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2021 Hyundai Elantra: Basic motoring isn’t so basic anymore
SAN DIEGO — I didn’t get my first new car until well into my late 20s. Everything before that was used in some form, and I was very excited to pick up that new car. […]
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2021 Toyota Mirai: The future is here (sort of)
SAN DIEGO — I spent the past week with one of the strangest cars I’ve ever driven. It’s the hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai, and it might be the future, or it might be a weird research […]
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2021 Cadillac CT5: Great looks, giddy-up, and a nice price
SAN DIEGO — For decades, Cadillac has been synonymous with The Best. A running joke between John Travolta and Danny DeVito in Get Shorty was calling the Oldsmobile Silhouette “The Cadillac of minivans.” That was […]
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2021 Kia K5: The K5 is much more than just OK
SAN DIEGO — Contrary to what Ford and General Motors would have you believe, people still buy sedans. They just don’t buy sedans from Ford and General Motors. Though the crossover, SUV and pickup truck […]
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2021 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400: Don’t sleep on this sporty sedan
SAN DIEGO — It’s been a rough few years for Infiniti. The luxury sibling to Nissan saw overall vehicle sales drop by 30% from 2019 to 2020, moving just shy of 80,000 cars last year. […]
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2020 Genesis G70: For solitude and sport, the G70 has it all
BOSTON — When catching up with friends I haven’t seen in a while — usually because of COVID-related lockdowns and such — the conversation inevitably comes around to: “What have you been doing to keep […]
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The comfy and quiet Toyota Avalon is a Lexus-Lite
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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The Hyundai Sonata shows that sedans aren’t dead
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
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 […]