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2019 Honda Passport Automotive News Featured Honda 

The Honda Passport is Coming Back for 2019

Jackie Strada

Given that we’re in the midst of a giant crossover boom, it shouldn’t come as a surprise the Honda Passport is returning to showrooms. While previous generations of the Passport were actually rebadged Isuzu Rodeos, the one that’ll be arriving at your local AutoNation dealer will be a Honda through and through. We’ll be getting a full review up as soon as they start hitting the press fleets, but until then, we’ve got all the relevant details below. Size-wise, the 2019 Passport is be smaller than the current Pilot, but…

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SEMA 2018 Automotive News Featured Mercedes-Benz 

AutoNation Mercedes-Benz C300 SEMA Build: Behind the Scenes Video

Jackie Strada

When most people think about SEMA, they think about acres upon acres of hyper-modified cars — which is exactly how it should be. After all, the whole point of this crazy automotive carnival is to show what the industry’s finest can accomplish when they go full throttle on a build, and the results are often mind blowing. That said, before the cars roll through the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a staggering amount of work goes into getting them ready for prime time. Unfortunately, regardless of how well…

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SEMA 2018 Automotive News Featured 

Robin1000 on the AutoNation Toyota 4Runner at SEMA 2018: Video

Jackie Strada

For SEMA 2018, Jeff Allen and the ace crew at Flat 12 Gallery did an awesome job with our AutoNation Toyota 4Runner — but they didn’t do it alone. While Jeff and the gang were in charge of all the greasy bits, they put the exterior paint scheme in the hands of artist Robin1000. As you can see from all the photos we got from the floor, it was a great decision, and turned our off-road ready beast into a total showstopper. If this were our personal ride? The first…

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2020 Bronco Automotive News Featured Ford 

Check Out a New Teaser Image of Ford’s Baby Bronco

Jackie Strada

First off, this teaser pic isn’t the 2020 Bronco, it’s what’s being referred to as the Baby Bronco. But that’s news too! And for fans of Ford’s iconic rig, the last couple of days have seen some exciting developments. For details, we’re going to turn to our friends from Bronco6G, which has been the source of most of the news we’ve seen spread across various automotive blogs. Most of the recent info seems to have come out of a recent Ford dealer meeting in Las Vegas, where the attendees were given…

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Toyota Lexus SEMA 2018 Automotive News Featured Lexus Toyota 

Driving Fun: Toyota and Lexus at SEMA 2018

Jackie Strada

It’s been almost a decade since Akio Toyoda took over the leadership of the company his grandfather founded 80 years ago, and in that time, we’ve seen plenty of exciting changes from the Japanese powerhouse. Toyoda is an avid fan of performance cars and racing, and he’s made it a personal mission to elevate the driving experience across the entire lineup. While Toyota and Lexus remain some of the most reliable vehicles on the road, Toyoda has made it clear that’s not enough anymore — they have to be fun…

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