you’re the type of person who craves attention, then the 2021 Genesis GV80 is for you.

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2021 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring Review: Mixed Signals

A large luxury SUV with almost 500 hp and enough torque to move the moon, what’s not to like? Right?

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2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo Review: First Drive

The ol’ “too much of a good thing” idiom doesn’t seem to apply to Mazda.

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2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Review: Mild-Mannered Mild-Hybrid

For as long as AMG models have existed, their engines have dominated their personalities.

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3 Reasons the 2021 Mazda3 Turbo Succeeds as a Luxury Car (and 3 It Doesn't)

Mazda keeps inching towards the premium market, but this car right here does it best thanks to one key change: more power.

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2021 Volkswagen Atlas Review: A Passing Grade

If Volkswagen could embody an actor, it would probably be Aaron Eckhart.

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2021 Nissan Versa Review: First Drive

Nissan could have left things as they were in the current SUV-friendly market and not completely overhauled the Versa.

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2021 BMW M440i XDrive Review: Baby Grand (Tourer)
BMW wants you to know it still cares about enthusiasts. Just look at the manual-equipped, rear-drive M3 and M4.

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2021 Lexus RC 350 AWD Review: First Drive

My first drive of the 2021 Lexus RC 350 does not come at an ideal time.

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2020 Ram 1500 Big Horn Review: Putting the 'Light' in Light-Duty

Size does matter, and a week behind the wheel of the 2020 Ram 1500 Big Horn drove home the fact quite well.

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2020 BMW X3 PHEV Review: Plug-In the One to Have

Crossovers are, at their heart, about compromise.

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2021 Kia Sedona Review: Dead Van Walking

The Sedona is running on borrowed time.

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2021 Kia Sorento Review: First Drive

Kia is looking to satisfy every crossover buyer’s needs with its lineup of “just-right” models, the latest of which is this, the 2021 Sorento.

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2020 BMW 228i Gran Coupe Review: A Worthy Port of Entry
The great George Carlin had a classic, insightful bit about people and their stuff.

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2020 Cadillac CT4-V Review: Softer, but Still Single-Minded

Take this, the Cadillac CT4-V. I drove it back-to-back after the larger, more powerful CT5-V. That car was one of the more impressive ones I drove in the year, with handling as sharp as its looks, paired to a sweet-sounding, hugely flexible turbo V6. For contrast, the CT4-V has a repurposed Silverado engine.

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2020 Volkswagen Jetta Review: All Pumpkin, No Spice
Volkswagen deserves applause for offering the Jetta in this fun shade.

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2020 Volvo V60 T8 Review: A Tough Decision
“Just get a wagon” is my usual answer when someone is seeking advice for buying a good-looking yet practical means of personal transport.

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2021 Acura TLX A-Spec Review: Making the Grade
It’s incredible what a few subtle changes to proportions can do for a car.

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2021 Porsche 911 Targa 4 Review: Performance Theater

To that end, you will find no top-up photos of the 2021 Porsche 911 Targa here. I didn’t care that it was deep into fall when I drove it, and even with the windows up and the heat cranked, my hands were getting cold.

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2021 Kia K5 GT-Line AWD Review: A Covetable Mainstream Sedan?

Kia might be killin’ it lately with its SUV lineup, but that doesn’t mean it’s forgotten what got it to where it is today.

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2021 Toyota GR Supra A91 Edition Review: More Power, More Fun, More Blue

It’s been almost two years since the production Supra debuted, and yet it’s still a divisive thing.

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2020 Cadillac CT5-V Review: My Name is My Name
Near the end of The Wire, kingpin Marlo Stanfield utters the line you see in the headline there.

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2020 Ford Mustang GT Review: The Power of Dream Cars

When people find out I’m driving a commuter car for this job, sometimes they look sympathetic and say stuff like “Ooh, it must be hard to write a review about that.” It actually isn’t.

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2021 Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid Review: Who Needs the Turbo?
The Taycan might be grabbing all the headlines, but the Panamera got its own important round of updates this year.

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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Shows Off Sequential LED Turn Signals

Chevrolet continues to tease its Bolt crossover, showing off the EUV’s sequential turn signals. It launches mid-2021.

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2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Review: First Drive

I’m not going to tell you the Mach-E is the most important new vehicle Ford is launching this year. It isn’t: on a strictly numbers basis, that title belongs to the redesigned F-150, newly available in hybrid format. I don’t think the Mach-E has built up the most hype of the Blue Oval’s new batch, either. The reborn Bronco has avoided much of the controversy of this all-electric, four-door crossover. Blame the name: Ford must’ve known it’d rile up traditionalists by sticking that iconic horse badge on this EV. But long-term, the Mach-E has a much heavier burden than either of its siblings. Just as Star Wars redefined the Hollywood formula in 1977, the Mach-E needs to convince the public a mainstream legacy automaker can play in the EV realm.

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2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Review: It's Okay To Blend In

But if everyone’s hell-bent on doing something outrageous wouldn’t that qualify as the norm instead of something unique? Confused? I think the electric car space would best explain it. 

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2021 Lexus IS 350 Review: First Drive

Where do you draw the line between a facelift and a new generation of sport sedan?

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2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Review: Honestly, Why Not?

A good friend of mine owns a 4-door  Jeep JK Wrangler. True story, it was the first manual transmission he ever owned, so he learned to drive manual as he was driving it off the lot. I once helped him put a full snowmobile into the back of his Wrangler. I’m made to understand he’s not unique in his treatment of his SUV like a pickup. So, if you were shopping for a Wrangler, why wouldn’t you buy Gladiator?

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2020 Volvo XC40 Review: A Refreshing Lack of Sport

I know it’s a little late in the year for it, but I want to talk about the Volvo XC40 and Halloween.

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2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Review: Ace of Base

If you drew a family tree for the modern crossover field, you’d find the original 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the top of it all.

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2021 Mini Cooper SE Review: Close But No Cigar

Hey! The internet loves short, nuanceless interpretations of big thoughts and in that spirit here’s my review of the 2021 MINI EV: It doesn’t have enough range.

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2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S Review: Muscle Utility Vehicle

It takes no more than a few hundred feet for this muscle-bound Merc to elicit the first of many laughs from me. Mere weeks earlier I found myself in the GLC 43, and that SUV’s near-400 horses felt—at the time anyway—like more than enough. But another pair of cylinders, 118 more horsepower, and an exhaust note fit for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame makes a very convincing argument otherwise.

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2020 BMW X5 M Competition Review: Check Out These Guns

I have long suspected that pickup trucks operate in largely the same capacity today as full-size American sedans did in the ‘60s.

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2021 Toyota Sienna Review: First Drive

I’m not normally the begging sort of person, but I’m just going to cut to the point here: please buy a minivan.

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2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Review: First Drive

There’s something absurd about hucking three tons of three-row SUV at an apex curb.

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2020 Buick Encore GX Review: Pint-Size Premium SUV Sure is Pricey
Let’s get the name thing out of the way right now.

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2021 Genesis G80 Review: First Drive
Life moves at a different pace up in Muskoka, Canada.

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2021 Mazda3 Sport 2.5 Turbo Review: First Drive
Have you watched Hot Ones, the interview series where they eat progressively hotter chicken wings? It’s a blast.

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2020 Mercedes-AMG A 35 Review: Junior Touring Car
How do you build the entry-level model of a luxury marque’s performance sub-brand?

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