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We’re looking for aspiring car reviewers and impassioned car owners willing to take a minute and share their impressions in our new user reviews. autoMedia has integrated user reviews throughout our Web site to enable car owners like you to share insights with fellow consumers. Entering such reviews provide an opportunity to reflect on your ownership and share wisdom with others who may be considering the same model. What do you wish you knew before signing the bottom line? User reviews are a great way for aspiring auto journalists and car enthusiasts to sharpen their keyboard skills, as well. The professional writers who review cars for autoMedia are among the very best in the business, with decades of experience working for leading magazines and contributors to the nation’s best publications, car and otherwise. However, each one at one point had no more experience than you, perhaps even less. Back before our first gray hairs sprouted, there was not ready-made outlet to share our very first automotive writings with the public, as there is today with the Internet. Even still, hard work has led this cast of high-speed characters into an exciting field, putting them behind the wheel of...
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When Hyundai introduced the Azera as a 2006 model, it wasn't the first upscale sedan sent to U.S. dealerships by the South Korean automaker. That distinction goes to the XG series, first seen as the XG300 in 2001, then given more power as the XG350 a year later. Both models sought to give Hyundai shoppers a step up from the slightly smaller, value-priced Sonata. Currently competing against such premium sedans as the Lexus ES 350, Toyota Avalon, and Nissan Maxima, the 2008 Azera emphasizes safety. Each model contains eight airbags, as well as active front head restraints. Hyundai has led some competitors in making stability enhancement a standard feature, so every Azera has Electronic Stability Control. Antilock braking with Brake Assist also is standard. Passenger space is another big selling point, helping to differentiate the Azera from its less-costly Sonata sibling. With nearly 44 inches of front legroom and more than 38 inches of rear leg space, Hyundai boasts that its Azera has more interior volume than a Mercedes-Benz C-Class or E-Class, or BMW's 7 Series, as well as the Avalon. It's also roomier than Hyundai's own Sonata, though that sedan is far from cramped...
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If the Lexus IS F isn't the best factory hot-rod ever, it's in the top 10 of a very hallowed group. To build the IS F, Lexus followed the basic hot rod recipe, which hasn't changed much in 80 years. First, select a small, underpowered, but nice handling car. Next insert the biggest engine that can be shoehorned into the engine bay. In the '60s, racing regulations required car companies to pretend they were selling the same cars they raced: The results included the '62 Ferrari 250 GTO, '69 Ford Mustang Boss 302, and the high-winged, slope-nosed '69 Dodge Charger Daytona. Many others followed the formula without racing intentions, such as the '64 Pontiac GTO. Read the full review of the 2008 Lexus IS F.
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