My Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Lexus TX 350
This time, it’s the TX 350 with its turbocharged four-cylinder internal combustion engine. To be honest, this is the model you want to know about it.
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My Thoughts Exactly: 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor
We were fine with the North American Truck of The Year winning Ranger. Except it was missing something.
My Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Lexus NX 450h+
TweetRemember when we had the Lexus NX 450h+ a few years ago? It came in the F Sport model. The blue one! Right! I was wondering where Lexus was going with this new generation model. Not just design-wise, but with the expansion of electrification to include a plug-in hybrid driveline. Eventually. I “got it.” When …
Our Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz XRT
TweetHyundai introduced the Santa Cruz at the right time. With another small SUV-based, unibody constructed pickup truck hitting the showroom about the same time, the opportunity was to show that the automaker from the Republic of Korea can make a similar vehicle. They needed a pickup truck. Instead, they added the capability of one onto …
Our Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Toyota Crown Signia
TweetLast year, we had a chance encounter with the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia at the Midwest Automotive Media Association Spring Rally. It was more of an introduction to this new model for us. We actually liked some of the things on this new crossover. Of course, we needed more time with it. A week’s worth of driving usually …
Our Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid
This makes it four. Not that we like counting them, but we should be familiar with the newest SUV/crossover from Mazda. However, this one is different.
Our Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid
The advanced exterior design attracted those who truly want to stand out.
My Thoughts Exactly: 2024 Ford Ranger
TweetThe Ford Ranger certainly had a wild ride for the past 43 years. It became the Blue Oval’s answer to the import compact truck in the summer of 1982. If you ask me, they did this one right compared to other domestic automakers. They gave it a long life until Ford shut down the Saint …
My Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Subaru Outback
The Outback wagon changed Subaru for good in the USA – and few other places around the world. It was their immediate response to the proliferation of the SUV.
My Thoughts Exactly: 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz
TweetWe have been teased so mercifully for its eventual arrival. Even to the point where disbelief have overcome anticipation. So, here we are. After almost eight years, the 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz has finally reared its retro-designed head onto the American market. The euphoria may have settled down. Reality has now settled in. The reality …