Chevrolet’s roughneck Colorado ZR2 goes hunting for radioactive history.
People have always seen what they want to see in those splendid red-rock canyons and spires of eastern Utah. The ancient Anasazi saw a homeland carved by the hands of divine artisans, while Captain John Macomb, exploring the area in 1859 for the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, reported back that “perhaps no portion of the earth’s surface is more irredeemably sterile, more hopelessly lost to human habitation.” For the writer Edward Abbey, “the red dust and the burnt cliffs and the lonely sky— all that which lies beyond the end of the roads,” was, simply, “the most beautiful place on earth.”
Charlie Steen saw money. Government greenbacks and a lot of them, buried in radioactive deposits somewhere under the layer of chocolate-colored Wingate sandstone that is the fossilized remains of Jurassic-age desert dunes. The lanky Texas geologist, who had spent his early years prospecting for oil in South America, just knew that uranium was hidden where nobody was looking, deep in the same kind of anticlinal or arch like formations that yielded oil. And in 1950, uranium was going to be the new oil, the Atomic Energy Commission paying out lavishly to those who helped mine a domestic supply.
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Drivelines - Refreshed but Not Revitalized. The Forester has long begged for more driver interaction, anything to differentiate it.
Refreshed but Not Revitalized. The Forester has long begged for more driver interaction, anything to differentiate it. But its innate funkiness has been discarded in a roadside ditch. Sure, it’s practical. But if that’s what you’re after, go hug your dishwasher. This redo feels half-hearted when what the Forester really wanted was a whole new hear
Selective Evolution
Now hybrid only, the Toyota Camry features careful tweaks for its ninth generation.
Stress Reliever
IN THE LINCOLN NAUTILUS, the loudest sound you hear at highway speeds is the rhythmic respiration of the massaging seats. With just 66 decibels of interior noise at 70 mph, this slick-looking new Lincoln is on a mission of zen.
Mega Bus
A three-row mid-size SUV trying to look and feel bigger, the latest has size on its side but still lacks charisma.
Going to Extremes
The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT pulls out all the stops in its quest for EV supremacy.
What the Tech?
IT’S NO COMPLAINT TO SAY that given the slow visual evolution of the Mercedes-Benz E-class, many wouldn’t notice that the stately three-box sedan has entered a new generation this year.
The Full Monty Carlo
EVERYONE IS NAKED. Just putting that out in the open.
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
THE MAZDA MX-5 MIATA RF CLUB AND THE SUBARU BRZ IS MAY BE SMALL IN STATURE, BUT THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE LARGER THAN MOST.
Sterrato > Dirt Road
Nothing lost in translation here. Might as well call it what it is: the best Lamborghini Huracán ever.
DEAD OR ALIVE?
Is the new 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser the real deal? We venture into the wilds of Utah to find out.