Automotive Reviews
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Back-catalog of reviews written before 2008.
2004 Lincoln LS V8
May 5th
Semi-annual drive events are a good opportunity for auto writers to drive a number of new cars back to back. They’re also not unlike high school dances, as everyone scrambles for a chance at the latest Mercedes, Maserati, or Jaguar. At a recent such event, I decided to take a break from elbowing my way into the line for the debutantes, and found a 2004 Lincoln LS siting practically forgotten at the back of the lot. No one had driven it all day.
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2004 Mercury Monterey
May 5th
We’ve been somewhat unhappy with Mercury lately. Despite reassurances that the division intends to peddle more than just slightly more expensive clones of Ford products, it has yet to do anything really unique. Granted, Mercury’s customers seem to be perfectly happy with the products, and being a Ford clone isn’t the worst possible kind of car to be, but none of that stopped us from rolling our eyes a bit when the all-new Mercury Monterey arrived in the driveway. More >
2004 Nissan Armada
May 5th
“Armada?” my wife asked. “Does that mean you get a whole fleet of SUVs for the price of one?” This was only the first of an endless stream of quips that punctuated my test drive in the 2004 Nissan Armada, most involving sailing ships and vanquishment by smaller English products. More >