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The Toyota Sequoia has always had a distinctive place in the full-size SUV world. It is big, powerful, practical, and built with the kind of rugged personality we normally associate with body-on-frame trucks. Add Toyota's hybrid i-FORCE MAX powertrain, three-row seating, serious towing ability, and…

Buying a full-size SUV is a little like buying a house with wheels. The purchase price matters, sure, but what happens to that value after three, five, or eight years can make an equally large difference to our wallets. That brings us straight to Toyota…

The Mazda 6 has always occupied an interesting corner of the family-car market. It looks sharper than many conventional saloons, drives with more enthusiasm than we might expect from a practical commuter, and generally avoids the premium-brand price tag. But when we are shopping for…

The Mazda 6 reliability story is one of the more interesting ones in the midsize sedan world. The Mazda6 has never built its reputation solely around indestructibility in the way some Toyota or Honda models have. Instead, Mazda tried to make a sensible family sedan…

If we are shopping for a used Holden Colorado, one question matters more than almost anything else: how long does a Holden Colorado last? After all, a ute can look fantastic in the driveway, but good looks mean very little if its engine, transmission, or…

If you are shopping for a second-hand Holden Colorado, one question tends to appear before almost everything else: what year Holden Colorado should we avoid? It makes sense. A used dual-cab ute can look rugged enough to survive the apocalypse while quietly hiding thousands of…

If you are looking at a second-hand ute and wondering “is Holden Colorado a good car?”, the short answer is yes, it can be—but the individual vehicle matters enormously. The Holden Colorado earned a solid reputation in Australia as a hardworking, capable ute. It offers…

The Toyota Sequoia has always occupied an interesting corner of the SUV world. It is enormous, thirsty, capable, and built with the sort of heavy-duty mechanical attitude we normally associate with pickup trucks. Yet underneath all that size is a Toyota badge, and naturally that…

Buying a used Volvo XC90 can feel a little like shopping for a beautifully furnished house: everything looks refined, comfortable, and reassuring at first glance, but what really matters is what is happening behind the walls. The XC90 has long been one of Volvo's flagship…

If we’re shopping for a used luxury SUV, the Volvo XC90 has a way of sneaking onto the shortlist. It looks expensive without shouting about it, offers genuine family-friendly practicality, and has built much of its reputation around safety and understated Scandinavian design. But there’s…

Buying a first car is a strangely emotional decision. On one side, we have the sensible voice telling us to buy something cheap, economical, slow, and almost aggressively practical. On the other, there is the part of us that looks at an Alfa Romeo MiTo…