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Have a family? Have a boat to tow? Need four-wheel drive and plenty of space from your next used sport ute? The Ford Explorer might have made its way onto your list of potential candidates. Available in its last generation from 2006 to 2010, the...
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Today’s new car shopper demands better fuel economy and improved performance at the same time, and isn’t willing to give up anything to get it. Any more greedy and uncompromising, you’d expect these shoppers to be wearing diapers,...
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With an attempt at injecting some fun and excitement into the Toyota Camry lineup, the Toyota Camry Solara (Toyota Solara for short) turned the automakers reliable and well-loved Camry into a two-door coupe or convertible. Intended for shoppers...
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Rally car driver and all-around cool dude Ken Block made the Ford Fiesta famous virtually overnight on YouTube with videos featuring hooliganism at the wheel of a race-prepped model. In his turbocharged, AWD rally-Fiesta, Ken drifted through brick...
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For performance buffs, the Pontiac G8 was only slightly less attractive than owning afour-door Firebird.Simple premise with this machine: shoppers could bring about $36,495 to their Pontiac dealers and leave with a brand new sedan stuffed with a V8...
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The Honda Crosstour is the modern-day reincarnation of the Honda Accord Wagon - sort of. Nothing on four wheels was more level-headed than a Honda Accord Wagon. Good on fuel, reliable and ready for the “fam”, it was one of the ultimate...
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An icon of the luxury SUV scene, Cadillac’s Escalade launched in its second generation for the 2002 model year. Featuring GM truck-frame construction, massive size and enough chrome bling to deck out a rap band, this humungous, comfortable and...
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For years, BMW used a straight-six engine to power many of their models. The German automaker was known for straight sixes that sounded fantastic, loved to rev and were celebrated the world over by fans and authorities alike. It was a fantastic...
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The new Ford Focus officially hit Canadian roadways for the 2012 model year, and it’s readily been answering the call of shoppers demanding more European-influenced small cars on our shores. With the 2012 Focus, the last-generation Focus has...
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Like most Nonnas, mine is Italian. And when the Fiat 500 started making me proud of my Italian side with its stylishness and fun-to-drive attitude, I gave her a call and asked her what Italians would call the little Italian car, in Italy.
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