Sales usually taper off toward the end of a car’s life cycle. Vehicles tend to be outdone by newer and more updated competitors, or buyers will wait a few months for the inevitable successor. Not the CX-5.  It has been Mazda’s best-selling vehicle two years in a row (2015 and 2016), and December 2016 was […]

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“Can I borrow your truck?” I knew that question would replace “How are you?” in my coworkers’ lexicon as soon as my long-term Ford F-250 Super Duty showed up. I just didn’t think it would be so darn immediate. “Are you using the F-250 this weekend?” Actual quotes from actual co-workers. “Hey Jonny—I’m getting married […]

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Long before Facebook introduced cartoon “reactions,” there was a disorganized campaign to pressure the company into adding a “dislike” button so users could acknowledge a post about something bad without “liking” it. If my long-term Bolt had a “dislike” button, I’d put it in one of the three button blanks in the middle of the […]

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It was hard for me to not get attached to “my” 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 4×4 Duramax long-termer. We’ve been through a lot together over the past 12 months and 28,155 miles—nearly a dozen national and state parks and forests, tons of road trips, and plenty of hauling. I’ve enjoyed driving the Colorado so much […]

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Audi’s Virtual Cockpit display gives the A4’s cabin a high-tech feel that’s almost unrivaled at this price point. Volkswagen is already rolling out a similar feature on two crossovers, but that only takes away a little of the feature’s appeal on our long-term Audi. When it comes to tech, our all-wheel-drive 2017 A4 2.0T gets […]

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The best part about awarding a vehicle an Of the Year award is getting the opportunity to spend more quality time with it over a yearlong loan. After rightfully earning our 2017 SUV of the Year award, our new long-term 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 4Matic has finally joined the Motor Trend fleet. Our new GLC300 long-termer […]

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I’ve been really impressed with the 1.6-liter turbo-four in our very orange 2017 Hyundai Tucson Limited AWD. I know, I know, but I’m not that far removed from owning a “compact” Ford Granada, which had an enormous-by-comparison 4.1-liter I-6 pulling around its 3,120 pounds. That’s more than 500 pounds less than the Tucson, and the […]

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We hit the track to log our M2’s performance

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We hit the track to log our M2’s performance

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