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1 week ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
I make no bones about my preference for Mustangs. To be a car enthusiast, I think you have to at least appreciate the Mustang. Not giving the Mustang its due is like being a music enthusiast and dismissing The Beatles. It’s pretentious contrarianism in its purest form. But I’m willing to admit that I do more than just acknowledge and appreciate the Mustang as a nameplate. I’m a fan and an owner multiple times over. And I am permanently, irreversibly biased towards them.
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1 week ago | 
mykawartha.com | Chris D’Alessandro
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1 week ago | 
thespec.com | Chris D’Alessandro
The Lamborghini Urus SE I am testing comes with a sticker price just under $430,000. Wondering if Lamborghini can objectively justify that price tag? Of course it can’t. For that money, you could buy two fully loaded Porsche Cayenne Turbos — a vehicle with which the Urus shares both a platform and a number of fundamental components.
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1 week ago | 
hamiltonnews.com | Chris D’Alessandro
The Lamborghini Urus SE I am testing comes with a sticker price just under $430,000. Wondering if Lamborghini can objectively justify that price tag? Of course it can’t. For that money, you could buy two fully loaded Porsche Cayenne Turbos — a vehicle with which the Urus shares both a platform and a number of fundamental components.
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2 weeks ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
Fantasy car shopping can be dangerous. Sure, it’s all in good fun to scroll through lists of the most desirable models and do the mental gymnastics of how you might be able to own something most consider out of reach. The danger comes in when something that was previously thought to be unobtainable starts to drop into a price range that feels scarily obtainable. European luxury cars and exotics can depreciate to the point where you could seriously consider purchasing one.
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1 month ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
I’ve never really liked Mercedes. And not just in a way where I can acknowledge that perhaps my personal tastes don’t align with the brand aesthetics or positioning where others’ might. To me, being a Mercedes fan is like wanting to be a Bond villain or rooting against the Harlem Globetrotters. I just can’t fathom how somebody could have that little self awareness — how somebody could possess a desire for the world to see them that way.
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1 month ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
One of the most eye-roll-inducing, trite opinions in car culture is the proclamation that cars peaked at a certain era. Ask anyone under 40, and they’ll tell you that cars peaked in the ‘90s. Never mind the ever-melting plastic interiors, annoying cassette decks, backwards electrical wiring (remember when a burnt-out taillight would set off your ABS light?), fogged headlights, and paper-thin paint.
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2 months ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
Retro-futurism is an art movement that seeks to imitate depictions of the future from the perspective of the past. Retro is nostalgia. Retro-futurism is nostalgia for a time you never knew. And that’s the reason why nine times out of 10, cars that attempt to draw inspiration from Retro-futurism don’t catch on — because they are designed for a time period that doesn’t exist. This was certainly the case with the DeLorean DMC-12. Upon its conception, it wanted to rethink every aspect of the car.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Chris D’Alessandro
“That’s probably our cue to leave,” I thought as flashing police sirens blared through the parking lot. I was actually surprised to see the cops. Unlike so many obnoxious car meets this side of the Pacific, Daikoku was perfectly respectful. All of the drivers and hangabouts spent money at the local businesses. Nobody got into fights or blocked traffic.
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2 months ago | 
autotrader.ca | Chris D’Alessandro
All automotive journalism, even the most colourful, creative, and story-driven examples of the medium, essentially boil down to one question: Is this car worth the price tag? I’ve had a lot of fun finding examples of often overlooked, lesser-known or just simply forgotten vintage cars that I believe are worth the asking price — at every price point for this weekly column. I’ve typically avoided writing about new cars because it’s just not my beat here at AutoTrader.
