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2016 Kia Optima SX Limited 2.0T - My Blue Family Sedan Heaven - Quick Review
* * * * * * * * * * * * (Contributing Editor: Tomasz Paluch) At the head of the pack there are two cemented in popularity. For the rest of the mid size family sedan pack, none is going break out based on good looks or performance alone. But it sure can’t... Read more »
2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum - Luxuriously Living Down 4DSC Moniker - Quick Review
* * * * * * * * * * * * (Contributing Editor: George Straton, Roadblazing.com) “Hype” = “Hyperbole”. Often creating an unrealistic expectation , Hype is hard to live up to and nearly impossible to live down. WHAT: 2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum (Gen.8, A36) : Lives another day to live down the hype.... Read more »
2015 Hyundai Sonata Sport 2.0T & 2015 Toyota Camry XSE V6 - Fortified for Enthusiast Families - Comparison Review
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Toyota entered its “Camry” body shell into NASCAR (North American Stock Car Automotive Racing) competition in 2007. Ford since entered a Fusion shell onto the typical NASCAR rear drive chassis with 5.8L V-8... Read more »
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco - After a Clean Shave - First Drive Review
Hyundai recently invited the local automotive press for a preview of their more than refreshed 2015 Sonata mid-size, front-drive family sedan. We’ll give it to Hyundai that the 2010 Sonata broke with all previous family sedan ground rules. Fluidic Sculpture 1.0 was the stylistic wild-child meant to grab attention. Sonata sales skyrocketed to 200,000+ NA... Read more »
2014 Nissan Altima + 2014 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T - Mid-Size Family Matters - Comparison Review
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Last year crossover / sports utility vehicles outsold passenger cars in the United States. Yet 1.8 million Toyota Camrys, Honda Accords, Nissan Altimas, Ford Fusions, Hyundai Sonatas and Chevy Malibus found homes here.... Read more »
2014 Ford Fusion Titanium AWD - Boost Me, Baby - Review
‘Tis the Season for Giving. Over at Ford Motor Co., CEO Alan Mulally owes Chris Hamilton big-time for his transformation of the Ford Fusion / Mondeo. Hamilton ought stuff a stocking hanging over the mantelpiece of Ian Callum, who penned the Aston Martin DB series, a major Fusion donor. But there are Ford Fusions, and... Read more »
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2014 Mazda6 Sport - "Just The Way You Are" - Review / Video
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – You know you are spoiled rotten when you are able to do the following in a car: 1) Slip into a thorax molded, hip hugging seat 2) Grab onto a perfectly sized, fully... Read more »
2013 Kia Optima SXL - Seeking Rarefied Air - Review
You can always count on some real cold in the atmosphere here at Drive…He Said’s” Chicago abode. Not that it would stop the 2013 Kia Optima SXL, glass roof and all, from seeking it’s own rarefied air. For the Birdwatchers Among Us: Observe and ponder the differences between the robin (not the boy wonder) and... Read more »
The Factory or Bust in the 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDi - Factory Tour / Review
Suffering from “battery electric vehicle range anxiety” this holiday season? We at “Drive…He Said” picked up a “half-witted” key to a 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDi, to evaluate what might be the perfect antidote. What better way to combat our own anxiety than by taking the high road to that “Birtplace-of-all-Passats” in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In days... Read more »
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2012 Toyota Camry XLE - It's In the Special Sauce
Years of speculation and innuendo recently prompted the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain to release the recipe for the “Special Sauce” served on its famed “Big Mac” burger. A 2012 Toyota Camry XLE just spent a week with us at the friendly confines of “Drive…He Said. ” Unable to send the Camry to the... Read more »
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