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2018 GMC Terrain SLT Diesel Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh If you're like many TrueDelta members, you've decided to buy a compact crossover, but feel overwhelmed by the large number of models to choose from. Jump back 20 years, and only Honda and Toyota offered compact vehicles with car chassis but SUV bodies. But it wasn't long before car buyers... Comparison vehicle: 2018 Jeep Compass |
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2018 Lexus LC 500 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Lexus has been wanting people to think of its cars as exciting and (to use a word of which the German manufacturers are overly fond) dynamic. But as long as their cars remained much the same, their words seemed like little more than words, claims to be doing something rather... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Jaguar F-Type |
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2018 Honda Accord Sport Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh There was a time, back in the 1980s, when a Honda Accord seemed special. So cleverly designed, so innovatively engineered, so precisely assembled, the Accord was initially purchased by nonconformists with the courage and smarts to diverge from the mainstream (then still loyal to Detroit). But word spread and sales... Comparison vehicle: 2018 Toyota Camry |
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2017 Mazda CX-5 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Mazda introduced the CX-5 as a 2013 model and updated the compact crossover's exterior styling, interior materials, sound insulation, and advanced safety tech for the 2016 model year. Usually such a comprehensive freshening would mean no full redesign until at least 2018, and more likely 2019. But even with the... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Honda CR-V |
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2018 Elantra GT Sport Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh For a mix of driving enjoyment, practicality, and affordability, nothing beats a hot hatch. The one that started it all, the Volkswagen GTI, continues to lead the pack, but many driving enthusiasts want a lower price, fewer long-term reliability concerns, or both. This might open the door wide for... |
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2017 Kia Niro Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Kia has a habit of making clever variations on the products of its sister company, Hyundai. Hyundai recently launched the Ioniq hatchback in hybrid and EV forms. Kia's variant, the Niro, is only offered as a hybrid, but is a few inches taller, enabling it to pass a a crossover.... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Toyota RAV4 |
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Anyone seeking an upscale compact sport sedan in 2017 faces a bewildering number of options. BMW still offers the 3 Series, of course, and both the Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class also have been around for a while. Lexus and Infiniti joined the fray with the IS and G in... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Audi A4 |
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2017 Genesis G90 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh With the Genesis and Equus, Hyundai tried to compete with the large rear-wheel-drive sedans from prestigious brands, but without creating their own premium brand. It turns out that many potential customers are unwilling to spend big money on a car wearing the Hyundai "H." So, for 2017 the Korean auto... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Cadillac CT6 |
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2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Want a car that's fun, practical, and affordable? Then you want a sporty compact. While no one does affordable better than the Korean auto makers (at least until the Chinese get up to speed), they've yet to field a competitive sporty compact. The agile handling and communicative steering that make... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Nissan Sentra |
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2017 Kia Soul 1.6T Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh A cube isn't the most dynamic shape. But for 2017 Kia neverthless offers another 40 horsepower in its cube-car, the Soul, via a 201-horsepower turbocharged 1.6-liter engine and seven-speed DCT (dual-clutch automated manual transmission). Is the turbo Soul a mismatch, or a delightful combination of practicality and power? I spent... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Mini Countryman |
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2017 GMC Acadia Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Introduced as a 2007 model, the GMC Acadia has been the largest, roomiest crossover you can buy. While the Acadia's size has been the primary reason to buy one for many people, for others it was too large. To offer a direct competitor for other large three-row crossovers... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Mazda CX-9 |
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2017 Kia Cadenza Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Something I've noted before about Kia: they refuse to give up. For the 2014 model year, the Korean company introduced a new large front-wheel-drive sedan. I found the Cadenza, essentially a streched Optima the same way a Toyota Avalon is a stretched Camry and a Nissan Maxima... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Buick LaCrosse |
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2017 Audi A4 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Given up for dead in the North American market in the late 1980s, Audi bounced back in the late 1990s and in recent years has been the fastest growing premium car company. Through November 2016 they've set 71 consecutive monthly sales records. Audi has achieved this surge despite adhering to... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Lexus IS |
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2016 BMW 340i Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh After making the 3 Series into the sport sedan everyone else aimed for, BMW decided to pursue a broader market with a 2012 (model year) redesign. I didn't care for the result, finding the new 3 too large, squishy, and even numb for my taste. I was far from... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Jaguar XE |
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2016 Audi S3 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh I should have written up the Audi S3 months ago. I haven't because I couldn't figure out what to compare it to. When I asked on TrueDelta's Facebook page, people suggested the Golf R. But that would be boring, as they're pretty much the same car,... Comparison vehicle: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA |
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2016 Mini Clubman Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Minis have been getting larger. A couple redesigns of the core model, the Hardtop, have added eight inches of length and 1.5 inches of girth, but luckily not much weight. For 2015 the Hardtop gained a four-door model, which is a half-foot longer than the two-door. While the four-door is... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Volkswagen Golf / GTI |
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2016 Volkswagen Golf SportsWagen Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Back when I was a youngster, virtually every family owned a station wagon. But the emergence of minivans and SUVs in the 1980s, following by crossovers more recently, has driven the wagon nearly to extinction in North America. Only one affordably priced conventional wagon remains, the Volkswagen Golf SportsWagen. Comparison vehicle: 2016 Mazda CX-5 |
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2016 Lexus IS 200t Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Everyone else is doing it... Since 2005 Audi has offered its A4 with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. In 2012, 2013, and 2015, respectively, BMW, Cadillac, and Mercedes started offering their competing compact sedans in "2.0T" form. When the third-generation Lexus IS was introduced as a 2014, though,... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Infiniti Q50 |
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Few things are more American than stuffing a big V8 engine into a sporty 2+2 coupe and pricing it for the masses. In Europe, powerful coupes are reserved for the wealthy. Ford did it first with the 1964 Mustang. Chevolet countered with the Camaro two-and-a-half years later. The two "pony... Comparison vehicle: 2015 Ford Mustang |
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2016 Toyota Prius review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Though 15 years have elapsed, I still remember the first time I drove a Toyota Prius. That car was wonderful, because it was so high-tech and so novel, and awful, because it was ugly, slow, handled clumsily, and rode noisily. Also, transitions between the conventional and electric systems for acceleration... Comparison vehicle: 2013 Ford C-MAX |
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh In the years leading up to the Chevrolet Volt's introduction in December 2010 as a 2011 model, General Motors hyped the car relentlessly. This was their highest tech car ever, their vision of the future, their attempt to wrest green leadership away from Toyota. The Volt's technology was impressive, and... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Toyota Prius |
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2016 Honda Civic Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Five years ago I tested the then-new ninth-generation Honda Civic, and could hardly have been more disappointed. For decades innovative, idiosyncratic, engineering-driven Honda had offered the best small sedan, the one everyone else emulated. But the company lost the plot a few years ago, and the 2012 Civic looked bad... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Hyundai Elantra |
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2017 Chrysler Pacifica Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Chrysler created the modern minivan in the mid-1980s and for well over a decade virtually owned the segment while competitors experiemented with different approaches without success. But in the late 1990s competitors gave up trying to do something unique and instead focused on incrementally improving the Chrysler formula. Meanwhile, Chrysler... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Toyota Sienna |
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2016 Lexus RX 350 Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh During the 1990s, car buyers surprised the auto industry by purchasing more and more SUVs. Did these people really want trucks? Toyota didn't think most did. Instead, they hypothesized many people would prefer a vehicle that combined SUV-like styling with car-like construction (for car-like ride and handling). The RAV4... Comparison vehicle: 2017 Cadillac XT5 |
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2016 Kia Optima SX Limited Review Official TrueDelta review by Michael Karesh Kias used to be cheap cars. But Kia works even harder to improve its products than sister company Hyundai does, and for 2013 began offering its Optima midsize sedan in upscale "SX Limited" form. My impressions of that car were mixed. It was boldy styled and upholstered with premium... Comparison vehicle: 2016 Nissan Maxima |
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