Stinson Carter

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03.27.2021

Special K: Touring With The All-New Kia K5 Gt 2.5t [Review]

With the high-performance variant of the new K5 sedan, Kia takes aim at luxury sports sedan stalwarts like the BMW 3-series and the Audi A4. ...

02.19.2021

Exploring a Maritime Forest in the New Land Rover Defender 110 [Review]

It was only noon, but it was as dark as dusk. The sky offered a momentary relief from the torrential rain, and I lined up the Defender fifty yards from a puddle the size of a pond. It was an obstacle ...

01.24.2021

An Appalachian Mountain Tour In The Mercedes G550

Three things will stick with me most about my time with the Mercedes G550. The first is that I’ve never heard more people tell me, “That’s my dream car.” It’s even the ...

01.12.2021

A Coastal Holiday in the 2021 Kia Telluride Nightfall Edition

After driving Kia's special-edition flagship SUV for a few weeks, I want it to be my next car...

12.06.2020

The Stealth Luxury Proposition: 2021 Mazda CX-9 Signature Series

A Smoky Mountain road trip revealed the luxury and off-road agility of Mazda’s flagship vehicle. When it showed up at my door, my first impression was that the gleaming red CX-9 ...

07.24.2019

A Week in France with the Perfect Travel Camera - the Fujifilm X-T30

Introduction It’s a sunny 95-degree evening in the Loire Valley summer. A hundred-odd Americans in cocktail attire have gathered on the lawn of the Château de la Bourdaisière. We...

02.26.2019

One week in Malibu with the all-new Volvo V60 T6

The evening rush hour traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway thinned out just north of Topanga. The wall of taillights became an open stretch of winding coastal highway, with the darkness of the Pacific...

10.16.2018

In Pursuit of The Perfect Compact Camera: Leica Q and Fuji X100F

The search for the perfect compact camera is an obsession of mine; not so much an actual buying process as it is a lifestyle. A lifestyle masquerading as retail research, and further complicated by ...

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About Stinson Carter

Stinson Carter is a freelance writer for The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Maxim, Gear Patrol, Wired, Men's Journal, American Way, Hemispheres, Huffpost, and others. www.stinsoncarter.com