Chris Walton
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Jul 29, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for MotorTrend
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Remember When $20K Bought Real Driving Fun? These 5 Commuter Cars Proved It. (opens the original)
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Five sporty compacts promised fun on a first-job budget, but one still left the biggest grin. Congratulations. You’ve landed your first job with a steady paycheck. Your waiter’s apron and valet jacket are now costume party props, and those paint-spattered overalls have been replaced with khakis and shirt with a collar. More important, you can unload that trusty 100,000-mile Honda CRX with cheeseburger wrappers for taillamps. Thing is, you don’t want just transport. You want fun. Excitement. A
Which 2004 SUV Was Really Built for the Trail? We Pushed Three to the Limit (opens the original)
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Not every body-on-frame SUV was equally capable once the pavement ended. Got dirt? Then don't buy a small, car-based, all-wheel-drive sport/utility crossover demi-wagon thingy. Nobody with true trail experience would consider one of them a true 4x4 sport/utility. A rutted, rocky, and off-pavement excursion will leave those four-cylinder pantywaists at the trailhead. This comparison is reserved for rugged conveyances with a low-range transfer case and more than a few inches of ground clearance. T
We Forgot How Good the First Porsche Cayenne Was, But It Embarrassed the Competition (opens the original)
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Riders on the Storm: Four V-8 SUVs hit the track, and one completely changed what an SUV could be. [This story originally appeared in the June 2004 issue of MotorTrend with the headline "Riders on the Storm."] Automotive manufacturers are seeding the clouds of a worldwide performance downpour. Who's got the highest horsepower? Which one handles best? What's the quickest lap at the infamous Nürburgring? Who wins? We all do. This seemingly limitless convergence of high-performance hardware continu
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