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		<title>First Drive: 2011 Infiniti M [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/infiniti-m-first-drive-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Infiniti chief designer Shiro Nakamura first introduced us to the automaker&#8217;s latest flagship sedan, the 2011 M, last August at the Pebble Beach Concours d&#8217;Elegance. Well, sort of. We were shown a virtual mock-up of the sedan and we had to wait until just recently to first sample the real thing.
 
 And were we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Kia Forte EX</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-forte-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-forte-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kia]]></category>
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Among enthusiasts, there is an indescribable, almost universal appeal in owning a simple, basic daily driver. It&#8217;s the kind of car that can be your closest companion as you slog through traffic trying to get to work during all four seasons, yet you won&#8217;t feel bad when you grant it a single annual scrubbing at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-f-series-super-duty-first-drive-review.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



If you name your star vehicle, and perhaps your biggest profit maker, a Super Duty truck, you’d better be able to “bring it” when the chips are down. With a renewed vigor in the Dodge Ram stables, and continued pressure in the Chevrolet and GMC camps, it hasn’t exactly been a cakewalk for the venerable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Chrysler Town &amp; Country Touring</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/chrysler-town-and-country-touring-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/chrysler-town-and-country-touring-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Van]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[



Within the current recession, there is a minivan recession as well.  At a point where Chrysler is positively starved for new product, however, the pentastar continues to show it can still build a decent and feature-laden minivan with the best of them – but that&#8217;s what we would expect from the company that invented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2011 Hyundai Sonata [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/hyundai-sonata-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/hyundai-sonata-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=26310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



“Never waste a good crisis.” With those words, Hyundai Motor America’s president and CEO, John Krafcik laid out the company’s current motto. And the South Korean mega-corporation is certainly making hay of the situation.
 
 Case in point: The 2011 Hyundai Sonata. Now in its sixth generation, the Sonata, like the company, is one that’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mitsubishi-lancer-sportback-ralliart.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mitsubishi-lancer-sportback-ralliart.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[High-Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitsubishi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=26265</guid>
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The road to redemption is a rough one, but it’s definitely worth it at the end of the journey; that&#8217;s exactly the road that Mitsubishi finds itself on these days. After resting on their evo(lutionary) laurels, they have come to the realization that to compete in the North American market, they need to come ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-escalade-esv-platinum-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-escalade-esv-platinum-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=25966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



While the recently-introduced Escalade Hybrid targets eco-friendly luxury shoppers, Cadillac isn&#8217;t giving up on its King of the Bling status. By adding in more glitz and glamor to its biggest Escalade, the automaker is placating those who proudly cling to the lap of luxury, eco-conscious image be damned. Is it more luxe or too much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2012 Lexus LFA Prototype [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-lfa-first-drive.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-lfa-first-drive.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lexus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=25312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



With Toyota heir Akio Toyoda in the automaker&#8217;s driver’s seat, cars that customers can get passionate about are once again being green-lighted from drawing table to assembly line. So is the case with Lexus’s new LFA supercar: Intended as the halo car, as well as the first of a series of F-badged cars, the LFA [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quick Spin: 2010 Ford Mustang GT [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-mustang-gt-quick-spin-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-mustang-gt-quick-spin-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=25205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



Man, talk about bad timing. Just days after the Leftlane garage scheduled time to sample a 2010 Ford Mustang GT swathed in wow-look-at-me Grabber Blue paint, the Blue Oval crew officially announced that the 2011 &#8216;Stang would get a Camaro-challenging 412 horsepower, 390 lb-ft. 5.0-liter V8.
 
 We haven&#8217;t driven the 2011, but we&#8217;ve poked [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: Nissan Cube Krom Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-cube-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-cube-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=24937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



Once upon a time there was a hip car called the Scion xB. The name stood for nothing, but to some goons in marketing, it just sounded cool. Buyers were able to customize it to their hearts content. And for not a lot of money, either.
  
 Along the way, something happened. The vehicle [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Drive: 2011 Toyota Sienna [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-sienna-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-sienna-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=24862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



While the market for minivans has been on the wane ever since the crossover took off, Toyota has never wavered since introducing their first Sienna in 1997 as a 1998 model year entry. Since then, players have either discontinued their offerings (Ford, Nissan, Hyundai) or disappeared totally from the scene (Plymouth and Pontiac).
 
 So [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Cadillac SRX Premium FWD</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-srx-fwd-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-srx-fwd-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crossover]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=24667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



Cadillac&#8217;s late 20th century image took a rough beating thanks to lackluster products that performed poorly in both reviews and sales, hardly living up to the “Standard of the World” moniker. With products like the all-new SRX midsize crossover, General Motors is optimistic that Cadillac&#8217;s  latest offerings will turn the tide for this once [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>First drive: 2010 Lexus LS 460 Sport [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-ls-460-sport-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-ls-460-sport-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lexus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=24326</guid>
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Akio Toyoda is working in double-time. In an effort to counter what he calls his company’s standing on the brink of “irrelevance or death,” the grandson of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda is pedaling as fast as he can to right the listing that this ship has taken of late.
 
 Which is why the Lexus [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Infiniti G37S Convertible</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/infiniti-g37s-convertible-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/infiniti-g37s-convertible-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=24043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



To create a beautiful example of four-seat, enthusiast-oriented topless motoring, Infiniti took the best parts of its G37 Coupe and ripped the lid right off the sucka&#8217;.
 
 In an effort to present a top-down example of their sport-halo car, Infiniti was not willing to settle for a compromised lid-off design that felt as though [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quick Spin: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-taurus-sho-quick-spin-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-taurus-sho-quick-spin-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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The Canadian fall and winter can be brutal when the roads are slick and you&#8217;ve got a lot of power to put down to the tarmac &#8211; so it&#8217;s a good thing Ford equipped the Taurus ess-aych-oh with all-wheel-drive. A brief jaunt into Ontario from Michigan up King&#8217;s Highway 402 proved that the SHO is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Toyota 4Runner Trail</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-4runner-trail-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-4runner-trail-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=23613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



Darwin would probably be pleased with the evolution of the SUV. The vehicular example of “survival of the fittest” might be illustrated better by Toyota&#8217;s thoroughly revised 2010 4Runner than any other vehicle on the road. While its rivals have all but vanished, the 4Runner keeps on truckin&#8217; &#8211; literally.
 
 Just 15 years ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Lexus GX 460 [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-gx-460-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/lexus-gx-460-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lexus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=23496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



The arid terrain of San Diego looks similar to that which racers encounter in the Baja 1000 south of the border on the Baja Peninsula. That is, save for the highways, city streets, and lush landscaping found around the more tony parts of town – those where you might find the Lexus GX.
 
 The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-wrangler-unlimited-rubicon-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-wrangler-unlimited-rubicon-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=23479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



The iconic Jeep brand has been passed around more times than – well, we won&#8217;t go there. Willys, Kaiser, AMC, Renault, Chrysler, Daimler and now Fiat have all had at least some influence on the division best known for its open-top, seven slat grille off roader known today as the Wrangler.
  
 While Chrysler&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Drive: BMW 550i Gran Turismo [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-5-series-gt-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-5-series-gt-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



All it’s really going to take is an open mind. That’s what BMW asked of consumers when now-former BMW designer Chris Bangle unleashed his new styles to the public in 2002. At that time, his take on the new 7-Series was as polarizing as any we can remember. Bangle is gone, but like catching lightning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Mazda CX-9 Touring FWD</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mazda-cx-9-touring-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mazda-cx-9-touring-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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Just a few days into our evaluation of Mazda&#8217;s lightly refreshed 2010 CX-9 crossover, we found ourselves in a bit of a conundrum. Crossovers, modern convention dictates, are boring contraptions designed for rugrat-hauling utility. The CX-9 is a driver-focused fun machine. What&#8217;s going on here?
  
 Even if they&#8217;re unquestionably better for the average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour First Drive [Review / Video]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-accord-crosstour-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-accord-crosstour-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Baruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hatchback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda News]]></category>
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More than two decades before introducing the Accord Crosstour, Honda took the wraps off of its Civic “Wagovan.” Part of the Japanese “tall-wagon” fad that also included such memorable rivals as the dual-sliding door Nissan Stanza Wagon and single-offset-reverse-light Toyota Tercel Sport Wagon, the Wagovan offered a mild amount of extra cargo space and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 FWD</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/gmc-terrain-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/gmc-terrain-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GMC]]></category>
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We first saw it at the New York International Auto Show. Looking every bit the part of a cast member from the Mad Max movies, the GMC Terrain seemed like a futuristic armored car with hidden panels that would cover the tires and wheels in case of attack. Mr. Brinks, Mr. Wells and Mr. Fargo: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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It’s fitting that we traveled to Half Moon Bay, California, home to a massive seagull population, to test a new type of gull. The 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, one of the most exotic, outrageous new cars to debut in recent memory, harks back to the days when Sir Stirling Moss piloted its spirtual father, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab TRX4 4&#215;4</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-dakota-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-dakota-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dodge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=22741</guid>
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Once, compact pickups were truly that: Light duty, nimble versions of those hulking behemoths called half-tons. Over the years, however, the big &#8216;uns got more car-like and the little &#8216;uns got, well, bigger. Case in point: The Dodge Ram&#8217;s little Dakota brother, which is quickly outgrowing its sheetmetal as it tries to play with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/aston-martin-dbs-volante-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/aston-martin-dbs-volante-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Convertible]]></category>
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Driving Aston Martin&#8217;s new flagship droptop, the DBS Volante, it&#8217;s hard not to conjure up some excessively cliché Bond images. Yet unlike Her Majesty&#8217;s secret agent, with his unlimited bar tab, we desired a taste of fancy champagne on a decidedly Miller High Life budget.
 
 So impressive was the mount that the car valets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Nissan Altima 3.5SR [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-altima-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-altima-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
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It doesn&#8217;t take much to get us excited about a visit to the music-friendly city of Nashville – even the, uh, thrilling opportunity to sample Nissan&#8217;s very, very mildly refreshed Altima sedan was enough to pique our interest.
  
 It&#8217;s just a light nip-and-tuck job for the 2010 Altima, which gets newly revised styling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt8-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/jeep-grand-cherokee-srt8-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jeep]]></category>
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It&#8217;s not unusual to find someone else&#8217;s playlist still on the hard drive of a higher-end press car&#8217;s audio system when it shows up in our driveway for a week-long evaluation. Sometimes it&#8217;s fun to guess who had the vehicle last – the Barbara Streisand collection (200 songs, really?) in a Dodge Charger, for example. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Drive: 2011 Kia Sorento [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-sorento-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-sorento-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crossover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=22470</guid>
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West Point, Georgia, is rising again like a Phoenix from the ashes. Only now, this dot on the map on the border with Alabama is dealing with hardware, instead of the soft goods it once produced. The 2011 Kia Sorento has come to town.
 
 Nearly devastated following the late 1990s closure of fabric mills [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review: 2010 Ford F-150 FX4</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-f-150-fx4-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/ford-f-150-fx4-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Ganz</dc:creator>
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Down and dirty – that&#8217;s the way trucks like it. Despite the presence of those persnickety owners who regularly wax and scrub their cherished pickups, the Ford F-150 FX4 was designed to be used the way haulers were intended.
 
 Last year, we compared a more bling-and-lifestyle-oriented Ford F-150 Lariat against a Dodge Ram Laramie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-ram-heavy-duty-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-ram-heavy-duty-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Performance]]></category>
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They say things are always bigger in Texas. Naturally, then, it’s the perfect place for Dodge to show off the biggest of their latest offerings: The new Dodge Ram Heavy Duty trucks. Despite the current economic trends that have Chrysler down in the dumps and most of their corporate brass learning Italian, the Dodge division [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Acura ZDX [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/acura-zdx-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/acura-zdx-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acura]]></category>
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As a fully grown automaker, Acura has a few SUVs and crossovers  on the market already filling needs of various segments and buyers. So, with this complete portfolio, what is an automaker to do? How about announce another: The Acura ZDX.
 
 One school of thought says that as a segment matures, it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Porsche Panamera [Review / Video]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/porsche-panamera-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/porsche-panamera-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
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When it was first announced, the purists howled in disbelief. The critics, they scoffed like they&#8217;ve never scoffed before. Porsche was a builder of sports cars, they growled and snarled! 
 Porsche should be used to this by now. 
  
 Years ago, they barked about the 914 and the 924, not to mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: Alfa Romeo MiTo MultiAir [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/alfa-romeo-mito-multiair-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/alfa-romeo-mito-multiair-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Taylor</dc:creator>
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There’s been something in the water over Turin way ever since Sergio Marchionne took the top job in town. The whole Fiat Group has been gathering momentum since he took charge and, while they burst onto the global scene by buying up Chrysler without paying a cent, hindsight could best remember his frenzied period for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: 2009 Dodge Avenger SXT</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-avenger-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-avenger-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Elias</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dodge News]]></category>
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Its non-press-fleet siblings are common sights on rental car lots at most major airports in North America. The Dodge Avenger SXT is the mainstream version of the car that, for all intents and purposes, looks as though it is a growth-stunted version of the Dodge Charger, even if it doesn&#8217;t quite move like one.
 
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Drive: 2010 Suzuki Kizashi [Review]</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/suzuki-kizashi-first-drive-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.leftlanenews.com/suzuki-kizashi-first-drive-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suzuki News]]></category>

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As the Hyundai Genesis Sedan has shown, you don’t need a fancy name to move up the automotive food chain.  But can just any automaker make the same shift?  We’re about to find out as Suzuki’s all-new mid-size Kizashi is set to hit the U.S. market later this year.
 
 When most Americans [...]]]></description>
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