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Say the name “Suzuki” and the first thought for most people will be motorcycles. Quick, agile and sporting, the bikes have been everything the company’s cars have not. The Kizashi is a concerted effort to bring the cars closer to Suzuki’s motorcycles, and extend their appeal to riders who often look elsewhere when they need [...]
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One of my favorite automotive web sites is Austin Rover Online, a wonderful historical site full of more information than you could imagine on the cars made by Standard, Triumph, Austin, Rover, MG, and more. What caught my eye this time was a story about the possibility that Alfa Romeo could follow MG into Chinese [...]
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The crossover utility vehicle (CUV) market has exploded over the past few years as consumers switched from full-on sport utility vehicles with real off-road capability to people haulers adept at slogging through snow and ice. Cognizant of this change in the market, Kia moved the Sorento from a truck chassis to a car-based platform, fitted [...]
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Editor Sawyer sent me this commentary from Road Atlanta.
“For years stick-and-ball sports have had their share of face painters and guys who wear multi-colored wigs while holding up placards with selected verses from the Bible. Racing, however, is a little different. And the proof of that is in this photo taken at the rain-shortened Petit [...]
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The contenders are an interesting pair: Audi’s Q5 is derived from its A4 sedan platform, and powered by a longitudinally mounted 3.2-liter V6. Volvo’s XC60 T6 AWD, on the other hand, uses a heavily modified version of Ford’s EUCD (Ford Mondeo/Volvo S80) platform that is shared with the Land Rover LR2. Interestingly, each car had [...]
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Episode #037, 2009 Audi R8
Mr. White’s lucky streak continues unabated as he gets into an Audi R8. Unaccustomed as he is to such exotica, he proclaims the design superior to the F430, though Mr. Black and Mr. Blonde disagree. Discussion covers the engine, the lack of torque-vectoring, the fine exterior design and how it’s the [...]
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