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    Test Drive: 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63

    We drive the atypical SUV through Amenia in upstate New York

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    The first clue that the new 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63 differs from most other SUVs appears at the first intersection we arrive at after leaving the 250-year-old Troutbeck Inn in Amenia, NY. As the S version we’re in approaches the corner, a front camera view of the road appears on the center display screen with the name of the street ahead overlaid in blue, …

    Test Drive: 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI

    Driving Tennessee’s infamous Tail of the Dragon in the brand's newest sedan

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    It’s the numbers that beckon: 318 turns on an uninterrupted 11-mile stretch of road called the Tail of the Dragon that starts at the Tennessee border with North Carolina. Officially designated US 129 in 1931, the route dates back centuries, created first by animals taking the path of least resistance through this section of the Great Smoky Mountains. Native Americans, British settlers and bandits widened …