Category: Auto
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On The Road 1/8: 2021 Nissan Altima 2.5 Platinum AWD
By Peter Perrotta When it comes to Nissan’s Altima – their best-selling sedan – my household is no stranger. When my wife first started to drive, we purchased a pre-owned Altima (1998) that served us well. That vehicle was passed down to my 22-year-old son when he first started to drive. It logged over 150,000…
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On The Road 1/1/2021: 2021 BMW 430i xdrive Coupe
By Peter Perrotta Where’s the traditional kidney designed front grille that has been BMW’s trademark for decades? Well, for the newly designed 2021 BMW 430i xDrive Coupe it is pretty much non-existent. If you turn your head sideways when you look at the front end of the 2021 430i, you can kind of see remnants…
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On The Road 12/25: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe 4wd Premiere
By Peter Perrotta A few weeks ago, I reviewed the 2021 Toyota Tundra – a vehicle that gets a gas guzzling 14 miles per gallon. Charles Skinner, one of my readers, took exception to the fact that I reviewed a “gas guzzler.” Skinner wrote in his comments to the Princeton Packet: “He does not even…
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On The Road 12/18: 2021 Nissan Rogue SL AWD
By Peter Perrotta I find most television car commercials to be almost fairy tale like, especially around holiday time. I mean, who really gets a new car for Christmas, or whichever holiday you happen to celebrate? However, the commercial for the newly redesigned 2021 Nissan Rogue breaks the mold a bit. It features a family…
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On The Road 12/11: 2021 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro
By Peter Perrotta When you review cars and trucks week in and week out, most passengers who hop in your test vehicle want to immediately know what you think of the particular vehicle you are driving that week. My wife, on the other hand, isn’t shy about offering her opinion immediately upon stepping into one…
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On The Road 12/4: 2021 Lexus NX 300h F Sport
By Peter Perrotta When it comes to hybrid technology in automobiles, Toyota, or its luxury division Lexus, are at the head of the class these days. For me, the Toyota Prius sets the gold standard for hybrid achievement. It is boldly designed, exciting to drive, energy efficient and miserly on gas. The trend these days…
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On The Road 11/27: 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0T SEL
By Peter Perrotta “What are you driving this week?” an old friend of mine asked – as a lot of my friends are apt to do these days when they know I write a weekly auto review column. “A Tiguan,” I replied. “What’s that?,” she snapped. “It’s a Volkswagen,” I said. Well, I hate to…
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On The Road: 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE V6
By Peter Perrotta In 1958, Toyota opened its first American car dealership inside a former Rambler dealership in Hollywood. The Japanese importer sold a whopping 288 cars that year – mostly a failed vehicle called the Toyopet Crown that was way too heavy and miserably slow. But it wasn’t until 1965 when Toyota introduced the…
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On The Road 11/13: 2021 Infiniti QX80 Sensory AWD
By Peter Perrotta In sheer size alone the 2021 Infiniti QX 80 should be crowned “King of the Road”. When I see vehicles this large, I usually quip to whoever is within ear shot at the time, “Geez, that looks like a house on wheels.” Well folks, for 2021, Infiniti has introduced a new trim…
