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Review & Photos by Stu Wright Jeep has been building off-road and sport utility vehicles since 1941 (civilian vehicles since 1945), making it the country’s oldest SUV brand. They were originally provided for the U. S. military during World War II, specifically light 4-wheel drives for the Army. Willys-Overland, the manufacturer of Jeeps, provided [...]
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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 This past week I received for review a new Nissan pickup, the Frontier 4×4 four-door crew cab. Nissan, formerly Datsun, has been in business for 98 years (since 1914), and is now the sixth largest vehicle manufacturer in the world. The company name was derived from the three founders’ [...]
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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 Infiniti’s extensive lineup of 13 models provides a vehicle for pretty much anyone’s taste, and in the middle of the group lies the EX35 compact crossover. Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan Motor Company, has been selling automobiles in America since 1989, when the company introduced the Q45 and [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright I was pretty excited this last Monday about receiving the Infiniti luxury SUV for testing. The QX that arrived represented the second year of the third generation of QX56’s, and is the biggest Infiniti to date and first to be built in America. It’s Q lettering comes from [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright This past week I had the pleasure of test driving a new 2012 Chevy Volt four-door sedan. The Volt was painted “Viridian Joule,” the silvery green color that is the official color of the car. The color was so named by David Thomas of Sanford, FL [...]
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by Stu Wright Since Toyota gave their sedan/crossover/station wagon/SUV a somewhat innocuous name, I’ll put it in a Julius Caesar Latin phrase. I came, I saw, I drove a Toyota sedan/crossover/station wagon/SUV! And this Toyota Venza is not at all hard to look at, and is a lot of fun to drive. The one that [...]
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2011 Nissan Murano By Stu Wright Nissan Motors likes to call their Murano, which is named after a region in Italy, the “Premium Crafted Crossover”. Last week I had the pleasure of driving one both in Greeley and around Denver, and would tend to agree with their characterization of this car. My first drive was [...]
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