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2005 BMW X3 - Long-Term Update
For the most part, I've found automotive navigation systems more of an amusement than a viable tool. I'll turn on the nav screen so the... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster Coupe - Long-Term Update
One of the great privileges of being a motoring journalist is having the opportunity to test a huge range of new vehicles. Much of my life... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton - Long-term Update
When the digital odometer in our long-term Phaeton recently hit 10,000 miles, I just happened to glance down at the precise moment. I... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-term Update
There are two types of car people out there. The first is attracted to premium marques because of the luxury and status these cars afford;... more |
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2005 BMW X3 - Long-Term Update
When BMW introduced the X3 I found myself wondering why they'd want to do such a thing. Then I reasoned the suits in Munich were just... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne S - Long-Term Update
It's hard to write about a car I don't like. It's even harder when I can't put my finger on what specifically I didn't like about it. It's... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 - Long-Term Update
Driving the Phaeton around surface streets in Southern California has made something clear to me: It's too good for surface streets in... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-Term Update
Former Le Mans-winning driver Hurley Haywood drove the first TTs for Audi during its press launch way back in 1999. Essentially, he was a... more |
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2005 BMW X3 3.0i - Long-Term Intro
It's amazing what phenomenal cars BMW builds. Take our new long term X3 3.0i. This was a car I initially loathed having when it was first... more |
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2005 Porsche Cayenne S - Long-Term Intro
The photography on these pages was done in a remote section of the Mojave Desert. Most of you will never go there nor would you want to. No... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 DSG - Long-Term Update
Either you hate the Audi TT or love it. I belong to the former group. To me the TT is a Southern Californian yuppie go-kart: Impractical,... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster-Coupe - Long-Term Update
This was not the most sensible way to introduce myself to my new smart long termer. Within 2 hours of its arrival on my doorstep, I was on... more |
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2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 - Long-Term Intro
A VW dealer print campaign for the Phaeton asks, "What have we been smoking?" I can just imagine Dr. Piech and crew sitting around a giant... more |
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2004 Smart Brabus Roadster-Coupe - Long-Term Intro
The first smart I ever drove belonged to none other than Sir Stirling Moss. I picked it up from his house in the center of London and drove... more |
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2004 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro DSG - Long-Term Intro
I want this car. Okay, granted I technically "have" it, since the TT is the latest member of european car's long-term test fleet. But I... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport - Long-Term Wrapup
It's always interesting to drive, back to back, two generations of the same car. Progress, or the lack thereof, is readily evident and is... more |
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2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG - Long-Term Wrapup
Two-seaters are in trouble. Or so claimed a piece in trade journal Automotive News. I came across the grim report just as I sat down to... more |
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2003 Porsche 911 C4S - Long-Term Update
More than a decade ago, I saw this spot and remember thinking it would be the perfect backdrop for a special car. Since then, I'd passed by... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport: Long-term Wrapup
It's always interesting to drive, back to back, two generations of the same car. Progress, or the lack thereof, is readily evident and is... more |
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2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG: Longterm WrapUp
Two-seaters are in trouble. Or so claimed a piece in trade journal Automotive News. I came across the grim report just as I sat down to... more |
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2003 Porsche 911 C4S: Long-term Update
From Los Angeles it takes 5 hours to get here, over roads stretching to the horizon. Along the way there is a smattering of long, fast... more |
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2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG - Long-Term Update
One of the first lessons I learned as an automotive journalist is that it takes time to appreciate the little things in a car new to my... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230k Sport - Long-Term Update
Tuesday morning, keys are tossed to me as I sit at my desk. Keys belonging to the Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor Sport sedan sitting in the... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport
Tuesday morning, keys are tossed to me as I sit at my desk. Keys belonging to the Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor Sport sedan sitting in the... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG
One of the first lessons I learned as an automotive journalist is that it takes time to appreciate the little things in a car new to my... more |
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