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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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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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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 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 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 [...]
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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
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 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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by Stu Wright Author at High Plains Raceway This last week I had the pleasure of participating in the 2012 Rocky Mountain Driving Experience, which kicked off in Denver, near DIA. It was the third annual edition of the affair, but my first. About three dozen journalists from four states attended, and 32 cars and [...]
Tags: car, Colorado, DIA, GS, hand, High, High Plains, High Plains Raceway, HPR, LSA, lunch, Mountain, mph, RDX, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain Driving Experience, SAE, speed, time, week
Photos and Review by Stu Wright Lexus, Toyota Motor Corporation’s luxury car division, has been producing GS series automobiles since 1993. The GS lies in the middle of the Lexus sedan lineup, between IS at the bottom and the LS series at the top. It is in the 4th [...]
Tags: AWD, car, class, control, door, driver, Dunlop Sport S100, ECO, February, GS, highway, lot, LS, mph, park, side, speed, top, Toyota Motor Corporation, year
by Stu Wright Infiniti is the luxury automobile division of Nissan Motor Company, and has been selling cars and light trucks in North America since 1989. The history of the company goes all the way back to 1914, when the first “Datsun” was produced in Tokyo. The Datsun [...]
Tags: Auto Review, car, climate, company, door, foot, lunch, mph, Nissan Altimas, Nissan Motor Company, Old, Old Town Ft, road, roof, speed, time, Tokyo, USB, VGA, word
Drunk cops, Superintendent Lang, Congressman “tar baby”By Mike Bauman – Two Aurora police officers went afoul of the law in Wyoming last week. Goshen County (Torrington) Wyoming Sheriff’s office was notified of a marked Aurora Police vehicle that was speeding, using its emergency equipment to pass other vehicles and throwing trash out of the windows. [...]
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Auto Review By Stu Wright The high performance Lexus IS-F arrived at my house just before the Fourth of July, and I immediately grabbed it for a trip to Denny’s in Ft. Collins for lunch with my wife. When you fire it up with the push button starter, the big V-8 rumbles to life and [...]
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Auto Review By Stu Wright I picked up the new 2011 Chevy Cruze at Ghent Motors here in Greeley and immediately headed east on Highway 34. My first impression (of the car) was one of a solid feel, especially for a compact made in Lordsville, Ohio. Quiet, too, with tire noise about all that can [...]
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