Featured Pre-Owned Vehicles News & Reviews  2010 Dodge Grand Caravan Road Test Review A self-proclaimed lover of all things practical, minivans ride high on my list of useful appliances. No, they're not sexy no matter how much "sport" manufacturers try to add to them, and they're clearly not off-road capable, but how many "crossover" SUVs are these days either? Really, it's hard not to love an honest, hardworking individualist that clearly doesn't care what anyone else thinks, and that pretty well sums up the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan and the people who drive them. For 2010 the Grand Caravan is carryover from 2009, and that van was brought forward form 2008 when it was completely overhauled from the ground up... Read more |
 2009 Land Rover LR2 Road Test Review It's always interesting to evaluate the latest version of an import vehicle on familiar roads, but it's better still to give one a thorough shakedown in the land of its creation. That's what I did recently when I spent two and a half weeks touring England and Wales in a Land Rover LR2. In the UK, the vehicle we know as the LR2 is dubbed Freelander II. About three years ago, the LR2 replaced Land Rover's earlier Freelander model in Canada, but in its homeland the automaker decided to use "Freelander II" rather than go with an alphanumeric tag. The original Freelander was a fairly modestly equipped rig, but this time around there's a whole lot more luxury, more room inside and a significant power increase... Read more |
 2010 Mazdaspeed3 Road Test Review When Mazda introduced the 'Speed version of its much-lauded 3 in late 2006 as an '07 model, it really wasn't up against much in the ultra-hot hatch category. Certainly the five-door wagon version of Subaru's WRX would have to get the mention, although with 230hp and 235 lb-ft of torque it didn't quite match the Mazdaspeed3's output of 263hp and 280 lb-ft of torque from its turbocharged 2.3L four-cylinder. Just the same the Subie offered all-wheel drive to even that torque out while the 'Speed3 was a bit unwieldy with all that grunt going through the front wheels... Read more |
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