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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 …

The GTI of the Sedan World: 2017 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 6-Speed Manual

In a world surrounded by blah, driven mostly by Uber drivers and people with sticky finger rodents, there comes a compact car that, every once in a while, can put a big ole grin on ones face. That car is the Volkswagen Jetta GLI. More Than Just a Pretty Face: …

Daily Driving City Slicker: 2017 Ford F-150 Platinum 4X4 EcoBoost

At some point a truck ends up going too far, to a point of almost losing its tough truck credentials and gaining a city slicker mentality – with the Ford F-150 Platinum pushing a $63,000 price tag, this is one pretty ass truck that, if found on a dirt path, …

Not Quite A Jeep Thing, But Getting There: 2017 Jeep Compass Limited 4X4

Since coming into the market in 2006, the Jeep Compass has been a poor sight in the compact crossover segment leaving the majority of its production numbers to the rental lots at the airports. Between its sibling the Patriot, the Compass shared in equal partnership as the Jeeps common consumer …

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