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Test Drive: 1997 Volvo 850R

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I’m sure you’re familiar with the term “bucket list” by now. It’s a list of things you want to do before you die. Being automotively obsessed, my bucket list is more of a list of cars that I want to own before I die, or rather before you can’t find one somewhere besides a junkyard. [...]

2006 Ford GT Road Test

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Test Vehicle: 2006 Ford GT 5.4L V8 with 6-speed Manual Gearbox I was born in the (cough) mid to late 1960′s, and this car was originally conceived around about the same time. The original was called the GT40 because it was 40 inches tall. This new one is a full 5% taller… Most exotic cars [...]

2008 Alfa Romeo 8C Road Test

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Test Vehicle: Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Coupe The hardest part of this review is knowing where to start. This car is as rare as hen’s teeth. There are to be only 500 made of the Alfa Romeo 8C, and only about 50 to make it to the US, so the fact that I am about [...]

2008 Audi R8 Road Test

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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Test Vehicle: Audi R8 4.2L V8 with 6-speed R-Tronic Automated Manual Gearbox This car feels to me like its been around forever, and I don’t know why that is. Maybe every magazine extolling its virtues has overloaded my brain with it so much, that it just feels like it. This isn’t the first time I’ve [...]

2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Road Test

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Test Vehicle: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 5.2L V10 with 6-speed eGear Auto Gearbox You are never quite prepared for how small these supercars are sometimes. Low slung, painted in a beautiful pearl metalic color with a set of beautiful black wheels, the latest Gallardo out of Sant A’gata looked purposeful and amazing. The Gallardo doesn’t have [...]