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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…

If we are shopping for a large premium SUV, sooner or later the Volvo XC90 tends to appear on the shortlist. It has the elegant Scandinavian design, the three-row practicality, a cabin that feels more like a modern lounge than a traditional SUV, and Volvo's…

The Volvo XC90 looks more at home outside a modern hotel than crawling across a rocky trail, but appearances can be deceptive. Under that polished Scandinavian bodywork sits an SUV with all-wheel-drive capability, useful ground clearance, sophisticated traction management, and—in some versions—air suspension that can…

The Volvo XC90 has spent years carving out its own corner of the luxury SUV market. It does not shout quite as loudly as some German rivals, nor does it try to look like a sports car wearing hiking boots. Instead, it takes a distinctly…

If we own a premium SUV, there is one question that can quietly creep into our minds every time we leave it parked overnight: are Volvo XC90 easy to steal? The reassuring answer is generally, no. The Volvo XC90 is not widely regarded as an…