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Miles and Miles: U.S. Mile and Hennessey Performance team up to host Houston Mile in 2014 13 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
Our good friends behind the Texas Mile announced today that they’re teaming up with Hennessey Performance (yes, that Hennessey Performance) to expand their series of incredibly popular standing mile e...
Road Tested: 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT 13 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
Baffling as it is in a country where $4.00 per gallon gasoline is the norm, pickup trucks are increasingly called upon to serve double duty as both mobile workstations or tow rigs, and family haulers....
Driven: 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe & Elantra GT 7 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Coupe exterior photograph courtesy of Hyundai. All other photos by the author. Our last write-up of the current Hyundai Elantra was one of current SSL associate John Kucek’s earliest reviews. Written...
Speed Read: 2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring 6 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
When I first drove the 2013 CX-5 last year, I found it pleasant if a bit underpowered. That should come as no surprise. The original two-liter SKYACTIV gas engine was only good for 155hp and similar t...
Road Tested: 2013 Nissan Juke NISMO 5 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
As I write this, what appears to be a black-construction-paper-interpretation of an origami tadpole sits in my driveway. Nissan calls it a crossover, but I’m inclined to disagree. It might be a dystop...
Road Tested: 2013 Toyota Prius c 30 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
Around the middle of my third day driving the Prius c, I realized the car had won. It had succeeded in turning me into the equivalent of one of Pavlov’s dogs, dutifully following the throttle-based...
Road Tested: 2013 Cadillac SRX AWD Premium 19 Jul 2013 | 07:34 pm
Eventually, everything comes back into fashion. Danish furniture, chukka boots and typewriters are all experiencing a confounding resurgence of late – someone specializing in the sale of all three wou...
A Rogue, and a Gentleman 16 Jul 2013 | 02:36 am
Nissan’s Rogue entered the small crossover fray in 2007, a year fraught with potential danger for the company’s new baby. The heads of the class, the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V, were still sporting...
Road Tested – 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 9 Jul 2013 | 05:10 pm
Resto-modders, listen up: stop tearing apart perfectly salvageable classic muscle cars, fitting them with wide wheels and tubbed fenders, and instead go straight to your nearest Dodge dealer. There, y...
Road Tested: 2013 BMW 135is Convertible 1 Jul 2013 | 08:51 pm
The 135is here before you is a bit of a parting gift BMW gave their customers. You see, the 1 series that’s been on our shores since 2008 and elsewhere since 2004 faces numbered days ahead. It’s alrea...
