Category Archives: TEST DRIVES

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Test drive: 2013 Mustang V6 Performance Package

It has a 305 horsepower engine, 19” wheels with 40-series tires, zero-to-sixty times in the low five second range and a quarter mile under 14 seconds. Sounds like the Mustang…

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Long term test: 2013 Shelby GT-500

Ba Boom! Growl! That’s the snarling explosion you get when firing up the 2013 Ford Shelby GT-500. The engine pops to life with a beastly attitude much like a bear…

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Long term test: 2013 Ford Mustang GT

The 2013 Mustang GT represents the last and final frontier for the S-197 Mustang generation, as Ford readies an all new replacement to come next year. It is the final…

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Competition drive: 2013 Chrysler 300 SRT8

It has rear-wheel-drive, 470 horsepower, 20” wheels, adjustable sport suspension with a true track mode and seats that grab you like a bad flu. The 2013 Chrysler 300 SRT8 is…

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Long Term Test: 2011 Ford Explorer XLT

Coming of automotive age in the late 1980′s I watched the Ford Ranger blossom into the Bronco II SUV. Soon the Bronco II grew a 4-door model and became what…

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Long Term Test: 2011 Mustang V6 MCA Edition

The 2011 Mustang will long be honored for the year that Ford pulled out all the stops and gave it all new state of the art hardware under the hood….

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Long Term Test: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO

When the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO rolled up onto the scene last year the news was met with excitement and reverence. The original SHO made its debut in 1989 with…

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2011 Ford Fiesta Test Drive

The first thing that you notice about the new 2011 Ford Fiesta when you get in, start it up and drive away is that it is no tin can econo-box…

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Track Test: 2011 Shelby GT-500

When the 2010 Shelby GT-500 was introduced just a year ago it was a major leap forward over the outgoing 2009 model in every way. It came with all new…