By Kevin Harrison
Pick-up trucks tend to get a lot of flak. The reasons why tend to vary from people thinking the need for a pick-up truck in their daily lives isn't entirely necessary, to the people who think they are nothing but gas guzzlers, to the people who just hate...
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Category Archives: Test Drives
Test Drive: 2015 Kia Sedona SXL+
By Robert Nichols
How many teenagers can say that the vehicle they learned to drive in was Turbocharged? Perhaps today this is more likely common as many manufacturers are using smaller engines and then boosting them to make them usable. But when I was 16 years old Turbochargers were something only...
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Test Drive: 2015 Ford Edge 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium
By Kevin Harrison
As little as twenty years ago, if you wanted a crossover from Ford, well you couldn't really get one. That's not because of poor product planning on Ford's part it's because crossovers didn't exist back then, believe it or not.
In 2000 Ford started the idea with the original...
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Test Drive: 2016 Infiniti QX50 AWD
By Robert Nichols
Infiniti was one of the very first manufacturers to enter the luxury compact utility vehicle fray. It is hard to believe that anyone could have imagined just how successful this category would become in the years that followed. Today this is one of the fastest growing segments with...
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Test Drive: 2016 Scion iM
By Kevin Harrison
I have a confession to make: I've never reviewed any product from Scion before. Ever.
It's a bit strange since I've been doing automotive journalism for six years now. And actually, I don't think I've even ever driven any product from Scion before full-stop. Hell, I don't think I've...
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Test Drive: 2016 Hyundai Tucson 2.0L Luxury AWD
By Kevin Harrison
Hyundai has a bit of a problem on its hands. It seems a lot of the time, its customers are forced to make a tough decision: do I buy the Tucson or the Santa Fe?
The latter usually seems to seal the deal with its larger (albeit not by...
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Test Drive: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland EcoDiesel 4X4
By Kevin Harrison
This is an SUV. You might think you're tooling around town to your local Starbucks in an SUV but you probably aren't. You're probably riding around in a car complete with car underpinnings on a body which somewhat resembles that of an SUV. In other words, you're riding...
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Test Drive: 2015 Ford F-150 4X4 Platinum
By Kevin Harrison
A pop can.
That was the inspiration for Ford's new F-150. Well, sort of. Ford used the stuff pop cans are made of as a key player in setting their most popular truck apart from the competition.
In case you've never held and empty pop can before, in which case...
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Test Drive: 2016 Honda Pilot Touring
By Kevin Harrison
The SUV craze from the late 90's and early 2000's had a tremendous impact on traditional minivans, as in they in all but annihilated them.
Then we became a lot more gas conscious, though we were forced to be thanks to sky high gas prices and stricter emissions standards,...
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Test Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited
By Kevin Harrison
With the reputation of diesels taking a hit from a certain popular German brand, some may be revisiting the idea of buying a hybrid in order to save fuel.
My personal opinion on hybrids is that they are a relatively impressive achievement. Not only are they more efficient than...
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