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Fun is standard equipment with this Mercedes
(By Royal Ford, 10/31/99)
Words I associate with Mercedes-Benz: reliable, quiet, comfortable, classy, engineered, solid.
A word I have not associated with Mercedes-Benz: fun.

Sporty Ford Focus 2000 provides feeling of spaciousness
(By Royal Ford, 10/10/99)
In these times of a good economy, and ever-better automobiles, there has been a seemingly voracious appetite for mid-luxury automobiles, a segment that has split itself into several levels and where the challenge for the consumer has become one of asking if $44,000 Luxury Car X is really worth $14,000 more than Luxury Car Y, or even $20,000 more than Luxury Car Z.

Beauty runs very deep, very fast in high performance Acura NSXT
(By Royal Ford, 10/03/99)
The incredibly fast, incredibly smooth Acura NSXT looks at home on an airport tarmac.


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BMW Z3 - After considerable study, thumbs-up for a BMW, 8/09/98
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Ford F150 - The good, the bad, and the ugly, 02/28/99
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Honda Civic HX - High tech on the cheap in a Honda, 2/02/97
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