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Jake Thiewes

Fan of all things wheeled. Queso enthusiast. Will badger you to come to the track and get rides and/or HPDE seat time, because everyone deserves to be a slightly better driver.

2021 Polestar 2 Review: Carefully Optioned, Better than a Tesla Model 3?

July 8, 2024October 15, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Polestar 2

If you’ve shopped for a performance-oriented, road-trip-range sort of electric car with that was truly “an car” – not a crossover of some sort – your only options until recently came from … Read more

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2021 Lexus LS 500 Review: Magic Carpet Ride with Complicated Technology

July 8, 2024October 13, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Lexus LS 500

“I think I’m going to do something very silly,” I said to my passenger. Nick, a current student at my alma mater and member of its motorsports club, was riding … Read more

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2021 Audi SQ5 Sportback Review: Fun-First and Utilitarian Enough

July 8, 2024October 4, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Audi SQ5 Sportback

I’m a stick in the mud when it comes to SUVs and crossovers. I grew up with trucky, un-fun (as high-speed driving goes) SUVs built on ladder frames, and early … Read more

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2021 Genesis GV80 3.5T Review: Serenity Now

July 8, 2024September 27, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Genesis GV80

It was a beautiful evening in Washington, D.C., one of those late-summer moments with no humidity but warm temps, enough for a t-shirt and shorts. I had the windows down … Read more

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2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness Review: Legitimately, Surprisingly Good Off-Road

July 8, 2024September 16, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness

“Come on, come on, figure it out,” I half-shouted at the dashboard. The nose of the 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness was pointed relatively skyward, three of the four wheels balanced … Read more

Categories Off Road, Street Cars Tags New Car & Truck Reviews, off road, Subaru, Subaru Outback, Subaru Wilderness 3 Comments

2021 Toyota Sienna Review: Driver-Focused ‘Gearhead Van’ or Hybrid People Hauler?

July 8, 2024September 10, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Toyota Sienna Platinum

Minivans were just hitting their stride when I was a little kid. We had some family friends who were still living out their station wagon fantasies, and others that had … Read more

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2021 Hyundai Venue Denim Review: Funky, High Value, Needs More Power

July 8, 2024September 6, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2021 Hyundai Venue Denim

Small cars used to have more personality. Remember the 1990s? We had neon paint colors, incredibly bizarre seat fabric patterns, and occasionally, a zestier-than-usual engine dropped in for some added … Read more

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2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness First Look: The Most Adventuresome Factory Forester

July 8, 2024September 2, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness

Subaru’s Forester and Outback have been known for decades as street-focused yet decidedly rugged vehicles. What first debuted a few months ago as a trim level of Outback is now … Read more

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2022 Subaru BRZ First Drive: More Power, More Torque, More Fun on Track

July 8, 2024August 30, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
2022 Subaru BRZ blue Lime Rock

“Raise your hand if you thought we’d make a second generation of this car,” said the product planner for the 2022 Subaru BRZ. I was among a group of eighteen … Read more

Categories Street Cars Tags Autocross, HPDE, Lime Rock Park, New Car & Truck Reviews, Subaru, Subaru BR-Z Leave a comment

2021 Chevrolet C8 Corvette Review: Street Drive & Track Time at Spring Mountain

July 8, 2024August 27, 2021 by Jake Thiewes
C8 Corvette Accelerate Yellow

In a world of crossovers, it’s always a treat to spend time with something a bit lower to the ground. Evaluating performance cars on the street only shows so much, … Read more

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