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George Straton

2023 Toyota Sequoia Capstone 4x4 exterior

2023 Toyota Sequoia Capstone 4x4 - Bottom Line Review

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: In his American folk travelogue Woody Guthrie suggests beginning at [California's] Redwood Forest following the national highways to the "Gulf Stream Waters." Of America, nothing says BIG and OLD quite like the Redwood National Forest most renowned immutable flora, the Sequoias

2023 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Club exterior

2023 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Club - Track Upfit Re- Driven Review

SLIDING TOP STEED BRAKES FOR POSTURE: An old racer's recipe for cheapest way around the track isn't about power but rather about lowered unsprung weight and improved grip. It follows then that the elderly racers at Mazda would follow up their already lithe ND MX-5 Miata

2023 Ford Bronco Sport 2.0T Heritage Limited AWD exterior

2023 Ford Bronco Sport Heritage AWD - Bottom Line Review

UN-BROKEN HOOVES LITE: From urban to the edge of wilderness and beyond the most mechanism for traversing is the rough and tumble upfittable type, like the Ford Bronco. However, for the more urbane experience to and past the trail head the options are more diverse. For its part, Blue Oval

2023 Genesis Electrified G80 AWD exterior

2023 Genesis Electrified G80 EV - Bottom Line Review

KOREAN PRESTIGE EXECUTIVE SMOOTHS ELECTRIC TRANSITION: Like Paul Bunyon, alongside his trusty ox Babe, swinging his mighty axe to fall the most solid oak, carmaker Genesis has been chipping away at the established prestige hierarchy. A re-birth of the the Korean luxury brand's G80 sedan in 2021 further

2022 Ford Bronco Raptor 4x4 exterior

2022 Ford Bronco Raptor 4x4 - Bottom Line Review

BUCKING, YET TO BE BROKEN, DESERT RUNNER: On the road to the raging battle of off-road there are evermore four wheelin' sport utility steeds chomping at the bit to traverse all earthen surfaces, whether dirt, mud, sand or rock. Last year even revived the storied bucking Ford Bronco SUV

2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor exterior

2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor EV - Bottom Line Review

AXIALLY ALIGNED BRIGHT STAR : Scandinavians might catch their warmer vibes by facing south towards the strongest equatorial ray of the Sun. Yet the hearty Nordics can still find luminous energy from those lights in the Northern Sky. Traditionally, meandering past the F[j]ords into the Tundra, implied carriage by

2022 Toyota Tundra CrewCab Capstone 4x4 exterior

2022 Toyota Tundra Capstone CrewMax 4x4 - Bottom Line Review

CAN'T BLAME BIGGEST CARMAKER FOR TRYING BIG RIG: Full size North American market half ton pickup trucks are uniquely suited to the continent's enigmatic wide open spaces and largess living (including low taxed fuel). With Big Rig proportions mythical outside these shores and loyalty to the