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2014 Nissan Leaf Review – It’s Remarkably Normal

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2014 Nissan Leaf SV

Somehow in the eight years since I started writing about cars I’ve driven lots of electric vehicles but have never managed to spend an extended period with one until now. Having now spent a week with a 2014 Nissan Leaf SV, I can say that it’s a very good car regardless of how its propelled. That doesn’t mean it’s the best car for everyone in search of a compact hatchback, but for those whose lifestyles overlap with the limitations of today’s battery technology it’s a great choice.

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2014 Nissan Rogue SV – How Big Can Compact Get?

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2014 Nissan Rogue SV AWD

Back in the mid-1990s when Toyota kicked off the modern compact crossover utility segment with the original two-door Rav4, these machines really were compact. But as with most vehicle segments, every succeeding generation seems to get bigger until a hole is created that enables yet another smaller segment to emerge. At first glance this seems to be the case with the redesigned second-generation Nissan Rogue that debuted last year as a 2014 model.

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2014 Dodge Grand Caravan Review

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2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Blacktop

There is absolutely nothing wrong with utility. After all, at least two major classes of vehicles, SUVs and crossover utilities claim the word as a middle name. Despite that, SUVs and CUVs are in fact far from the most utilitarian vehicles on the road. That claim belongs the classic minivan, including the progenitor of the class, the Dodge Grand Caravan.

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2015 Buick Regal GS AWD Review

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2014 Buick Regal GS 10 It’s been more than four years since I last drove a Buick Regal and while it hasn’t changed all that much mechanically, the evolutionary updates to this midsize sedan have generally if not universally been a good thing. As I familiarize myself with the vehicles on the market today for my day job as an industry analyst, I got to spend several days with the performance pinnacle of the current Buick lineup, the 2015 Regal GS with all-wheel-drive and the operative word is smoothness.

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Review: 2010 Chevy Camaro RS V6 4

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In the realm of pony-cars, there are mainly two kinds of people, Mustang fans and Camaro fans. The Mustang was the original pony and provided the name to the segment. It was three years after the Mustang’s 1964 debut before Chevrolet responded with the original Camaro. While the Mustang has been in continuous production for 45 years, falling sales of the last generation Camaro caused GM to discontinue it in 2003. Meanwhile Ford gave the Mustang a new lease on life in 2005 with a full ground up redesign that saw sales surge. Needless to say GM took notice and 2006 brought a new Camaro concept that was a thoroughly modern design that still paid tribute to the 1967 original. The response was overwhelmingly positive and three years later the production fifth generation Camaro hit the streets.

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