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Anticipation Meets Exhilaration

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When most people think of Hyundai, high performance isn’t usually top of mind. Some say it’s the great warranty while others would argue between consistently-improving quality and good value. Whether being frugal is the new cool or not, the 2010 Genesis Coupe delivers both of the above…

Keeping Up Appearances: The Importance of Detailing

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Owning a car or truck is a significant investment, and as such, proper steps should be taken to preserve its value. While most consumers recognize that regular oil changes and scheduled service calls are important to ensure the reliable operation of their vehicles, very few people pay much attention…

Road Test – BMW X5 Diesel

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Late November 2007, I found myself lapping BMW’s Performance Driving Centre in the driving rain behind the wheel of the all-new BMW X5. With one of the head engineers guiding me around the track, he claimed to me that this new “SAV” or Sports Activity Vehicle as BMW insisted on calling it…

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!!

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If you’re one of the over 28-million Internet users in this country and frequent a lot of automotive blog sites, you may have stumbled across this exotic-looking concept car when it began appearing online in February. It’s called the Lamborghini Insecta Concept and if you’re a fan of the Italian super car…

Technology: Mitsubishi Miev

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Electric cars have been around as long as the car itself, over 100 years. The issues with electrics have always been major ones. Things like cost, range, cold-weather performance, speed, weight, and charging time all go to the heart of the ownership…

First Drive: Audi Q5

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One of the hottest market segments these days is the premium-branded mid-size crossover vehicle, which give you the cachet of the sedans on which most of them are based, with the added room, utility and commanding driving position of a small SUV…

Starting Lines: Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to Feature Motorcycles

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The annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance that showcases the most elegant automobiles on the planet, is inviting motorcycles to appear on its show field for the first time. A select group of motorcycles among the classic Bentleys, Bugattis and Ferraris, including Vincents, Brough Superiors…

The Truck Guy: Transporting Your Bikes

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You enjoy bike riding with your family, or maybe the thrill of racing down a mountain on some bike trail. This type of activity takes away the daily stress everybody seems to encounter in tough economic times, but what about the stress of getting the bikes to where you want to ride…

Rods & Classics: Fifty Years of the Mini

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The year was 1956. The Suez Crisis meant that fuel rationing was once again put into place in the UK, and German Bubble Cars (the Messerschmidt KR175, KR200, and FMR Tg500, as well as the BMW Isetta 300) were beginning to be a popular choice of affordable transportation…

Deceased Neighbour’s Car Sells on eBay For Outrageous Money

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How many more rare cars are lying in wait under dustsheets in little used garages and tumbledown barns? It seems to be the season of amazing finds, in which people discover cars left behind by deceased relatives and put them up for auction…