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2018 Volkswagen Atlas SEL Premium 3.6 4Motion exterior

2018 Volkswagen Atlas SEL Premium 3.6 4Motion - Bottom Line Review

ANCIENT PUNITIVE BURDEN: Way back in time, the Olympian deities, led by Zeus, slapped down the rebellious Titan deities, by forcing their leader, Atlas, to eternally bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. MODERN PUNITIVE BURDEN: More recently, U.S. government agencies slapped down Titanic global automaker and

2018 Nissan Frontier S King Cab 4x2 exterior

2018 Nissan Frontier S King Cab 4x2 - Roadblazing.com DHS Budget Pickup Truck Review

(Contributing Editor: Tomasz Paluch) They say every 1 year in the life of a domestic canine (your average pet dog) = aging 7 human years. If valid, that ratio makes your favorite cuddly 14 year old poodle with curls 96 human years old, or a senior citizen. Applying a similar aging

2017 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro exterior

2017 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro - Bottom Line Review

MOVIE SPOILER ALERT (if you were born before 1972): Remember the 1980 second chronological installment of George Lucas' first chronological space science fiction Star Wars trilogy: The Empire Strikes Back (now referred to as Installment V)? Before Luke Skywalker was a young kid in the Second Trilogy or dies

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 SEL AWC exterior

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 SEL AWC - DHS Budget Utes Review

One cannot argue with the hard cold data. But negative data can be used to another's advantage. For Mitsubishi Motors the data indicates the Japanese carmaker currently is not close to all the rage. That is a good thing for consumers. As the Japanese brand shakes off the

2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD exterior

2017 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD - Bottom Line Review

If in Western cultures aesthetics are a philosophy, in Shinto-based Japanese culture aesthetics are said to constitute a way of life. Zen following Japanese refer to "WABI-SABI" (Not to be confused with Wasabi horseradish). To that end Japanese carmaker Mazda forges driver rewarding heritage with such aesthetics as

2017 Jeep Compass Trailhawk exterior

2017 Jeep Compass Trailhawk 4x4 - Quick Review

Inspect the rucksack of any hinterland adventurer worth their salt and you're bound to find a compass [or other directional finder]. While the Jeep automotive brand is storied for having moved many an expedition, its last Compass SUV (Gen. 1.5), despite having optional simulated crawl mode all-wheel

2017 Kia Niro Hybrid Touring exterior

2017 Kia Niro Hybrid Touring - Quick Review

(Contributing Editor: Tomasz Paluch) Recently Roadblazing.com's blog site ChicagoNow.com "Drive..He Said" evaluated the 4th generation of the "Godfather of Green" cars, the re-designed 2017 Toyota Prius. Noting that while the latest Prius still merits the respect of the growing ranks of