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The Buick Regal GS is a German sports sedan with a serious discount
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
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
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
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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From Wales with love: The Aston Martin DBX
AUSTIN — An Aston Martin executive once told me that 87% of its buyers admitted that James Bond played a role in their purchase decision. Then he joked that the survey also showed that 13 […]
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The 2019 Lexus UX
BOSTON — The first thing I noticed about my 2019 Lexus UX was the color. Nori Green Pearl. Usually I don’t notice a color unless it’s a bright orange sports car or something. Car colors […]
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Road rocket: The new 2020 Chevy Corvette Convertible
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the shadow of historic hardware with names like Saturn, Gemini, and Mercury, another famous name from the 1950’s appeared here in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor […]
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Texas state fair includes truck showcase
DALLAS — They say that everything is bigger in Texas. That’s certainly true of the 55-foot Big Tex statue that is the centerpiece of the massive Texas State Fair, and in his shadow we have […]
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Volvo XC60 Polestar Engineered: Gold, green and go
BANFF, Alberta, Canada — I’ve had an affinity for Volvo wagons ever since I was a toddler. In the mid-80’s, my father had a gold one (the 245 Turbo) and I grew up listening to […]
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Heavy Duty: The new 2020 GMC Sierra is ready to haul
JACKSON, Wyo. — Everything seems a little bigger in this part of the country. Endless blue skies, snow-capped peaks that are apocryphally named after a bit of female anatomy, and wide-open spaces filled with cattle. […]