When you enter an intersection with four-way stop signs, you haven’t entered a contest, although it often seems so

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As its advertising has it, Toyota wants us to go places. So we did. We went to Wisconsin. We didn’t drive. But we did pick up a 2019 Corolla sedan in Chicago and headed north into Wisconsin. Anyone who has driven in the Midwest knows...

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Good roads and safe cars are nice, but safe drivers are even more important!

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Subaru plugs a big gap in its lineup this year with the debut of the new Ascent crossover. A three-row gap to be precise. The midsize 2019 Ascent ($31,995) is Subaru’s largest vehicle and its second attempt to crash the three-row party. A previous effort,...

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…do as much homework as you can before setting foot on a car lot.

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Before the crossover was the minivan. Before the minivan was the station wagon. Time was that a station wagon was proxy for America’s family values, writ large. Load the family and hit the road. But now, with crossovers ascendent, minivans are endangered and wagons are...

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As the saying goes, “Safety begins by checking the nut behind the wheel.”

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Last year, GMC reinvented its Terrain crossover. When it debuted in 2010, the Terrain was a ‘tweener — bigger than a compact crossover and smaller than a midsize CUV. For 2018, GMC planted the Terrain on an all-new, lightweight chassis and shrank it to compact...

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An officer may also determine that an act of speed is negligent or reckless.

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