Posts Tagged ‘car’
Photo & Review by Stu Wright Kia Motors, based in South Korea, is the country’s second largest auto manufacturer, trailing only Hyundai, its one-third owner. As recently as 1986, Kia only produced 26 automobiles, but the total was 1.6 million last year. The two combined companies have exploded on the scene to become the world’s fourth [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Hyundai, founded in 1967, is the fourth largest auto manufacturer on the planet. The company owns Kia, and its own Elantra model was chosen North American car of the year in 2012. The Elantra is the model of Hyundai I tested this past week and it was the two-door [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Volvo builds the XC60 in Ghent, Belgium, and the car has been the company’s best seller since its introduction in 2008. It is a compact crossover SUV that was unveiled at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. I tested one this past week both in Denver and [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Lexus, the luxury line of Toyota automobiles, made headlines this past week with the announcement that the company would begin producing some of itsr product in the United States. A plant in Georgetown, Kentucky was selected for the production of the ES line of sedans, and the start date was announced as [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Infiniti began selling cars in America two dozen years ago with a pair of initial offerings; the Q45 and the M30. As the luxury division of Nissan of Japan, they brought out the Infiniti line pretty much in response to Honda and Toyota’s introduction of their Acura and Lexus [...]
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Photo and Review by Stu Wright Years ago I owned a 1995 Cadillac (leased, actually) and always admired the six ducks in the logo on the hood and trunk. I have found through research that those birds were merlettes, present on the family crest of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder [...]
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Photo and Review by Stu Wright Horace and John Dodge started building auto parts in 1900 (for Ford and Oldsmobile), and fifteen years later went into full-fledged auto production. Dodge Brothers Corporation came to that decision when brother John became, in his own words, “tired of being carried around in Henry Ford’s vest pocket”. Dodge [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Japanese manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation has been around since 1920 and has been selling vehicles in the United States since 1970. They are noted for having sold Wankel-rotary powered cars all over the world, a design that suffered a setback during the 1973 oil crisis. It remains an option [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright This past week I was presented a 2013 Lexus LS460 F Sport four-door sedan for testing while travelling in and around Phoenix, AZ on a working vacation. It was painted Starfire Pearl (white) metallic and inside it was trimmed in black perforated leather. Of course, the car seats five [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright When I asked the press fleet manager what kind of vehicle was coming here for testing this week, he answered, “Soul, man”, and it brought to mind one of my favorite old songs by Sam & Dave – “Soul Man”. It was co-written by Isaac Hayes, of “Shaft” fame, [...]
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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Aretha Franklin knocked it out of the park with her hit song that was recorded 46 years ago this past week in New York City. Otis Redding wrote “Respect” from the perspective of a desperate man, but Aretha turned the ballad into that of a strong, confident woman [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Lexus has been in a position to offer the most popular luxury SUV since its introduction in 1998. My latest test car was the RX450h hybrid model available since 2009. It came in Stargazer Black metallic paint and featured saddle tan leather seating for five. This was a loaded RX, [...]
Tags: AWD, car, control, driver, Dunlop P235, Grand Trek Touring, LCD, LED, Mark Levinson, model, movement, parking, road, RX, side, sound, Stargazer Black, SUV, system, vehicle
By Stu Wright I’m mixing metaphors on this date, February 7th, because 49 years ago today the Beatles (band) appeared on the Ed Sullivan show to perform their smash, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The single had sold 1.5 million copies in under three weeks, and Americans were hungry for something enjoyable, just [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright It may not be a good characterization of the Cadillac ATS test car’s color, but the paint on it was extremely white, and attractive. It was a Diamond Tricoat (a three-layer painting process) upgraded color that added $995 to the Cadillac’s window sticker. The song, “A Whiter Shade of [...]
Tags: ATS, August, AWD, car, control, Diamond Tricoat, end, Guy Stevens, highway, Keith Reid, LED, Michelin Primacy, note, Performance Collection, process, Procol Harum, Procol Harums, road, someone, speed
Photos and Review by Stu WrightOn Tuesday I received a new Lexus to test; the ES series hybrid available since early 2012. It came in “Deep Sea Mica,” blue metallic paint and it was quite attractive. I’ve previously tested six Lexus cars and SUV’s, and this ES350 looks like it may end up being my [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright 1st The first impression of this car was good. Front visibility! Nimble and quick, I had to check the specs to see it had no turbo. Black everywhere, but that’s OK; it looks pretty. The leather front buckets are supportive, and in the back there appears to be [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, has been producing the GS series of sedans since 1993. The new 2013 model that I drove this last week represented the manufacturer’s fourth generation offering, and it came in Riviera Red Metallic with black leather seating. The GS Lexus sedan is a [...]
Tags: Adaptive Variable Suspension, AWD, car, Denver, driver, Dynamic Rear Steering, EPA, foot, GS, highway, model, mph, park, Red, Riviera Red, Ruth, speed, Sport Plus, USB, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright When my brothers and I were growing up (there were four Wright brothers), we had a suite of little plastic cars of all makes to play with. They were quite small, perhaps 1.5 inches long, and had the names imprinted on the roof, just above the back window. We [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright The latest test car in my possession was the new (for 2013) Lexus ES350 sedan that came in Silver Lining Metallic. The interior included black Nuluxe leather appointed bucket seats up front with three passenger seating in the rear. This new ES350 design provides a whopping 4” of [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright When I was in the Air Force and living in Florida, I owned a 1968 Fiat 850 Spider roadster, a reclamation project that was pretty rusty when I bought it and had it painted. I rammed up and down the Space Coast in it, and even drove alone to [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright The CT series sedan was introduced by Lexus in March of 2011. Last week I tested a 2012 model of this hybrid vehicle, a “Premium” edition with a Nebula Gray Pearl paint job. Since its introduction, I have been paying a little extra attention to the car, mostly because [...]
Tags: car, CT, Denver, EV, gas, highway, IKEA, lot, mph, Nebula Gray Pearl, night, parking, Pontiac Vibe, speed, store, Toyota Matrix, train, USB, week, Weight
by Stu Wright This past week I was presented a new Chevy Equinox crossover to test. It was painted Tungsten metallic (dark bronze) with a light titanium and black leather interior. The combination resulted in a lot of compliments during the week, although personally I’m a fan of red, white or black vehicles. Chevrolet was [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Recently Ruth and I travelled to Phoenix to watch the final 2012 Colorado Rockie series at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks. It was nice that our home team won both games that we attended, and also nice that we were allowed to test a [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Al Hirt, famed New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader, owned a bar on Bourbon Street in the 60’s, and I’m sure I was in it at some point while serving in the Air Force nearby. My favorite watering hole, however, was Larry & Katz (pictured), an establishment a few [...]
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Photo and Review by Stu Wright This white little Swedish number was waiting for Ruth and me at DIA upon our return from Chicago last week. In Latin, the word Volvo means “I roll”, so we rolled up to Greeley, and I was forced to familiarize myself with the controls in the dark (late arrival). [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright This past week in Illinois I was presented an Infiniti FX35 to drive around the state. Ruth and I picked it up at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and set sail to the Northwest towards Rockford. Our ultimate destination was Galena, Illinois, an old lead mining town that is [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright An evolution is taking place within the Toyota Prius lineup, most recently with the introduction of their Prius c (city), which occurred earlier this year. It’s the smallest Prius, and is the fourth model that the company currently makes available. Toyota brought me an orange one to test [...]
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Two weeks after a red car is stolen from a Colorado Springs apartment parking lot, it appears outside a hotel east of Fort Collins. Several hours of undercover surveillance pass, but there’s no sign of the thief. Larimer County sheriff’s deputies fan out, some knocking on hotel-room doors while others wait near the exit of [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright I don’t know if GS means “guaranteed satisfaction” on this particular sedan offered by Lexus, but it would be OK with me. That’s what the buyer gets with a car like this, which is the model I drove this past week. It’s called a GS450h, and the “h“ [...]
Tags: car, driver, EV, fun, GS, highway, Japan, LED, LS, Mark Levinson, model, mph, OK, snow, sound, SP, speed, Sport Maxx, Toyota Motor Company, week
EVANS- The Evans Police Department was able to successfully locate a missing 9 year old who was reportedly abducted Sunday evening. Police officers in Evans were notified at around 8:30 p.m. that a 9 year old girl had been missing from the 2900 block of Glendale since 8 pm on Aug. 5. Following [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright My latest test car was a new Prius Plug-in that came in Clearwater blue metallic paint with dark gray SofTex (leather) seating. The Plug-in is available in limited quantities and only in certain areas of the United States, and was formally introduced last fall. The Prius line of [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright The word “juke” has multiple meanings, but in sports parlance, to juke is to feign or fake out, as, for instance, a running back might do. I suppose that is what Nissan had in mind when naming the mini-crossover that they introduced in 2010. I had one last week [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright Subaru automobiles have been produced by the Japanese firm, Fuji Heavy Industries, and since 1968 they have been exported to America. The man responsible for bringing Subaru to our shores was Malcolm Bricklin, a fact that I have mentioned in earlier Subaru reviews. Bricklin’s later brainchild, a car named [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Since Scion has chosen to feature donuts in its automobile advertising campaign, I decided to take a few of them out to Pirate radio 104.7 FM so that the radio personalities (George Gray and The Big Kahuna) and I could eat them and look over the Scion iQ, the latest [...]
Tags: car, control, CVT, DJ, door, driver, gas, George Gray, Goodyear Assurance, HD, highway, hub, lot, parking, right, side, Smart Car, suspect, The Big, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright I received my 42nd new car for review this past week, and it was a big one, the 2012 supercharged Jaguar XJL long-wheelbase rear-wheel drive sedan. It came with jet black leather interior and the paint was an out-of-this-world Lunar Gray metallic. It presented quite an imposing image [...]
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