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2013 Kia Rio SX: A Little Fun To Drive

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013Chris Doane 1

I know I won’t get much, if any, sympathy when I say that, sometimes, there are letdowns when you review cars. The last car I evaluated was a $100,000, 400hp, German coupe. I’ve now stepped directly from that into a Kia Rio. [...]

2012 BMW 650i xDrive Coupe

January 15, 2013January 15, 2013Chris Doane

Once you set butt inside the new 6-series, there’s an awful lot of technology waiting for you. Some of it is cool, some of it is mediocre and some of it doesn’t really work. [...]

2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI: A Purpose-Driven Ride

August 21, 2012August 21, 2012Chris Doane

The Passat TDI is a purpose-driven ride. It’s meant to be a comfortable, mid-size cruiser that gets phenomenal fuel economy, and it reaches those goals with ease. [...]

2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI

February 1, 2012April 16, 2012Chris Doane 1

When you go to buy a Volkswagen, their best cars almost always have three letters or numbers at the end of the model name: GTI, TDI, VR6. The sixth generation, 2011 Jetta, on sale for a little over a year now, has been met with some pretty strong criticism. Reviewers took one look at 2011’s cheapened interior, and suspension, and had three letters of their own; “WTH??” [...]

2011 BMW 535i xDrive

August 26, 2011September 1, 2015Chris Doane

I’m going to admit something slightly embarrassing here in the hopes that other people out there, who suffer from the same thing, won’t feel so alone. OK, here goes. I’m a virgin. …a BMW-virgin. I’ve driven many Audis, Vokswagens, Mazdas, Infinitis, Cadillacs and even a few Porsches, but never a car with the blue and white roundel on the hood. All that changes today as I step into the new, 2011 BMW 5-series. Today, I become a man. Or, something… [...]