"Wow! Is that the new electric sports car?"
That's what the excited young driver of a big Ford F-150 with a biodiesel sticker ran up to ask just after I'd parked the latest version of Mazda's RX-8 sports car, the R3.
The fashionably scruffy passer-by obviously hadn't seen the chromed exhaust pipes or heard the engine, and I'll never know ..
Porsche says the Cayenne SUV gets a new edition for the 2010 model year, and it's inspired by a trans-Russian rally.
The 2010 Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia shows up at dealer next spring, derived in part from the racing trucks that ply a 4,400-mile route across Russia and Mongolia every spring for two weeks. Porsche's won the race three ..
Cautious in its decision to go diesel in the U.S., Subaru is releasing its new 2.0-liter turbodiesel horizontally opposed (boxer) four-cylinder in the Euro-spec Forester and Impreza, which will be previewed at the Paris auto show. European buyers will be able to get their hands on the Forester later this month but will have to wait for the ..
2008 DODGE CALIBER STYLING | [6 out of 10] Car and Driver: "Looks like it's spent a lot of quality time at the gym" Edmunds: "Those who favor styling with an aggressive edge will enjoy its looks" MotorWeek: "A long way from the cute, pudgy Neon" Road & Track: "A two-box design a la Toyota Matrix " The 2008 Dodge Caliber ...
2008 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC STYLING | [5 out of 10] Edmunds: "Bland interior design and materials" Cars.com: "Other badging was eliminated for a cleaner appearance" Car and Driver: "a better-than-average chassis in a forgettable wrapper" The styling of the Chevrolet Malibu that debuted in 2004 wasn't very exciting at the time, ...
This weekend's chatter about a new Volkswagen Microbus erupting from the company's new Tennessee plant is fun reading, but don't count on a new minivan from VW anytime soon.
A report in an Australian newspaper speculated that a new Microbus for the U.S. market only would be coming from VW's new Chattanooga plant, and our new favorite blog ..
The last time BMW installed a four-cylinder powerplant in a 3-Series, a Clinton was in the White House--and not just as a dinner guest. With fuel prices at semipermanent highs, BMW USA is considering adding a four-banger back to its lineup in its 3- and 1-series models, so says Edmunds Inside Line.
Far from the lightweight 2002 that is their ..
Audi massages and tweaks its A3 for the 2009 model year with a wider application of all-wheel drive and an available adaptive suspension.
On the mechanical front, quattro all-wheel drive, previously available only with the uplevel 3.2 liter FSI V-6, is now available with the base 2.0T engine with the brilliant S-Tronic double clutch ..
In a year that saw sales of Honda's own Civic rise sharply while the forever top-selling Ford F-150's sales plummeted, the Japanese automaker has benefited hugely from the rise in gas prices. Honda's CR-V is a prime example of the right car for the right times--which might explain why, in 2009, the only change to the fuel-sipping crossover is ..
Is HUMMER for sale? Will the Camaro have a turbo four? Does GM expect a government bailout?
Answers to these and other GM-centric speculations may ostensibly be found - or e-mails and questions sent - at gmfactsandfiction.com. In what appears part rumor-busting, part proactive PR spin machine, the Web site attempts to allow GM to speak on ..
Continuing its sales onslaught from South Korea, and proving the company is paying much more attention to American tastes, Kia's brand-new Borrego full size SUV earned five of five stars for all seating positions in both frontal and side impacts in the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's crash testing. This was the vehicle's ..
2008 TOYOTA 4RUNNER STYLING | [7 out of 10] Car and Driver: "rugged looks" MyRide.com: "big and burly" Automobile: "phony hood scoop...give[s] us pause" Kelley Blue Book: "stylish off-road capability" The 2008 Toyota 4Runner has masculine styling that most reviewers find purposeful, but a few see as overdone. Most reviewers like ...
2008 SUZUKI RENO STYLING | [6 out of 10] Car and Driver: "a mean-looking little brawler" Cars.com: "gracefully rising style lines and athletically refined side profile" Kelley Blue Book: "aggressively styled bodywork" Edmunds: "too much cheap gray plastic" Though it's pleasantly rounded on the outside, the 2008 Suzuki Reno's ...
2008 SATURN VUE STYLING | [8 out of 10] Edmunds: "Handsome interior and exterior European styling" Cars.com: "One of the most aggressively styled SUVs on the road" ConsumerGuide: "Everything is well laid out and easy to see" The 2008 Saturn Vue is a completely redesigned compact SUV derived from GM's European subsidiary Opel. ...