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2020 Cadillac CT4-V: A sporty Cadillac that doesn’t quite move the needle
SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I went on an epic road trip. I’ve been on a few epic road trips, but this one was right there at the top. First, I flew into […]
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2020 Ford F-250 TREMOR: One TREMORendous pickup truck
SAN DIEGO — America is a big place. We have big mountains and big monuments and big highways and even bigger open spaces. There’s Yosemite, Big Sky, the Grand Canyon and the Ford F-250 Super […]
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2021 GMC Yukon Denali: Chrome and black and huge and awesome
SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I went to a special forces training facility in North Carolina to learn about why SpecOps folks like to use Chevy Tahoes. It summed up to: they’re reliable, […]
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2021 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison: The mid-size pickup off-road champion
SAN DIEGO — Customizing our pickup trucks — with lift kits, bigger tires, fancy bumpers and the like — is as American as pickup trucks themselves. Not only do we want a Big Truck that […]
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Finally, a smartphone in your dash
SAN DIEGO — I drive a lot of different cars which means I use a lot of different infotainment units. These are the in-dash screens that control things like the radio, climate control, and wide […]
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2021 Polestar 2: The best new car you’ve never heard of
SAN DIEGO — I’ve spent a lot of time behind the wheel of various electric cars. Tesla, Hyundai, Chevrolet, and now Polestar — the new electric car brand from Volvo (kind of). Polestar began life […]
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2020 Hyundai Kona Electric: One of my favorite crossovers goes green
SAN DIEGO — When you ask most “regular” people about electric cars, they’ll inevitably mention Tesla. And with good reason; Elon Musk (currently the world’s wealthiest person) has done more for the electric vehicle (EV) […]
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2021 Ford F-150: This new Ford truck is Ford truck tough
SAN DIEGO — The Ford F-Series is the best-selling vehicle in America, ish. Sort of. OK, we’ll get to all the is-it-or-isn’t-it best-selling caveats in a minute, but Ford sells a ton of F-150 pickups […]
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NSJ’s first annual car awards
We’ll leave the 2020 postmortems for another day because I’m here to talk about cars. Namely the first annual North State Journal Car Awards — a slate of our favorite picks in a number of […]
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2020 Volvo XC60: Whether you’re crossing the country or just across town
SAN DIEGO — When people find out what I do, they invariably ask me — the expert car journalist — what car I own. Presumably they feel this will reveal some great insight into the […]