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George Straton

2019 Toyota 86 GT exterior

2019 Toyota 86 GT - Quick Take Review

IN CONCEPT: The swept back silhouette of a front engine, rear drive fastback coupe is irresistible. The sensuous shape stimulates the visual senses. Low mass, low center of gravity, just enough high revving power at the threshold of breaking the rear rubber loose, capable of controlled slides into and oversteer

2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn exterior

2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI - Bottom Line Review

JET STREAM, February 2019: North American meteorologists scurried to plot the Polar Jet Stream, east to west flowing winds at altitudes between 30,000 and 40,000 feet, just below the Northern Hemisphere tropopause, as it rained brutal icy conditions down from the North Pole. JETTA STREAM, February 2019: Volkswagen

2019 Volkswagen Golf SE exterior

2019 Volkswagen Golf SE - Bottom Line Review

QUICK ANIMAL FACT: The Rabbit or Hase (German for "Hare") is able to make sprints at speeds of more than 25 miles per hour. QUICKER ANIMAL FACT: A horse named Golf, owned by a VW lead engineer, likely was vastly quicker and nimbler than any hare. Eponymous with

2018 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Inscription exterior

2018 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Inscription - Bottom Line Review

As mythological deities go, the Norse had far fewer offspring than other cultures. Olympian thunder god and Singer seed sewer Zeus sired more than 25 kids. Nothing less than a super stretched three-axle Ford Expedition would have met the Olympian's needs. Zeus' Valhallan counterpart, Thor adopted a

2019 Volkswagen Jetta SEL Premium exterior

2019 Volkswagen Jetta SEL - Bottom Line Review

GOLFING FACT 1: The U.S. has over 15,000 registered golf courses. GOLFING FACT 2: The European Union has less than 7,000 registered golf courses. Alas, the car named Golf, with its appropriately available dimpled ball shifter head, lacks the equivalent popularity of the small dimpled ball sport

2019 Kia Forte EX exterior

2019 Kia Forte EX - Bottom Line Review

(Contributing Editor: George Straton) What small family cars have traditionally excelled at is moving small families around affordably and filling up the cheap seats at car rental facilities. With the shift of tastes away from flavor sedan to crossover SUV, carmakers who are remaining in the fight need up their

2019 Lexus ES 350 exterior

2019 Lexus ES 350 - Bottom Line Review

Median age of 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham buyer: 67 Median age of 1995 Buick Roadmaster buyer: 65 Median age of 2011 Lincoln Town Car buyer: 62 Median age of 2017 Buick LaCrosse buyer: 60.5 Median age of 2017 Cadillac XTS buyer: 65 (* Unless in Chinese market or livery use)