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Watch the back of two cars at the same intersection and you might notice something odd. The first car hits the brakes, then one of its red brake lights starts flashing. The second car does the
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There was a time when changing the temperature in a car took half a second. You reached down, turned a knob, and somehow civilization survived. Now, in some cars, the same job feels like openin
When a Toyota is missing from a dependability ranking, people notice. And when that Toyota is the RAV4, people really notice. Because the RAV4 is not some forgotten niche model hiding in t
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