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    2020 Ski-Doo Summit 850 Turbo Finds Higher Ground

    Two-stroke engines aren’t dead. Well, they might be in cars, but they’re more alive than ever in snowmobiles. Forget the smoke-spewing, spark-plug-fouling, expletive-inducing engines of the past. Bombardier’s Rotax engine division builds modern two-strokes that are clean, efficient, and powerful. In the booming high-altitude mountain-snowmobile segment, the naturally aspirated engine struggle is real. Free-breathing engines […] More

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    2020 Toyota Camry TRD: Family Car or Track Star?

    James LipmanCar and Driver Now that vitriol is the official language of our national discourse, skepticism doesn’t just come easy, it’s ever-present background noise, the tinnitus of an angry and distrustful world. So yeah, we’re a little incredulous about the Toyota Camry TRD. A Camry—the pillar of bland family fare—made into a sports sedan? Sure […] More

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    2020 BMW X7 M50i Arrives for a 40,000-Mile Test

    Marc UrbanoCar and Driver The X5 sat at the top of the BMW SUV lineup for 13 years, and then last year, the larger X7 arrived and became the brand’s biggest and most luxurious SUV. We’ve previously tested the X7 40i and the X7 50i, but to properly shake the X7 down, we invited BMW’s […] More

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    Porsche Taycan Can Charge Far More Quickly Than Tesla Model S

    Marc UrbanoCar and Driver Porsche claims its new Taycan EV can charge at a rate of 270 kW, a new record, which requires plugging in at one of Electrify America’s latest 350-kW units. Tesla is also rolling out higher-output 250-kW V3 Superchargers. We tried each car’s fastest fast charger to compare the charge rates between […] More

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    Long-Term 2019 Volvo XC60: New Engine, New Platform, New Factory, No Surprises

    40,000-Mile Wrap-Up Automakers use the phrase “all-new” with the same broad license that Subway applies to “fresh.” True clean-sheet designs are rare in this business, and there’s a reason engineers typically don’t rewrite the whole recipe. Change too many variables at once and you risk breaking something that wasn’t broken. But 93-year-old Volvo has spent […] More

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    The 10 Best HID Headlight Kits to Buy 2020

    If you’re looking for impressive aesthetics or high performance for your car then HID headlights are what you’re looking for. HID headlights are far superior to the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) bulbs your car has. This is because HID headlights are more powerful than halogen lights. HID lights have superior illuminating power and they come […] More