Alfa Romeo Stelvio crowned Run to the Sun winner
The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio was the victor of the annual NWAPA fun driving event, Run to the Sun.
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2017 Seattle Auto Show stuns with supercars and concepts
Once again, the 2017 Seattle Auto Show has come to town to dazzle area denizens with new cars, exotics, concepts and test drives in brand new vehicles. The show is at CenturyLink Field from Nov. 9 through 12. Put on by MotorTrend, the Seattle Auto Show has something from almost every manufacturer, from Toyota to […]
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Ready and Revving to go at 2017 Run to the Sun
Photography by Doug Berger Every year, Run to the Sun gathers automotive journalists from around the nation to check out the latest in fast cars while driving curvy roads around Mt. Hood, Oregon. Some high-profile names came this year and the final results of the competition were a bit of a surprise. The Contenstants […]
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The 2016 Acura TLX 4-Cylinder
Last year, we drove the impressively powerful Acura TLX V6 and that keep up with heavy-weight champions like Astons and Porsches. But not everyone wants the raw power of a V6, some enjoy an economical and sporty 4-cylinder and the 2016 Acura TLX Tech 4-cylinder is just the car for to fill the need. The […]
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Finding the gearbox that gets your gears turning | Updated
It used to be that there were one or two choices for gearboxes, also known as transmissions, consumers could purchase in their cars. Today, transmissions are not so simple as they were, but the choices remain largely the same. The Automatic The automatic transmission has transformed since its inception in horseless carriages of 1904 (by the Sturtevant Brothers […]
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2015 Acura TLX – A sports car in sedan clothing
The 2015 Acura TLX has a secret lying just under the hood and it becomes extremely apparent when you put the petal down in Sport+ mode; this thing is a beast, a sports car in sedan clothing. The TLX is a $45,595 4-door with an intelligent all-wheel drive (AWD) system and adjustable sprotyness through the […]
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Finding friends on the backroads of Washington
Recently, a friend (Harvey Sherman with the Aurora) informed me of a group of people who enjoy a good drive, the Northwest Drivers group on Meetup, regardless of what is driven. So I decided to check it out. The founder of the Northwest Drivers group, Marko “Wolf” Wollschlaeger, has been part of the Jaguar and […]
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