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July 21, 2025

Automotive

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Monaco. Ferrari. Pretty girls and sunshine.

June 15, 2020 Jordan Golson

The Ferrari SF90 Stradale is a dizzying engineering achievement of numbers and downforce and power-to-weight ratios and power output and a big plug. It’s also Ferrari’s first “series production” plug-in hybrid. Series production is Ferrari-speak […]

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2020 Mazda3 Hatchback AWD: One of the best small cars (finally) picks up all-wheel drive

June 11, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — Everyone remembers their first new car. The excitement of getting that car with just a handful of miles on the clock, knowing that no other rear-ends but yours had graced the driver’s seat. […]

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Like the city in New Mexico, the Hyundai Santa Fe is a delight

May 28, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I’ve been to Sante Fe a few times. It’s a lovely city, with fascinating culture, terrific food, and a psychedelic art exhibition called Meow Wolf partially funded by Game of Thrones author George […]

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The venerable Toyota 4Runner remains in demand, even after all these years

May 20, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — An increasing number of cars are coming with that new, future-proof oval-shaped USB-C plug. While this might be annoying to folks who are still carrying around tons of the old, rectangular USB-A plugs, […]

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2020 Honda Passport: This is a capable SUV, but I have some concerns

May 13, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I get to drive a different car every week. Though my neighbors might think I’m a drug dealer, I’m just a car journalist, testing a wide array of vehicles — from the economical […]

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Tesla says cars can automatically stop for traffic lights

May 2, 2020 Tom Krisher, Associated Press

DETROIT — After testing on public roads, Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals. The update of the electric car company’s […]

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Historic sign to be part of planned Route 66 visitor center

April 18, 2020 Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The weathered old sign that once served as a beacon to travelers along a stretch of Route 66 just outside of New Mexico’s largest city has been taken down and will be […]

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The Volvo XC40: A quintessential Swedish crossover

April 1, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I love Ikea. Swedish meatballs and furniture with a dash of über-capitalism and mass consumption swirled in for good measure. Where else can you get a bookcase and a hot dog and be […]

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Like a forgettable first date, it could be worse and could be better

March 25, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — I’m a car journalist and a single guy. This might seem like a weird way to start my review of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, but hear me out. Our swipe-right Tinder-Bumble-Hinge-Whatever dating culture […]

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The comfy and quiet Toyota Avalon is a Lexus-Lite

March 17, 2020 Jordan Golson

BOSTON — As I write this, the country is beginning to shut down. Folks are being urged to stay home and only go out when immediately necessary. And I think about my mother, who is […]

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