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John Harrington

Staying Power: 2015s with Shelf Life

Mar 12, 2016 by John Harrington

2015 Ford Mustang

To most people, spring means longer days, sunny skies, and flowers in bloom. For us, however, spring also means great deals on outgoing model-year vehicles. While some cars, like the Honda Civic and Mitsubishi Outlander, received enormous changes between the 2015 and 2016 model years, others enjoyed more modest enhancements or were complete holdovers from the year before. It’s these cars — the unchanged models — that we want to find.

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Filed Under: Car Lists, Car Shopping, General Chat, New Cars, Trucks & SUVs, United States Tagged With: Car Minded, Chevrolet Impala, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Dodge Charger, Ford Focus, Ford Mustang, honda cr-v, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Renegade, new cars, Nissan Murano, Toyota Sienna

Reliable Rides: 10 Used Cars You Can Count On

Last updated: Mar 9, 2016 at 3:09PM
Published on: Mar 4, 2016 by John Harrington

1969 Chevrolet C/K 20

Expected reliability is the single most important factor in deciding on a car, according to J.D. Power. Whether you want a vehicle for off-roading, track days, or everyday commuting, you definitely don’t want one that will cost you a lot of extra money, time, or frustration in repairs. J.D. Power’s annual Vehicle Dependability Study, now in its 27th year, polls owners of 3-year-old cars to determine the number of problems they experienced during the previous 12 months. The company then ranks each maker and model by the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles.

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Filed Under: Car Industry News, Car Lists, Car Shopping, General Chat, Trucks & SUVs, United States Tagged With: Buick LaCrosse, Car Minded, chevrolet camaro, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD, gmc yukon, Honda FIt, J.D. Power, Lexus ES 350, Lexus GX 460, Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class, Toyota Sienna, Used Cars

10 Best Cars to Tackle Winter: 2016 Edition

Last updated: Sep 27, 2019 at 1:57PM
Published on: Jan 8, 2016 by John Harrington

2014 Nissan Pathfinder

Every neighborhood has one. The guy with the monstrous SUV and a driveway covered in ice. No matter how shiny their brand new snow-blower is (they usually have a snowblower), when the white stuff starts to accumulate, they hop in their Suburban, step on the gas, and let the 4-wheel drive do the rest. The machine specifically designed to clear driveways never even gets primed — why let your hands freeze pushing that contraption around when your SUV isn’t even really stuck?

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Filed Under: Car Lists, Car Shopping Tagged With: Best Cars in the Snow, Cadillac Escalade, Ford Escape, GLA45 AMG, Jeep Renegade, Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, Nissan Pathfinder, Ram 1500 Rebel, Snow, Subaru WRX, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, Volvo XC90, Winter, winter driving

Defining the Driver’s Car: Our Experience at IMPA’s Test Days

Last updated: Mar 18, 2016 at 1:29PM
Published on: Oct 23, 2015 by John Harrington

Monticello Motor Club
Courtesy Monticello Motor Club

While many auto journalists will tell you they’re just trying to scratch a living out of whatever they can, it’s an undisputed fact that the job has some definite perks. Although we can’t live the life of the rich and famous every day, we do occasionally get invited to drive the cars we cover. For a couple of beautiful days in October, Monticello Motor Club—one of the most exclusive and impressive automotive country clubs in America—opens its doors for the International Motor Press Association‘s (IMPA) Test Days, where schlubs like us get asked to drive some of the best new cars in the world on both a technical race track and the back roads of the Catskill Mountains.

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Filed Under: Car Lists, General Chat, New Cars, United States Tagged With: BMW 3 Series, BMW 340i, bmw i8, cadillac ats-v, Car Minded, Cars Coming Soon, Catskill Mountains, IMPA, Jaguar F-Type, Land Rover Ranger Rover Sport, Mazda Miata, Mazda MX-5 Miata, Monticello, Monticello Motor Club, Monticello Racetrack, Scion FR-S, Track Day, Volkswagen Golf R, Volkswagen GTI

Getting the Most Towing Capacity for Your New-Vehicle Dollar

Last updated: Sep 27, 2019 at 4:05PM
Published on: Oct 2, 2015 by John Harrington

2012 Ford F-250

Frequent readers of our blog might remember a post we wrote a while back about which vehicles offer the most horsepower per dollar. The possibility of getting the absolute most of a certain spec or feature per dollar intrigues us, perhaps because we’re a consumer-focused site, or maybe just because it’s fun to have a purely data-driven glimpse into car shopping. It’s easy to buy a car based on looks, or branding, or a particular set of features that you’re simply dying to have. It’s harder to figure out exactly where the best value lies.

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Filed Under: Car Lists, Car Shopping Tagged With: Chevrolet Colorado, Chevrolet Express Cargo, Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD, dodge grand caravan, Ford F-150, Ford F-250, Hauling, Nissan Armada, nissan nv passenger, Price, Towing, Volvo V60

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