Category: Auto
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On The Road 9/4: 2020 Mercedes Benz CLS450 4matic Coupe
By Peter Perrotta When you work selling Mercedes Benz automobiles for a living, it’s akin to being a kid in a candy store. Everywhere you look there’s plenty of luxuriously expensive cars to look at, feel and drive. More than 10 years ago, I exclusively sold Mercedes, working at one of the more prestigious dealerships…
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On The Road 8/28: 2020 BMW X3 xdrive 30e
By Peter Perrotta There was a time – before cell phones and the internet – when making choices in life was a whole lot simpler. When it came to car shopping and available models, there weren’t three different versions of the same model. And, more specifically, there weren’t even that many models to chose from…
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On the Road 8/21: 2020 Buick Encore GX
By Peter Perrotta If legendary song writer and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan were setting out to write the songs for his critically acclaimed “Highway 61 Revisited” album today, he might be a bit stumped when it comes to one of the songs on that album. “From a Buick 6” a raucous blues tune included on…
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On The Road 8/14: 2020 Cadillac CT4
By Peter Perrotta You always remember your first car. For me, it was a maroon 1965 Chevy Chevelle sedan. It was a hand-me-down from my dad. There wasn’t anything special about it. It wasn’t a Super Sport on anything like that. Just a plain Jane Chevelle. It had a straight six engine that burned oil…
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On the Road: 2020 Nissan Titan
By Peter Perrotta One of the quickest and easiest car buying decisions I ever made was quite a few years back – if my memory serves me correctly, probably around 1994 or so. It was one of the hottest days of the year and I was driving an old beater Chevrolet Caprice with no air…
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On The Road 7/31: 2020 Cadillac XT6
By Peter Perrotta The days of the big, long and large finned Cadillac sedans are long gone. A distant memory mostly enjoyed in old movies anymore, those Caddys were the pride of my old neighborhood in the Bronx in the ’60s. Sundays were usually reserved for going to church and then finding a nice shady…
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On The Road 7/24: 2020 Ford Edge ST AWD
By Peter Perrotta In June of 2009, things looked very bleak for American automakers like, Ford, Chevy and Chrysler. Swept up in the financially crippling housing market lending bubble that burst rather abruptly, many stalwart American companies, like Ford, were literally on the verge of insolvency. Led by President Barack Obama, the government issued massive…
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On The Road 7/17: 2020 Mazda CX-30
By Peter Perrotta It took me awhile to figure it out. But, one day recently, as I was staring at the front end of the 2020 Mazda CX-30, it came to me. The design folks at Mazda are minimalists. It seems like a simple thought, but it really did take me awhile to latch onto…
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On The Road 7/10: 2020 Toyota C-HR Limited
By Peter Perrotta When one strives to stand out – like going out on the limb with a way different style – there always stands the chance that the result will be a “you either love it, or hate it” reaction. Pink hair. Blue hair. Purple hair. Maybe, I’m old fashioned, but something about it…
