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First Drive: 2020 Kia Telluride
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Kia grabbed our attention with the Stinger, and now it has us fully focused with its new 2020 Telluride. The three-row SUV manages to bake in a healthy dose of premium features while providing a top-tier cabin experience. Especially in the fully loaded version. Under the hood is a 3.8-liter V6 and it produces 291…
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The 2019 New York International Auto Show in pictures
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Another year of the New York Auto Show is officially in the books. Last Wednesday, East Coast Editor Kamil Kaluski and I spent the day walking the floor and taking in the sights of cars aplenty. Occupying nearly every square inch of New York City’s Javits Center. Though it wasn’t a year of huge reveals,…
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2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Ultimate: But Is It?
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With Ford deciding that it would not bring the next generation of the Fiesta to the United States the Hyundai Veloster is the only small hot hatch left for this market. For those that are/were fans of the Fiesta ST what are they to do when it comes time for their next car? Is…
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Hoonigan’s Build Biology gets up close with an IndyCar
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The chassis code is DW12. That’s in honor of the late Dan Wheldon. He helped Dallara with some testing as they worked to build the fourth-generation modern IndyCar to the track. And now one has just rolled into Hoonigan’s garage for some up close inspection on the Build Biology show. Dale Coyne Racing brought out…
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Listen to me talk cars on the radio and read my Stern Show internship story
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My friends, brothers Paul and John Zangari, have had a radio show about cars for over thirty years. The show is appropriately called Drive Thru Radio with Paul & John Zangari. Radio is something people listened to before podcasts and Spotify, for those of you born around the turn of the millennium. Last Saturday Paul was…
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Last Call: Camping then and now
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View this post on Instagram Smart Money: This 1972 Chevy Blazer model was the first Four Wheel Camper this NH couple owned, and maybe one of the first ever built! So when they were able to invest in another adventuremobile of course they chose a Front Dinette FWC Hawk Camper on a Chevy…
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LeMons Australia is trying to run an event at Bathurst
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Our favorite motorsport series, the 24 Hours of LeMons, has its icy tentacles in pots all over the globe. Well, the local folks really just license the name, but there are LeMons races that take place outside the cozy confines of the USA. For example, the 24 Hours of LeMons craptastic-palooza can be found down…
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Take a closer look at Matt Farah’s Westside Collector Car Storage project
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Anyone who likes cars and has access to the internet probably knows of Matt Farah. Likewise, many of the same people probably know Larry Kosilla of AMMO NYC – we have featured his amazing detailing skills and his great products here many times. But many don’t know that Matt and Larry are childhood friends – they…
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Podcast: Episode 291 – Return drive from a concept experience
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I’m in a McLaren 600LT on the way back from driving a Honda concept vehicle. Josh Ostrander joins me as we chat about the Honda Rugged Open Air Concept I just drove (and he shot). We also talk about the 600LT, which is not great for a long drive. Josh updates us on his Volkswagen…
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Buick Regal TourX: Affordable premium German wagon
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Eleven of the last thirteen vehicles I’ve reviewed have been a crossovers or an SUV. This has served to remind me how much I’m a wagon man. Occasionally, a crossover or SUV will stick in my mind as good or even exceptional, like the Volvo XC 40 Inscription. But at the end of the day,…
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Hooniverse Asks: Have there been any good resurrected models?
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I saw the new Chevy Blazer at this year’s New York International Auto Show and it’s everything you’d expect it to be – another forgettable, unmistakably General Motors, mid-size CUV. It looked like the Equinox in almost every way. It was so bad I didn’t even take a picture of next to the Equinox to…
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Vaughn Gittin Jr and Joey Logano are building a monster Mustang to give away
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Professional fun-haver Vaughn Gittin Jr and NASCAR racer Joey Logano have joined forces to build a custom Ford Mustang. This is right up Gittin’s wheelhouse since he owns the RTR performance shop. He’s also known to sling a Mustang around a course from time to time. The Mustang being built with Logano is part of…
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Hooniverse Asks: What new vehicle should be turned into a full-size side-by-side UTV?
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At the 2018 SEMA show, Honda unveiled an unexpected concept. It’s called the Rugged Open Air Vehicle, and it started life as a Ridgeline pickup truck. The roof is gone. The bodywork resembles an oversized Honda Talon, but with a much larger bed. Yet instead of a motorcycle engine under the hood, Honda stuck with…
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Last Call: Listen to your intuition
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Automakers love to tweet out all manner of messaging. Sometimes it’s aggressive. Other times it can be inspirational. There are times though, when an automaker reaches out and provides the perfect bit of messaging for wonderful folly. This is one of those times. Okay. *walks away* https://t.co/3CBW2eI0VH — Kamil (@CarGuyDad) April 22, 2019 Our man…
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Galpin Auto Sport has a Ranger Raptor alternative; the Ranger X
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The new Ranger is really good. A Ranger Raptor is the one we want though, and Ford hasn’t announced that one for our market just yet. It’s coming. It has to be, as the Blue Oval brand would be bananas not to bring it our way. Until that time comes, a handful of folks are…
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Encylopedia Hoonatica: This is how a transmission works
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The US Auto Industry YouTube channel is one of my favorite corners of the Internet. Wonderful old videos populate its pages. This is a vision of the automotive world from decades ago. Some of those videos are educational films that show how a specific part of an automobile works. Spinning Levers is just such a film,…