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2018 Range Rover Velar Diesel Euro-spec Driven
– Land Rover was a late bloomer. It took 22 years after the first Land Rover in 1948 for the brand to launch a second model line, the original Range Rover. It took almost another two decades for that car to reach the United States, but well before then the combination of V-8 performance, rugged […]
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.0T and 2.2D Euro-Spec: Does It Still Excite with Weaker Engines?
– The more mountainous parts of Italy have previously offered inspiration to those hard-working marketeers responsible for naming new models, but it’s been a while since the muse struck. The Ford Cortina and the Triumph Dolomite, however, have been joined by a new Italian in the shape of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, an SUV that’s […]
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.0T and 2.2D Euro-Spec – First Drive Review
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2018 BMW 530d Touring Euro-Spec – First Drive Review
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2018 BMW 530d Touring Euro-Spec: More Unobtainium
– Although they are a rare sight in the United States, in Europe, station wagons are a popular part of most manufacturers’ lineups. How that came about, at BMW at least, wasn’t via exhaustive market research but rather an after-hours project. Max Reisböck was the man responsible. READ MORE ›› – Car and Driver BlogCar […]
2017 BMW 530d Euro-Spec – First Drive Review
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2017 BMW 530d Euro-Spec: A Diesel America Might Love
– Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the compression-ignition engine that bears his name, allegedly drowned in the English Channel 103 years ago. While tragically unfortunate for the inventor himself, this is also bad news for those looking for a metaphor to frame the modern dilemma in which the diesel engine finds itself. At risk of sounding […]
2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec – First Drive Review
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2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec Driven: 276 Furious Horses
– As Volkswagen was preparing to launch its current top-of-the-line sedan for the U.S. market, it created a big mystery around its name. Slated to replace the Passat but designed specifically for Americans, the model was cryptically referred to as the NMS, which stood for “new mid-size sedan.” Just when the suspense had become almost […]
