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Life’s Little Moments: 2017 Honda Odyssey

The mundane life of a minivan driver is generally filled with PTA meetings, bake sales and sticky finger children with muddy shoes. Life is a never ending fairytale we keep telling ourselves, “they’re out of the house at 18.” But let’s face the hard truth – they’ll always be money …

Mud Romper: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

There comes a time in every one’s life when we reach that critical age of disappear and loss of fulfillment. Some of us resort to the youth to feel young again while others search for an alternative, flashier lifestyle. Both are equally expensive, so why just limit ourselves to one …

More Than Just Numbers: 2017 Lexus RX 450h F SPORT

Hybrids are a hot commodity in the Toyota/Lexus brand. After all, they’ve seemed to crack the code that certain automakers can’t hack. So then it was no surprise that when Lexus gave their ever so popular RX crossover a complete redesigned in 2016, their hybrid version, RX450h made a comeback tour. And …

Value Packaged, Value Engineered: 2017 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition

Nearly a decade ago all a car manufacturer had to do was to develop a nice car. Hyundai started pushing their limits long before we even noticed in their 2nd generation Elantra offering standard power windows, locks, keyless entry and side airbags. In their 3rd generation, the Elantra started to …

Green Fury: 2017 Honda Civic Si

If you had the chance to go back to high school and do it over again, would you? But this time do it right! Buy the trendiest clothes, have the latest gadget, and drive the coolest car. If there is any guarantee to be the cool kid in school, it’s …

Blue is the New Green: Hybrid Crossover Comparison – Nissan Rogue Hybrid vs Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

When hybrid technology first was introduced to the market, it was a bizarre, intriguing concept that found its way into a car that was not designed like any other car on the market. And when the fuel crisis hit back in 2007 with soring gas prices, consumers resorted to this …

Sporting Credentials, but no Athlete: 2018 Genesis G80 SPORT

Being a middle child is not easy, you get less attention, the hand-me-downs and have to figure most things out for yourself. In Genesis case, that’s what they’ve done with the G80. After being launched into its own brand in 2017, the once Hyundai, now Genesis nameplate is growing and …

Heavy Duty Title Holder… For Now: 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4X4

Sitting at a stop light, surrounded by concrete and glass buildings with people in business attire scampering to their corner offices and windowless cubicles, paints the wrong picture for the all new Ford F-250 Super Duty. Yet, here we are, stuck in downtown traffic, wondering if we need to find …

Perfecting Perfection: 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF Manual

Is it really possible? Can Mazda perfect something that is already perfect? Mazda seems to think so by taking their small, soft top roadster and turning it into a back road, hard top, grand tourer. Unlike the soft top, this origami hard top folding roof, noted as the retractable …

More Blue than Green: 2017 Nissan Rogue Hybrid AWD

The automotive industry is quite literally being flooded with crossover hybrids these days. Toyota started this game changer when they launched the Highlander Hybrid which worked its way down into the RAV4 – a compact Hybrid, huh? Well, everybody else wanted to play in this game too… Kia and Hyundai …

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