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June 23, 2025

Articles by Jordan Golson

About Jordan Golson
Jordan Golson is North State Journal's automotive reporter. He covers cars - both foreign and domestic - from around the globe.
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The Hyundai Sonata shows that sedans aren’t dead

March 10, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I have been known to say that no one buys sedans anymore. And that’s true, to a point. Sales of crossovers and SUVs and trucks have grown significantly over the past few years, […]

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The Buick Regal GS is a German sports sedan with a serious discount

March 4, 2020 Jordan Golson

MONTREAL, Canada — I wasn’t in the car for five minutes before I was on the phone to the Buick PR guy who loaned it to me. I had two questions. First, how did I […]

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The 2020 Lexus LS 500h is a technically impressive hybrid flagship

March 4, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — As I slipped behind the wheel of the Lexus LS, the company’s flagship executive sedan, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. OK, I expected endless luxury and comfortable seats and more room […]

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The three-row Mazda CX-9 is refined but faces stiff competition

February 26, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — For seven years, I lived in a small tourist town in Southwest Colorado. Thanks to nearby Mesa Verde National Park and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, not to mention mind-bogglingly beautiful […]

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Long commute? Absurdly good fuel economy could make the Prius eAWD a prize

February 20, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — When the first Toyota Prius came out twenty years ago, it was for environmentalist wackos and early-adopter do-gooders who didn’t mind driving a weird car, and actually did so proudly. The Prius was […]

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After thirty years, the Toyota Camry has all-wheel drive again

February 19, 2020 Jordan Golson

PARK CITY, Utah — It’s been almost 30 years since Toyota offered an all-wheel drive Camry, apparently feeling confident with its FWD offerings and ceding the AWD sedan market to the Subaru Legacy and Nissan Altima […]

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Mazda6: A fun sports sedan

January 29, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — Last week, I had a business lunch at Legal Sea Foods, a popular chain of restaurant in Boston. It was my lunch partner’s first trip to the city and we wanted to get […]

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Flagship SUV: 2021 GMC Yukon

January 21, 2020 Jordan Golson

VAIL, Colorado — The new 2021 GMC Yukon — the brand’s flagship full-size, three-row SUV — is coming soon to a Whole Foods parking lot near you. Introduced in a snow-covered field, perfectly timed to […]

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Impressive excess: The 2020 Lexus LX 570 review

January 15, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — There’s a lot of talk about inequality in America: the haves and the have-nots; millionaires and billionaires; CEOs and trust fund kids; the one-percent of the one-percent. But Americans are an aspirational group […]

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Adventure Refined: The 2019 Toyota RAV4 review

December 4, 2019 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I stood there for a minute looking at the 2019 Toyota RAV4 that had just been dropped in my driveway. Toyota says the compact crossover’s redesign for this year was meant to evoke […]

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