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New Car Review: 2014 Acura RLX 25 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Rarely have I approached a car with such trepidation as I did the new Acura RLX. Not only has Acura followed parent Honda off the clearly-defined path that once delivered great cars like the original...
New Car Review: 2014 Scion tC 24 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm
Pretty is as pretty does, and the 2014 Scion tC is definitely more of a looker than the '13. No, this isn't an all-new car, or even that much of a comprehensive makeover...the changes this year are a...
TireKicker Turns 5! 24 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
Where does the time go? Five years ago today, with almost 11 years under my belt as an automotive journalist for other people in radio and television, I started writing for myself. As I've written b...
Dick Van Dyke Wants To Sell You His Jaguar 20 Aug 2013 | 04:08 am
It's a bit smoke and water damaged....fire-damaged, too...as you'll see in the video. Dick makes the offer at the end of the video. The actor, 87, is fine.
New Car Review: 2013 Toyota RAV4 15 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
They grow up so fast. The Toyota RAV4 was among the first wave of small SUVs, then called "cute utes", more than a decade ago. It was set apart from the rest (which came to include the Honda CR-V, ...
New Car Review: 2013 Toyota Highlander 7 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
It's an interesting automotive phenomenon....how certain cars are invisible until you start driving one, and then you notice all the others like it on the road. For most people it only happens with r...
New Car Review: 2013 GMC Acadia Denali 6 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Full disclosure: 20 years ago, I signed on the dotted line for five years worth of payments on a brand new 1993 GMC Suburban. We had a small child, another on the way, Mrs. TireKicker didn't like to...
New Car Review: 2014 Mazda 6 Grand Touring 5 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Boring. Bland. Beige. Those are some of the one-word labels that get stuck on mid-size family sedans...especially the Toyota Camry, and, until the new one, the Honda Accord. Well, even if you're n...
Concept Car: Mazda Deep Orange 3 5 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Photos courtesy Art Center College of Design and Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research Here's a real sneak peek into the future of cars, as viewed by people who are at the ...
New Car Review: Ram 3500 Laramie Crew Cab 5 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
There are trucks...and then there are TRUCKS. A Ram (the truck formerly known as Dodge) is a big truck even in 1500 (half-ton) form. Step up to the 2500 (three-quarter ton) model and "huge" is more ...
