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George Straton

2021 BMW 540i xDrive exterior

2021 BMW 540i xDrive - Bottom Line Review

EXECUTIVE ENTHUSIAST DECISION: Everything in transportation is not strictly about getting from point A to point B as efficiently as possible. Were it so the world would have been moving around by egg-shaped pods already. Or at least boxy crossovers. Instead this competitive consumerist world lives by distinction and distinctiveness.

2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road exterior

2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road - Bottom Line Review

GARAGE -A- BILLY GOAT: In an American world the crew cab half ton pickup trucks garner all the the heavy towing and glamour accolades. However, praise for the full size pickup truck ends in front of a typical Yankee house garage, perpendicular parking space or narrow rutted dirt road where

2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid Limited exterior

2021 Toyota Venza Hybrid Limited AWD - Bottom Line Review

WHY WAGONS AREN'T WANTED IN THE U.S.: Unless a station wagon strikes a ruggedized adventurous pose or is a sleeper euro luxury super car, it emits an air of public transport. NO FOOLIN': They used to make a Camry station wagon, before adventure lifestyle became a

2020 Ford Edge ST exterior

2020 Ford Edge ST - Bottom Line Review

PLUS POWER ALPHABET: AMG, M, RS, Type-R, V, SRT, STI, Polestar and N are the alphabet soups for their respective automakers' in-house tuner pinnacles. More recently, even sport enhanced standard models have been appended by some of these renowned letters. BLUE OVAL TUNE LETTERS: Currently Ford Performance serves as

2021 Hyundai Veloster N DCT exterior

2021 Hyundai Veloster N DCT - Bottom Line Review

ANTI PONY CAR: Performance hatchbacks are either the canvas of radical compact import car tuners for street racing domination or the yuppie weekend track warrior's choice for weekday practicality. From a bevy of European and Asian brands, these boosted small displacement, front drive terrors, nip at the heels

2020 RAM 1500 Rebel Crew 4x4 TDi exterior

2020 RAM 1500 Rebel 4x4 EcoDiesel - Bottom Line Review

FOOD FOR GRUNT: A breakfast of oats is good for a horse, but for more grunt alfalfa offers extra carb energy. Feeding a internal combustion work engine diesel provides 15% energy density than similar meal of gasoline. Thus, when it comes to heavy duty work trucks large displacement diesel engines

2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible exterior

2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible - Bottom Line Review

SUPER LOOKS BEATS SUPER CAR: In 2018 when the Lexus LC 500 2+2 sports coupe was unveiled it turned heads like anything out of Modena or Sant' Agata di Bologna. Yet for 70% less cost it looked more exotic than the LFA super car flop that preceded it.