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2025 Subaru WRX tS - Re- Tuned, Newly Driven Review

PLEIADES PERFORMANCE COMPACT DE-DISTILLED: At a time when digitizing homogenizes what is experienced, the analog formula for tactile and sensory impressions has become a rarity. When the current model of Subaru WRX VB performance sport compact sedan appeared in 2022, it was feared that the wild and wooly proto rally

2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz 4Motion EV - Bottom Line Review

PEACE BUS ELECTRIFIED : By the late 1960's index and middle finger formed V's messaged either peace or political victory. Crossing two V's begat that era's characteristic German-made road travel from Berkeley, California to Woodstock, New York. Not uncommonly, along the way they

2025 Genesis G80 3.5T AWD - What's New Review

2025 Genesis G80 3.5T Sport Prestige AWD model year update : As the "Adam" in the first chapter of South Korean luxury car creation, the Genesis executive sedan had its work cut out for it, entering a late 2000's premium sedan fray dominated by German and

2025 Polestar 3 Dual Motor Performance EV - Bottom Line Review

AXIALLY ALIGNED BRIGHT STAR : Not long ago Scandinavians perceived petrol Vagns (Volvo) and Combis (Saab) as the mechanized successors to grass fed reindeer drawn sleds for excursions to the north polar region. This year an all-electric brand, split from the mild hybrid Vagns maker, can navigate families past Fjords, into

Mothers California Gold Ceramic Wax - Review

Spring is a time for rites of renewal and car care is no exception. Unseasonably cool late spring weather has delayed vehicle prepping for most upper Midwesterners this year. Though few embrace such chores, Roadblazing.com editors chomped at the bit to sample some newest detailing products on the market.

2025 Lexus GX 550 Overtrail+ - Cliff's Ride Review Notes

PRESENTATION GRADE PRADO THAT WILL BIRD-DOG: When the third generation Lexus GX arrived in 2024, it was correctly anticipated as a prestige version of the latest Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Indeed the twin-turbo V-6 and additional seating row, exclusive to the GX 550, rendered it presentation grade suburban overland limo.

2025 Mazda CX-90 PHEV AWD - Bottom Line Review

USEFULLY PLEASING EQUILIBRIUM : Nature juggles a panoply of relations to maintain a self sustaining balance. Automaker Mazda, has become expert at juggling Japanese paradigms of Wabi-Sabi, Shizen, Kodo and Kaizen in its vehicles. The flagship CX-90 sport utility vehicle, unveiled in 2023, integrated those virtues to accomplish a harmony between

2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid AWD - Bottom Line Review

EACH IMPERIAL COURT HEADDRESS ELECTRIFIED : Over the past four and a half decades nothing speaks "Oh What A Feeling" to "Who Could Ask for Anything More" to "Let's Go Places" to more American motorists than the mid-size car from automaker Toyota. "

2025 Toyota GR Corolla Automatic - Bottom Line Review

LET'S GO ROAD RALLYING: Point to point, against the clock competition on public roads has enabled smaller volume automakers, lacking circuit racing pedigree and finances, to enter the realm of motorsport. All a manufacturer had to supply was a road car, ruggedized and capable of illuminating dark and

2025 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid AWD - Re- Driven Review

NO. 1 NAME LEVERAGED FOR GREEN URBAN UTILITY MACHINE : Expanding the globe's most popular model moniker in 2023, by appending "Cross" to a hybrid powered city crossover utility vehicle, was a clever coup by world's largest automaker. As a reminder of that segment innovation,

2025 Ford Explorer Platinum - Bottom Line Review

EXPLORERS SEEK UNCHARTED DESTINATIONS: In March of 1513, the Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon set sail from the isle of Puerto Rico to locate the islands of Beniny, reportedly to the northwest. Instead, Ponce de Leon, made landfall at somewhere between modern day St. Augustine and Melbourne Beach, Florida, more

2024 Land Rover Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE - Bottom Line Review

ROYAL ARMS FOR OVERLANDING: The British are big on certain traditions which celebrate the Commonwealth. The Land Rover automotive brand merges the legacy of colonialism into remote regions of the globe with the Royal Warrant, decreeing trades or industries which set an example of British-ness. By Appointment to HM The

2024 Toyota Tacoma Trailhunter - Counter Point Review

In the world of overland vehicle upfitting, only the trail width, tree crown height, and wallet thickness are the limit on what can be installed. And, to a large degree, vehicle manufacturers have ceded most of the upfitting market to the after-market. Despite their comprehensive TRD line of trims, components

2024 Lexus RX 450h + AWD PHEV - Bottom Line Review

CORD -ABLE NUMBER ONE LUXE MOVER: Fully revised and less amorphous ovoid, a fifth generation "Radiance X [Cross]over," from Japanese luxury automaker Lexus, dawned in 2023 to carry on the most popular luxury car in America mantle. Amenities have been enhanced and user interfacing entered a remote