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Wed, 14 May 2008 01:19:05 +0000

2008 Pontiac G8 GT: Pontiac from the Antipodes

If the Great American Muscle Car is going to be built anywhere other than the good old U.S. of A., we'd rather it be Australia. Or Canada, where "American" cars have been built for decades. "Japanese" cars too, but they're being built in the United States, too. And German. And Korean. But you're getting us [...]

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Sun, 11 May 2008 00:56:22 +0000

2008 Saturn Astra 5-door XR

We didn't go to Germany's Black Forest to road test the 2008 Saturn Astra 5-door XR but it would have made perfect sense. The Saturn Astra is an Opel Astra imported and fitted with a Saturn badge. It's legitimate, as such things go. Opel is General Motor's European subsidiary...has been since the '30s actually...and going the [...]

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Mon, 05 May 2008 14:58:45 +0000

What do you tell Dad after you crashed his Ferrari?

We remember a Far Side cartoon of a group of cowkids - what else do you call cowboy’s sons - on horseback while another sits dazed alongside a horse with an accordioned neck. One of the cowkids says to his unfortunate colleague, “What are you going to tell your dad?” Indeed, it’s a dilemma many have [...]

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Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:21 +0000

2008 Buick Enclave: Classic Theme

Also Spach Zarasthustra--the main theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey--is probably a bit over the top for an introduction to the 2008 Buick Enclave, but for the way it has been praised by journalists--until recently not accustomed to writing good things about General Motors products--and embraced by the car buyers--or at least crossover buying--public, General [...]

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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:51:10 +0000

Start the SUV, Marge, there's a glacier in the front yard!

We know we’re supposed to be concerned about global warming–or global climate change, since that covers just about anything that happens–if for no other reason than it looks good, as Automotive News editorial director Peter Brown advised GM major domo Bob Lutz. Apparently one needn’t believe in global warming as long as one doesn’t say so. [...]

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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:25:16 +0000

2008 Toyota Tundra CrewMax SR5: Whale of a truck

As mentioned in our first look at the Tundra, Toyota pulled off the gloves with their new full-sized pickup and made it just as big as its USA nameplate rivals and even went so far as to begin manufacturing them in Texas, of all places. And Toyota isn't just going after the recreational pickup truck [...]

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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:53:58 +0000

New Car Review: 2008 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD

It's not officially so, but the C in CX-7 could stand for "crossover" because if there's anything that not anything--not a car, not a van, not an SUV--it's this particular vehicle. Although it's based on a car platform, as all good crossovers are, the Mazda CX-7 is no ersatz SUV. We'll posit, however, that the [...]

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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:20 +0000

New Car Review: 2008 Mazda RX-8 40th Anniversary Edition

We just road tested 2008 RX-8 is the 40th Anniversary Edition, and for many carmakers that would mean a few commemorative badges here and a special interior and exterior colors, and perhaps exclusive wheels. Well, the anniversary RX-8 has those, but Mazda has also upgraded the suspension beyond the top-of-the-line Grand Touring model and added [...]

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:01:08 +0000

Car Reviews, Car Reviews, Car Reviews

Not a Buzzard's Eye View in the past month? My, we have been lazy, haven't we? Well, actually not, because in addition to the usual updating with the more important new car, SUV, truck, van and crossover reviews on the web, we've also been busy producing our own reviews, dabbling in video and completing some freelance [...]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:47:04 +0000

Minivans and Quality at Chrysler

So Chrysler sends this heads up about the pick up in it its retail minivan sales, both Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country. The long wheelbase T& C is up--in an overall down market--a remarkable 75 percent while Dodge and Chrysler overall are up eight percent. Total minivan production is down but that's [...]

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