The Last Mile
By: Tim Plouff If Maine’s unofficial designation as Vacationland is accurate, then Route 1 is the highway, the thoroughfare, the main artery that forms the funnel for all of the tourists and commercial activity that supports Vacationland’s countless enterprises. Route 1 is the corridor that makes Maine’s economy hum. Originally part of the Atlantic Highway […]
Hellcats for Everyone!
By: Tim Plouff Travis is a hard-working and successful Gen X business-person now reaching his earning prime and wanting to make the leisure decisions that will complement his earning years. In other words, he and his wife Susan are ready to migrate from the toys they share with their wonderful children and onto the more […]
Merecedes-Benz AMG GLB 35 4Matic – Sheep’s Clothing Disguises a Wolf
By: Jeffrey Zygmont My first response to the Mercedes-Benz AMG GLB 35 was, why? Mercedes gives the AMG treatment to models to create high-performance halo cars: higher priced, less populous versions that look spiffier and move faster than a model’s standard version, to enhance the image of the particular model and of the Mercedes brand […]
Appearing by Popular Demand: 2022 Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer by Jeep
By: Jeffrey Zygmont A whole lot is praiseworthy, and a whole lot is interesting about the new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer sport-utility vehicles from Jeep. Most interesting – and even peculiar – is the introduction of these particular models at this particular moment. 2022 Grand Wagoneer (left) and 2022 Wagoneer But first, the background. Introduced […]
Toyota Highlander XSE
By: Tim Plouff Spring showers brought more than May flowers. They also created buds for native fruits, like Maine’s vast blueberry barrens with its luscious low-bush—and very healthy—wild berries. It only seemed fitting to photograph our equally luscious Blueberry Blue (actually, Toyota calls it Blueprint Blue) Highlander XSE in the middle of a blueberry field […]
Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro
By: Tim Plouff When you have the best-selling vehicle in its segment—small/mid-size pickup trucks—and you’ve led the class for a long time, you can become complacent and avoid risks. After all, customers are telling you that they like what you are offering, so why make dramatic changes? Toyota’s small pickup truck, the entry level vehicle […]