Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Mercedes-Benz , New Car Reviews , Luxury Sport, Compact, Light? Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad Sportlich, Leicht, Kompakt. If your German is as spotty as ours, that stands for ” Sporty, Light,... 

Filed under: Crossover , Mazda , New Car Reviews Aging Three-Row Still Light On Its Feet All of the auto industry’s big-time players are making large three-row crossovers these days, so the segment has become extremely competitive. With stalwarts... 

Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Jaguar , New Car Reviews , Luxury This Midsize Cat Discreetly Blows Away its Competitors The spotlight always shines on the superstars. These are the cars with the most powerful engines, largest wheels and most radical... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Ford , New Car Reviews Cylinder-Envy No More My first car was a used 1981 Ford Mustang . It was a complete piece of garbage, but it was the best I could do with $900 worth of hard-earned busboy tips. It only had one... 

Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Mercedes-Benz , New Car Reviews , Luxury The Ultimate Passenger Vessel For Travel To Infinity And Beyond Sometime before the end of this century, humans will travel to Mars. The longest manned journey ever attempted... 

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Nissan , New Car Reviews What Are You Willing To Sacrifice For A Low Price? The compact car market is white-hot. The new Ford Focus , Chevrolet Cruze and Hyundai Elantra have lifted the segment to new levels of refinement... 

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , New Car Reviews An Aveo By Any Other Name Is, Indeed, Sweet Whether General Motors likes it or not, the Sonic story starts in 2004, when GM decided to import a cheap, crummy little econobox from... 

Filed under: Crossover , Ford , New Car Reviews EcoBoost Finds Right Mix Of Power, Efficiency The sport utility vehicle became an endangered species not long after fuel prices began to skyrocket. But while vehicle buyers changed their shopping habits,... 

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Chevrolet , GM , New Car Reviews Is 42 MPG The Ultimate Answer To The Ultimate Question? On paper, it sounds like an enthusiast’s dream. Start by trimming almost 100 pounds from the curb weight of the base Chevrolet... 

Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Lexus , New Car Reviews New Updates Soften Japan’s Super Sedan Mid-course corrections are a common occurrence when speaking about high-flying commercial aircraft and oceangoing freighters – both are often... 

Filed under: SUV , Infiniti , New Car Reviews , Luxury Go Big Or Go Home I did something terrible the other day. I drove to the hardware store and bought incandescent light bulbs. I stood there in the aisle for a few extra minutes, staring at the compact... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Ford , New Car Reviews The Pony Car’s Best Ambassador Despite extolling their many carnal virtues for years, we know that there’s still a sizable group of enthusiasts who have never managed to wrap their... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Lexus , New Car Reviews Can You Overdose On One Day With An LFA? Medical dictionaries define a drug as “any article intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans.” The 2012 Lexus... 

Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Hyundai , New Car Reviews Decent Fuel Economy, Better Looks, Solid Value The auto show transition seemed to happen in a flash. One year, automakers were jockeying for dealer traffic with high horsepower, rear-wheel-drive... 

Filed under: Sedan , Audi , New Car Reviews , Luxury Because “Pretty Damn Good” Is So Last Year Earlier this year, executive editor Chris Paukert and I were chatting one morning about the 2011 Audi A6 he was driving – a car that would... 

Filed under: Hatchback , Subaru , New Car Reviews All-Wheel-Drive Stalwart Stays The Course It was a welcome change of pace to sit through a new car product presentation and not have to listen to company pitchmen repeat the adjective “best-in-class”... 

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Porsche , New Car Reviews The Best Everyday 911 You Can Buy, Today Twenty-two. That’s how many Porsche 911 variants are available right now. And by this time next year, they’ll all be obsolete. But this... 

Despite enchanting few critics along the way, the all-new 2011 BMW X3 has been helping its German parent clean up on the sales charts. Like the rest of the premium crossover segment, the X3 has been viewed by some brand diehards as a blatant cash-grab.... 

Filed under: Budget , Hatchback , Kia , New Car Reviews A 5-Door That Looks Good, Lacks Refinement Two things have developed in the last decade: The compact segment has finally spawned vehicles we want to drive and Kia is no longer an automotive punchline.... 

Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupe , Performance , Ford , New Car Reviews Making A Case Against Increasingly Excellent Factory Options The last time we drove a Roush Mustang – a 2010 427R – we declared that the company had set the bar for Mustang...