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Eric's Autos: 2024 Cadillac Escalade

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Is a Cadillac Escalade worth $20,000 more than a GMC Yukon? Is a GMC Yukon worth $4,000 more than a Chevy Tahoe?

All three are basically the same SUV sold under three different labels -- at three different price points.

You'll have to decide whether the price is worth the difference.

What It Is

The Escalade is Cadillac's version of the Chevy...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Chrysler Pacifica

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Remember when practically every car company was selling minivans? Today, that's all Chrysler still sells.

What It Is

The Pacifica is a 7-8 passenger minivan (depending on the configuration) that's available with or without a plug-in hybrid drivetrain and with or without all-wheel drive -- unless you want the hybrid, which is ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Chevy Colorado

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It's a weird thing.

As trucks have gotten bigger, their engines have gotten smaller -- also fewer, as in the case of the 2024 Chevy Colorado, which no longer offers either the 3.6-liter V6 or the turbo-diesel engine it used to be available with.

Or the 2.5-liter four it used to come standard with.

It comes standard -- and only -- with a 2.7-...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Nissan Altima

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Nissan's Altima used to be the midsize sport sedan for the buyer who couldn't afford a Maxima sedan.

It was similar to the Maxima -- both were about the same size -- and it could be ordered with the V6 the Maxima came standard with, while costing less.

Now that the Maxima's gone, the Altima's the only midsize sedan Nissan still sells.

The ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Honda Pilot

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If you don't think looks are important, look at what's happened to minivans... if you can find one to look at. Only a handful of them are still being made.

Chiefly -- arguably -- because of the way they look.

The way they function, on the other hand, has been taken over by models such as Honda's Pilot, which is related to the company's Odyssey...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plug-in Hybrid

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The American Motors Corporation used to sell Hornets, and Dodge used to sell Chargers (and Challengers). Now AMC -- and the Charger and Challenger -- are gone, and Dodge sells a Hornet.

It's nothing like the Hornet AMC sold back in the '70s. That one was rear-wheel-drive and available with a V8.

This one's a front-wheel-drive crossover -- with...Read more

Eric's Autos: Subaru Outback

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Subaru used to have its market niche mostly to itself -- because (for many years) almost no other car manufacturer made cars (sedans and wagons) with all-wheel drive and enough ground clearance to go where you generally needed a 4x4 SUV to go.

Now almost no one makes cars, and every brand sells crossovers with (or that at least offer) AWD and ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Chevy Blazer RS

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Here and there -- and probably not for long -- you can still find a new vehicle that at least offers something larger than a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.

Chevy's Blazer RS is one such.

It's available with the same 3.6-liter V6 that that's standard in the Camaro -- and there are other commonalities, too.

What It Is

The Blazer ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Dodge Hornet

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When people hear "Dodge," their thoughts turn to muscular cars like the Charger and Challenger. And muscular SUVs, like the Durango (especially the V8-powered R/T version).

But the government is making it hard for Dodge to continue making such cars and SUVs. The Charger and Challenger have already been retired, and not on account of lack of ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid

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You may remember the Chevy Volt, which was an electric car without the wait -- or the anxiety.

It had a small gas-burning engine as well as an electric battery and motors. But unlike all other hybrids, the gas engine was almost exclusively an onboard generator that burned gas so the driver didn't have to stop (and wait) for a charge. The Volt ...Read more

 

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