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The venerable 4Runner is still going strong, for better or worse. The 2021 Toyota 4Runner is one of the oldest new cars you can buy brand new today. I say oldest because the strong fact remains that the 4Runners largely unchanged and is still fundamentally the same species from the mid-2000s.

Its 2021 and relics like the Lexus LX 570 have no business existing. By modern standards its a terrible vehicle by all accounts, being too large, heavy, and woefully inefficient. Perhaps it should have been put to pasture even a decade ago as the aging brute continues to ignore all self-respect. However, I love the LX 570.

A consumer heavyweight squares off against a fresh-faced rival, each in their top-shelf Honda Accord Touring and Sonata Limited trim levels.

Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman Toyotas revived Supra receives a new engine option for 2021 in the way of a more affordable four-cylinder option. Is it still fun? "Four-cylinder Supra? Lame." "2JZ forever!" "Supras need six cylinders. “I could go on for as long as your 1,000 horsepower boosted 2JZ runs before finally throwing a rod. But for now, the ultimate question remains: is having only four cylinders in the legendary Supra sacrilegious and worthy of be...

Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman Do you remember the Toyota Venza? No? Neither do most. Debuting in 2009, Toyota released the Venza SUV as a link between the RAV4 and Highlander, their compact and mid-size SUVs as a more car-centric offering. It was, in fact, based on the Camry even. After a few years of modest sales success, the mk1 Venza was discontinued after dwindling sales (Mind you, canceling models is a huge rarity in Toyotaland). However, it was only a...

Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman Though it does have its caveats in the form of aging technology, the important part remains in that the Mazda 6 is the best driving entry mid-size sedan on sale today. Ive long been a fan of Mazdas, even the fun old zoom-zoom adverts I saw as a kid. Going back about 5 years ago when I first tried the modern Mazda 6, I was floored at how a seemingly normal mid-size sedan could drive this well, and with the typically taunted and ...

Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman Affordable is relative, but with luxury SUVs reaching up to and over $100,000, Genesis is here to steal the market with the sensationally good GV80. Ice House Rd snakes for miles and miles up the sides of Northern Californias Sierra Nevada mountains. The scenery is breathtaking as you both climb and plunge into the El Dorado National Forest; Beautifully green trees are everywhere with snow capped mountain peaks in the distance....

Pictures and story by Mitchell Weitzman Hyundai has transformed their bold new Elantra into a champion prizefighter of the compact sedan world. It really is that good. Cheap (sorry, I meant affordable) cars arent meant or supposed to be exciting, but I found myself rather stirred when the newly redesigned model was first unveiled, and even more so when I first saw it in the flesh this past month at Sonoma Raceway when I picked it up. Could Hyundai make a reasonable c...

Long live the wagon. While there might be some tasteless leftovers from the years of the forgettable station wagons, wagons should not be disregarded. In fact, newsflash: wagons are even cool. No, not small little hatchbacks but proper wagon estate cars.

By Mitchell Weitzman How to get away with murder...Hyundai just ordered a hit on all the establishment, and the new Sonata N Line is the one to carry out the order. This is not a ruse. No elaborate scheming required as a cover-up, because Hyundai just made the Saint Valentines Day Massacre look like an episode of Days of our Lives, and they want the whole world to know who did it. This just in: the Hyundai Sonata N Line is a game-changer in the automotive world of af...