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George Straton

2021 Hyundai Elantra N-Line 1.6T exterior

2021 Hyundai Elantra N-Line - Bottom Line Review

VERY WARM HATCH WORK AROUND: As the number of affordable enthusiast front-drive compact hatchbacks continues to dwindle between Pacific and Atlantic shores, there has been a corresponding rise among their sedan counterparts. The latest among these sporty compact four door Q-ships emerges from the ashes of five door sportback which

2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz 2.5T Limited AWD exterior

2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz 2.5T AWD - Bottom Line Review

SURFING SAFARI: About 75 miles south of San Francisco, California, a series of rocky bottoms along the Pacific Ocean coastline is one of the planet's best place to Curl all Ten Toes. On the way to catching waves, automaker Hyundai expects that more dudes and dudettes are hauling

2021 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off Road exterior

2021 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off Road - Re-Driven, Knobby Shod

KNOBBY NUMBER ONE: Repeating championships season after season is no stranger to Japanese automaker Toyota's RAV4. Last year the popular sales compact crossover utility vehicle surpassed ten million units sold globally in the model's 15 year history. The current more "truck like" rendered XA50

2021 RAM 1500 TRX Crew Cab 4x4 exterior

2021 RAM 1500 TRX 4x4 - Bottom Line Review

PRE-HISTORY VS. HOLLYWOOD: Michael Crichton's epic 1991 novel "Jurassic Park", followed by Steven Spielberg's 1993 screen adaptation, tells a suspenseful tale of extinct pre-historic Sauroids revived for a 20th century island amusement park. The forewarning, often echoed in these times, expounds upon the dire

2021 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Hybrid PHEV exterior

2021 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Hybrid - Bottom Line Review

LIDO'S KIDDO : It is hardly hyperbole that the front drive "K car" derived family Mini Van was the brainchild of legendary chairman Lee Iacocca, and that it turned around the fortunes of America's then distant No. 3 carmaker. 1984's Dodge Caravan / Plymouth

2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited Hybrid AWD exterior

2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited Hybrid AWD - Bottom Line Review

LOWER IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE LATITUDE : and hence, hotter, than Santa Fe, New Mexico, sits a Sonoran Desert settlement established for New Spain by a red headed Dubliner turned late 18th century Spanish military territorial administrator. Ultimately becoming the oldest city incorporated in the State of Arizona, Tucson is from indigenous

2021 Kia Sorento HEV EX 1.6T Hybrid exterior

2021 Kia Sorento HEV 1.6T Hybrid - Bottom Line Review

KILLING IT AUTOMOTIVE: Remember the Kia Telluride large crossover SUV reviewed by Roadblazing.com just over a year ago? The all-new one named after the tony Colorado ski resort town? Telluride is super sized for taking a ski club, with all its gear, to the slopes. However, it exclusively relies