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February 25, 2021

Automotive

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2020 Lincoln Aviator: A dignified but pricey luxury crossover

February 25, 2021 Jordan Golson

SAN DIEGO — It’s easy to think something is great when you don’t have anything to compare it to. In a vacuum, whatever you’re considering is automatically the best because there’s no competition. But competition […]

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2020 Cadillac CT4-V: A sporty Cadillac that doesn’t quite move the needle

February 17, 2021 Jordan Golson

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

February 10, 2021 Jordan Golson

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 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison: The mid-size pickup off-road champion

January 27, 2021 Jordan Golson

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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2020 Hyundai Kona Electric: One of my favorite crossovers goes green

January 13, 2021 Jordan Golson

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

January 6, 2021 Jordan Golson

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

January 6, 2021 Jordan Golson

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 Ford Ranger: Ford’s mid-sized pickup hits the spot

December 23, 2020 Jordan Golson

SAN DIEGO — In 2001, my best friend got a brand-new Ford F-150 as a high school graduation gift (in large part because he scored a full-ride scholarship to college). We spent the whole summer […]

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Fiat Chrysler CEO Manley to run Americas after PSA merger

December 18, 2020 The Associated Press

DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley will run operations in the Americas when his company merges with France’s PSA Peugeot early next year. FCA Chairman John Elkann announced Manley’s new post on Friday in […]

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2020 Toyota Highlander: Finally a place to put my phone

December 16, 2020 Jordan Golson

SAN DIEGO — There is something incredibly satisfying about having the perfect spot to put something. A place for everything and everything in its place, as the saying goes. I’ve spent the last two days […]

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