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2025 Audi Q6 e-tron vs. 2025 Audi SQ6 e-tron
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Howdy, hoons! Will here. In an effort to provide some genuine consumer advice, today we’re exploring a rather intriguing comparison. Let’s say you’re in the market for an upscale compact electric vehicle. There are some fantastic options available, like the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron. As you browse the showroom, you notice a lower, sportier version.…
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2025 Nissan Murano Platinum Review
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Nissan has injected a healthy dose of luxury and style into the Murano in an effort to push the vehicle upmarket for its fourth generation. With its most dramatic design redirection yet, the all-new-for-2025 Murano that results is an intriguing vehicle with a few glaring flaws. Exterior There’s a lot of the all-electric Ariya in…
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2025 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Limited: Review
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The compact Elantra has been in production for 35 years, although its first decade was spent outside the U.S. market. When we got our first Elantra in 2000, it was the third generation of the model. Fast forward to 2025, and we are now in the Elantra’s seventh generation, which launched in 2021. We just…
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So, like an idiot, I bought a 17-year-old Range Rover
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I live in Southern California. More specifically, I live in the Pasadena area, which, if you were paying attention to the news on January 7 of this year, experienced some especially devastating wildfires that essentially leveled the Altadena neighborhood and caused untold amounts of damage. My wife and I are super fortunate because, despite being…
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2025 Mazda CX-50 vs. 2025 Mazda CX-5: Which is best?
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And now for something a little different. I recently had the chance to spend a week with the 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid and the 2025 Mazda CX-5. If you’re late to the game and curious about what’s going on, Mazda introduced the new CX-50 in 2023, and we all assumed it would replace the CX-5.…
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2025 Nissan Murano Platinum – One Take Review
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The 2025 Nissan Murano is all new. With modernized, if a bit bland, looks, is an updated interior that reflects the new Nissan models. The powertrain has been replaced, but I am not sure if the new-ish engine is actually an improvement. Let’s check it out… Exterior: The front end features a tall grille with…
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Tony Angelo’s V12-Swapped Fox Body Mustang Takes its First Run
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The Stay Tuned YouTube channel has been staying quite busy. The latest project? It involves swapping an Aston Martin V12 into the nose of a Fox Body Mustang. Tony Angelo and his team have been putting in long hours to get this thing on the road, and that’s just what happens in this latest installment…
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2025 BMW M8 Competition Gran Coupe vs 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing: Coincidental Competitors
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Two cars, 1,285 horsepower, 1,212 lb-ft of torque, and $309,455 worth of madness. This wasn’t deliberately designed to be a comparison test, but when the 2025 BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition we spent a week testing had a starting price within a stone’s throw of the as-tested price for the 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing that…
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2025 Audi A3 Premium Plus: Review
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Over the ten years I’ve been doing this, I have driven hundreds of cars. Somehow, that list has never included the Audi A3. I have driven its big brother, the RS 3, and I was absolutely head over heels in love. So, I was excited to see this 2025 A3 Premium Plus on my review…
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2025 Ford F-150 Lightning – One Take Review
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Ford’s EV pickup, the F-150 Lightning, has been around for a few years now. The biggest recent change was the addition of the NACS (North American Charging Standard) adapter, allowing the Lightning to be charged at Tesla’s Supercharger stations. The Lightning has a maximum charging rate of 150kW, which is a very fast rate but…
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Racing Anxiety Looms with the Lemons 25 Hours and 1 Minute Thunderhill
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I typically don’t get nervous before we start a race. Our team runs in the 24 Hours of Lemons series, and we’re usually good for two races on the calendar per year. I’m familiar with both of our vehicles and the tracks at which we race. There’s usually a moment of brief mental calibration during…
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Hooniverse Asks: Which Car, Truck, or SUV Needs to be Revived?
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It may be a bit weird to lead this off with a teaser image posted a year or so ago by Mitsubishi. I get that. But still, that image gives me a glimmer of hope that the diamond-star brand will revive a version of both the Montero and give us a Delica here in the…
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2025 Volkswagen Taos SE: Very Quick Take
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Some of my regular readers know that 2025 has been particularly challenging for me. I tried to make sense of things through writing. The experience of my sister’s deteriorating health and eventual passing necessitated several last-minute road trips. The Genesis GV80 coupe and Camry XSE both ended up being noble steeds on the trip between…
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2025 Toyota Land Cruiser: Worth the Upgrade over the 1958?
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Howdy hoons, it’s your friendly neighborhood car reviewer. Today, we’re going to take a look at the 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser. Now, you may remember that I just reviewed a Land Cruiser in November. But it was the 1958 trim, and this is just the “Land Cruiser” (LC). This one starts at nearly $5,000 more…
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‘24 Dodge Hornet GT – One Take Review
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Dodge positions the Hornet as a performance-oriented choice in the small CUV market segment. They say that the Hornet GT is the fastest and most powerful gas-powered compact utility vehicle. To their credit, it does make 268 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. of torque. They say that things such as “Koni shocks, Brembo four-piston brake calipers,…
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‘25 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys ’41 Special Edition – One Take Review
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The 2025 Jeep Wrangler line, both conventional and 4xe models, continues mostly unchanged for 2025 model year. It received interior and grill updates for early 2024. There is a new trim, however, called the Willys ’41 Special Edition. It celebrates the 1941 Willys MB, and it is exclusive to the 4xe, but the color can…