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- BMW M3 vs. Lexus IS-F
The brake modulation could be better. Stopping distances from 70 mph are stellar-- 166 feet -- but on track and road, the brakes have an on/off digital feel. It was tough to ease off the brakes as we...
- BMW M3 vs. Lexus IS-F
"Competition," said John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and an early poster child of the business monopoly, "is a sin." He'd certainly be horrified by the competition going on these da...
- Dodge Caliber vs. Honda Fit
Honda Fit MSRP (base): $13,950 Engine: 1.5-liter, 16-valve, SOHC, VTEC 4-cylinder Horsepower: 109 hp @ 5,800 rpm ...
- Dodge Caliber vs. Honda Fit
It's no secret that practicality and space efficiency are sometimes scant in automobiles. And as cars on the road get smaller and smaller, there is an even greater need for interior room. In the North...
- Mid-Price Bargains: 30K-40K
2008 Dodge Charger SRT8 vs. 2008 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Can a $37,055 Dodge Charger SRT8 best...
- Mid-Price Bargains: 30K-40K
2008 Hyundai Genesis vs. 2008 Mercedes-Benz E550 In the grand tradition of singing the laurels of vehicles we haven't driven and aren't yet in production, let's...
- Mid-Price Bargains: 30K-40K
Except for people who buy Louis Vuitton handbags, who doesn't want to get more for less, or at least a lot more for the same amount? In a culture where what you drive is an extension of self, unless y...
- Worst Concept Cars of 2009
We all have to suffer through off-seasons of our favorite sports, but there's barely any downtime on the auto show circuit. Some car makers can't wait and even reveal their concept cars independently...
- Ford Trucks, Mercedes, Subaru or Porsche Cars
You know better than to discuss politics with coworkers or people you just met, right? So if you want to figure out how someone is likely to vote this November, you may try guessing based on their clo...
- Zero to 200 and Back
Second: Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Power (C/D est): 1033 bhp @ 5500 rpm Torque (C/D est): 1096 lb-ft @ 4700 rpm Street drivability...
- Zero to 200 and Back
Fourth: Saleen S7 Twin Turbo Power (C/D est): 775 bhp @ 6200 rpm Torque (C/D est): 681 lb-ft @ 5600 rpm Street drivability: 3...
- Zero to 200 and Back
It's been said there's addiction in everyone, an adage that certainly applies to the denizens of 2002 Hogback. Our chosen agents? Horsepower and speed, of course. And we just went on a bender that plu...
- Great Weekend Drives
Staying home on the weekends is nice and all, but car enthusiasts know how great it is to get out on the open road every once in a while. Some car people even plan entire vacations around driving a ce...
- Jeep Wrangler, Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice, Mazda RX-8, Volvo S80 and Other Gas Hogs
2008 Volvo S80 3.2-liter inline-6, 6-speed auto, front-wheel drive 16 mpg city/24 mpg highway Get a Fr...
- Jeep Wrangler, Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice, Mazda RX-8, Volvo S80 and Other Gas Hogs
2008 Saturn Vue XE 3.5-liter V-6, 6-speed auto, 4-wheel drive 15 mpg city/22 mpg highway Get a Free Pr...
- Jeep Wrangler, Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice, Mazda RX-8, Volvo S80 and Other Gas Hogs
With an average national fuel cost currently hovering around three bucks for a gallon of regular, fuel economy matters. Over the past decade, the driveways of mainstream America filled with SUVs whose...
- GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave, Ford Taurus-X, Mazda CX-9, Saturn Outlook, and Hyundai Veracruz
Honda's aging (and due for replacement in 2009) Pilot has traditionally held the $30,000, three-row crossover segment to itself, with...
- 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8
For anyone who came of age during the heyday of the unfettered big-cubic-inch American V-8, the feeling is deliciously familiar. Stab the throttle, and there's that rocket sled pressure across the...
- Dodge Charger Police Car
To paraphrase the words of the immortal Elwood Blues to his recently emancipated brother, Jake; "It's got a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and cop shocks." There was a time when Dodge was a maj...
- Honda Accord, Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima, Ford Fusion and More
Fourth Place: 2009 Hyundai Sonata Limited Just as we were packing underwear for this buzzard-and-baloney trip, the Hyundai guys called to ask whether we'd like to...
- Honda Accord, Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima, Ford Fusion and More
We drive south to Ohio's Hocking Hills often, not only for the challenging byways but also for the roadside amusements. You'll find Martha Hitler Park and the Pumpkin Festival in Circleville, which is...
- Big-Buck Bargains
Chevrolet Corvette Convertible vs. Cadillac XLR-V Few cars in this country ever...
- Big-Buck Bargains
For most people, 50 grand is a lot to shell out for a car. We drop that kind of coin, we expect a lot: a lot of luxury, a lot of technology, a lot of performance, preferably, a lot of all that stuff....
- Mini Cooper S vs. Volvo C30
Volvo is hyping its new-to-our-shores C30 as appropriate transportation...
- Alternative Wagons
2007 Mazda5 Touring by Chris Tutor The Tutors have been waiting months to get a Mazda5 in the...
- Mud Puppies
Third Place: Nissan Rogue SL AWD Truth is, there's no econo-ute that reliably twists your lips into a smile whenever you happen upon a stretch of Nürburgring-li...
- Mud Puppies
Sixth Place: Saturn Vue XE AWD The new Vue, developed in Germany by Opel, is so much better than...
- Mud Puppies
The mud hole didn't look that deep. As it turned out, it was deep enough to be on a catfish farm. We did use a maple branch to gauge its depth. Okay, so maybe we didn't get the branch all the way out...
- Great Cars for First Dates
Mercedes-Benz CL 550 Mack Points: She'll think you're an investment banker, lawyer, rap star or trust fund baby Not Diggin' It: Only bankers,...
- Great Cars for First Dates
Why should a female auto journalist give you advice on great date cars? Because as far as cars go, I know what turns a woman on and what really turns her off. So, what do potential dates perceive...
- Hot Entry Luxury Sedans
Second Place: 2008 Infiniti G35 Sport Now in its second comparison test against the 328i...
- Hot Entry Luxury Sedans
We're not exactly sending lambs off to the slaughter, but putting various competitors of the BMW 3-series into the ring with that brillian...
- 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Although the Corvette's history is long, rich, and heavily laced with glory, there are still chapters waiting to be written. For example, even in the days of laissez-faire power ratings, no production...
- Top 10 Turbo Cars
Ask any motor head, any real motor head, what's on the top of his wish list and he'll tell you a ride with some serious grunt. There are a slew of options at the manufacturer's disposal to achieve thi...
- Talk to Your Car
The newest automotive innovation from Ford has no wheels and no doors, but it has a very powerful engine. Don't bother looking under the hood, the engine behind Ford Motor Company's new Sync system is...
- Driving Impressions: Chevy HHR SS & Subaru WRX Sti
2008 Chevrolet HHR SS by Jim Hall The all-new Chevy HHR SS adds a ton of impressi...
- Italian Exotics
Not to brag, but I recently had the unforgettable experience of getting up close and personal with four voluptuous Italian lovelies. Each was a frisky extrovert forever on the prowl for opportunities...
- Top 10 Car Commercials
As if we really need help to build our automotive wish lists, yet automakers are all too happy to stoke the fires by pouring millions into television commercials. Sometimes they even overshoot the mar...
- Shockingly Fuel Efficient
2008 Audi TT 2.0T 23 mpg city/31 mpg highway The lithely penned Audi TT is a slinky sports coupe...
- Shockingly Fuel Efficient
Although it will be a cold, green day in Crawford, Texas, before gasoline costs as much in the U.S. as it does in Europe or most other parts of the world, petrol is pricey enough that the middle class...
- First Look: Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai launched a vehicle at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show that is poised to change customer's perception of the Korean automaker. Dubbed the Genesis...
- BMW 1 Series
You know the cycle when you see it: a company becomes successful for one thing, then as years pass, the company loses touch with what originally made it great. Remember Oldsmobile? Yup, you get it....
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Chrysler's Concept Trio
Chrysler is showing the world it knows how to do "alternative." Their Dodge ZEO, Jeep Renegade and Chrysler ecoVoyager concepts all run on electric power, but produce and store that power in different...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota A-BAT Concept
It's a trend that's been running a good 20 years ... trucks keep getting bigger and bigger. Not all that long ago when testing a 2008 Dodge Durango, we realized that this so-called mid-size truck was...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Cadillac Provoq
If there were ever any doubt that hybrids are part of our driving future, it can be erased now. Cadillac has arrived at the hybrid hoop-tee-do with a stunner. The luxury brand's mid-size SUV looks fu...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: 2009 F-150
When you combine the sales of all Ford F-Series, the team from Dearborn, Michigan is responsible for the most important vehicle on the planet in terms of sales volume. Nothing like being under a littl...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Ford Explorer America Concept
As we're in the midst of a trend that equates green with cool, just about every automaker is showcasing ecologically-minded concepts at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. (Thank you Lamborghini for bucking t...
- International Car of The Year Winners 2008
On January 12, as a precursor to the North American National Auto Show in Detroit, the 12th annual International Car of the Year (ICOTY) was named with all the flair and "to do" of the Academy Awards....
- Top 10 Ugly Cars
The beauty of some cars has inspired men to write songs, fiercely defend them or generally sell their souls for their rides. Other cars don't have it so lucky; they're of the ugly, fugly and pug-fugly...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Saturn Flextreme
The 2008 Saturn Flextreme may be a concept, but it shows that General Motors is serious about putting advanced, fuel-efficient hybrids on American roads in the not-too-distant future. Let's put the Fl...
- 2008 Detroit Auto Show Overview
Driving off the end of the Lodge freeway deposits you smack dab in the middle of downtown Detroit. You're welcomed to town by a sculpture of a huge bronze fist that's large enough to TKO Godzilla. T...
- Hyundai Offers Up Luxury Car
BMW and Mercedes-Benz owners are about to have a new luxury car choice. But they may flinch at the name: Hyundai. Hoping to find a market for thrifty rich people, Hyundai officially unveiled its $3...
- 10 Cars To Drive Before You Die
From sputtering, horseless carriages to exotic missiles, the average car junkie has over 100 years' worth of models to put on his list of cars to drive before he dies. How would you whittle it down an...
- Certified Used Car Programs
Big Al, the used car dealer with that small lot down on the corner, may be your mother's cousin, but that doesn't mean you'll get the best used car deal in town from him. He sells all brands of cars,...
- Nissan GT-R Test Drive
Nürburgring, Germany -- Never has the arrival of a Japanese car been so anticipated as the Nissan GT-R. Around here, guys hold up signs reading, "Prepare yourselves, the GT-R is coming!" instead of m...
- Tesla Electric Car: First Drive of the Roadster
Warning! The following report will likely sound to many readers as though it comes from a fanboy. Perhaps I am, although I have tried to report on the problems and realities that Tesla faces as...
- A Honkin' Good Time
It'll cost you about the same as an iPod, but it's so much cooler. Or obnoxious. Mike Kosco dreamed up a way to make his Hummer growl, as well as sing whatever nuggets that could be crammed into 256 m...
- First Drives: BMW 5 Series, Lexus LS 600h, Mercedes Benz C-Class
2008 BMW 5 Series by Mike Monticello BMW's current 5 Series carries such dramatic styling that it's not hard to understand why the "significant fresh...
- Sweet Cars: Best Looking Cars
Whoever coined the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" probably wasn't thinking about cars at the time. But he could have been -- because, when it comes to auto design, one man's masterpiece...
- Sports Cars: AOL Autos Editors' Picks
Now that our choices for the best sedans and ...
- Bugatti Veyron First Drive
I opened my inbox one morning to find this question from a publicist: "Would you have time to drive the Bugatti Veyron?" Would...
- Fast Cars $30K - $40K
Fifth Place: 2008 Infiniti G35 Base price: $33,115 0-to-60-mph time: 5.2 sec Quarter-mile time: 13.9 sec @ 103 mph If ...
- Fast Cars $30K - $40K
The $30,000-to-$40,000-sedan market is plump, reeking of leather, quality plastics, and the fast-food detritus of a white-collar commuting schedule. It yields us daily drivers for buyers who want it a...
- Editors' Picks: Top Sedans
OK, it's that time of year -- time to draft our late-December, end-of-year "best of" lists. So here are our picks for top sedans in the market today. We used the big-tent approach and included some of...
- Fuel-Efficient Luxury SUVs
Traditionally, luxury SUVs and fuel economy have gone together about as well as Republicans and gay marriage. But recently, buyers of these behemoths have begun adding smaller carbon footprints, more...
- Honda Clarity First Drive
What you see pictured above is the world's first fuel cell-powered car designed from the ground up expressly for that purpose with series production in mind. It's not converted from any existing vehic...
- First Drives: Smart fortwo, Scion xB & xD, Mini Clubman
Smart fortwo by Andrew Bornhop Smart cars -- those 2-seaters you see in Paris or Rome that are tiny enough to be parked on the side of the road, perp...
- Cadillac CTS vs. Infiniti G35 Sport
It's good to be king. While this phrase was probably first spoken in ancient Egypt by Tutankhamen in a moment of self-indulgence, when it's applied to ...
- Road Test: 2008 Shelby GT500
If a lot is good, then more must be better. At least that's the conclusion I've drawn for the impetus behind Carroll Shelby's latest project, the Super Snake, a 605-bhp after-title conversion of the ...
- Top 10 Car Sound Systems
Before that new car smell has a chance to dissipate, audiophiles often tear into their dashboards and interior panels, gutting the factory radio and speakers for a custom setup. Not being completely b...
- Hot New Small Cars
"Less is more." That phrase first gained traction in the 1970s, when Americans first began downsizing their cars in the wake of rising gasoline prices and fuel shortages. Ever since, the degree to...
- Best Used Cars
The art and science of buying a good, solid used car and letting the first owner take the big hit on price and depreciation gets easier each year. That's because cars are getting better, have more sou...
- 2008 Chevy Malibu Review
Autoblog gets numerous comments saying that the domestic automakers could easily sell more products if only they would make them good enough to buy. We agree. With the introduction of the ...
- Motor Trend names Cadillac CTS its 2008 car of the year
DETROIT (AP) - Motor Trend Magazine has named the new Cadillac CTS its 2008 car of the year, saying it is proof that Detroit can build a world-class sedan. The award, to be announced Tuesday, is si...
- 2007 LA Auto Show: Audi Cross Cabriolet
At the Los Angeles Auto Show today, Audi carves out yet another niche in the market by attempting to answer the question of what happens when a TT roadster and a Q7 head behind the barn for some fun....
- 2007 LA Auto Show: VW space up! blue
VW has adapted its globe-trotting up! concept for California's green sensibilities, packaged it like a micro-sized microbus and has brought the result to Los Angeles. The space up! blue is a fuel cell...
- 2007 LA Auto Show: 2009 Lincoln MKS Debut
For the past two decades, the only thing consistent about Ford's Lincoln division has been its inconsistency. To put it lightly, the brand has struggled to find it's place in the automotive landscape....
- Hot Four Doors for 2008
2008 will be dramatic for sedans. It will be remembered as a time when the gloves came off in the compact luxury fight as the Germans topped each other with machines capable of performing at speeds no...
- Hot Hatchbacks
Second Place: 2008 Subaru WRX It was swimming with the Sharks only last year, but the WRX emerges from its complete makeover as a confirmed Jet. T...
- Hot Hatchbacks
It seems like mere minutes since we were shocking and awing the 1578 residents of Bagdad, Arizona, with a similar assortment of giant-slaying subcompacts. However, since that test in May 2007 identify...
- Luxury CUV First Drives
2008 Volvo XC70 by Patrick Hong While many Americans love SUVs for their rugged image, higher ride height and extra cargo capacity, most drivers don'...
- Saturn Astra Tuner Concept
The Saturn Astra Tuner concept that GM brought to SEMA is cool, but it's also a bit of a tease. The bodywork and wheels are upgraded thanks to accessory parts from OPC, Opel's in-house go-fast shop, a...
- 2009 Toyota Matrix
Along with the new 2009 Corolla, Toyota unveiled its closest sibling, the 2009 Corolla Matrix at the 2007 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Think of it as a Corolla wagon, though Toyota would like you to believ...
- 2009 Toyota Corolla
Finally got official shots from Toyota of the 2009 Corolla added to the gallery. While we're waiting for live shots of the car to arrive, we'll tell you a little bit about Toyota's new small car. The...
- 2008 Ford Focus Review
There was a time when cheap cars weren't fun. They were nothing more than mobile penalty boxes that advertised the fact that their drivers couldn't afford something better. Today, there are many in...
- A Trio of Sedans
2008 Cadillac STS V-6 by Andrew Bornhop and Photos by Brian Blades The base engine in the restyled ...
- Performance Car First Drives
2008 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG by Matthias Pfannmuller Affalterbach, Germany -- In these ecologically conscious times, sports-sedan buyers may be looking...
- Top 10 Imports Under $25K
Let's face it, with today's flustering economy the median sticker price of a fresh-off-the-showroom-floor vehicle is on the steady incline. The ripples resound deep into consumers' pockets and it may...
- Viper SRT10 vs. Corvette Z06
Consider the car market as an amusement park. Every vehicle has an analogous ride, from the Tilt-A-Whirl Lotus Elise to the Jungle Cruise Ford Taurus. The ...
- 2007 International Prostar Limited
Driving this 20,680-pound International ProStar Limited isn't that difficult. You step on the weighty clutch, jam the 13-speed Fuller transmission with shifter-selectable low and high ranges into firs...
- Minivan Roundup
Third Place: 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT This freshly baked Grand Caravan would have fared bette...
- Minivan Roundup
First Place: 2007 Honda Odyssey EX-L This Honda has all the competitors covered when it comes to driv...
- Best Budget Rides
Have you heard the news? Small cars are cool again. Between dizzying increases in the price of gasoline, the desire to lessen the nation's dependence on foreign oil and increasing awareness about...
- First Drive: 2008 Chevy Corvette
Torque is good! More torque is better. For anyone who likes to drive, an engine with a stratospheric red-line is fun for a while, but a fat torque curve means acceleration is just a squeeze of the rig...
- 2008 Model Roundup
The pages of the 2007 calendar can't disappear fast enough for auto lovers, because the 2008 model year ushers in a bumper crop of fascinating redesigns and an unusually large number of first-time mod...
- Modern Muscle
More than 35 years after the death of the original muscle cars, Detroit is once again poised to produce modern muscle cars by the thousands. This time around, they will come with all of the required s...
- GM Crosses Over
General Motors essentially walked away from the minivan market (keeping only the Chevy Uplander model), as did ...
- Rolls-Royce Phantom
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is one of those things that breathes air so rarefied, one's imagination runs wild. It's not hard to...
- Retirement Rides
You start a Chevy man, work up to an Oldsmobile, snag a managerial title and a ...
- 2008 Cadillac CTS
There's an all-new CTS in town, replacing the original that made its debut six years ago and far exceeded Cadillac's sales expectations. By the company's count, some 300,000 CTSs are now on the road,...
- Speed Kings
Memorial Day Weekend; it's a feast for speed freaks. At Indy, Dario Franchitti splashed his way to an emotional win in the 500. Down NASCAR way, Casey Mears won the Coca-Cola 600 under Charlotte light...
- Is the Smart For You?
NEW YORK (AP) - At just 8 feet, 8 inches long and about 5 feet wide, the two-seat Smart car turned heads as it rolled through Manhattan one recent evening at rush hour. Pedestrians in Times Square...
- Least Expensive Cars to Own
Most cars aren't good investments -- the only return you'll earn from owning one is a way to get around. High-end cars may depreciate less, but buying a vehicle with the lowest possible sticker pr...
- Interior Improvements
Interior design is one area where GM is lagging behind its European and Japanese rivals, but there's hope just beyond the horizon. Fully a...
- Lusting for a Luxury SUV
Around two decades ago the phrase "luxury SUV" conjured up images of pure machismo -- hulking beasts that looked barely road-legal with huge towing capacity and drivetrains ripped straight from milita...
- Most Expensive to Own
The 10 vehicles with the highest overall cost of ownership are top-drawer luxury models, but that doesn't mean that lower-priced vehicles are necessarily a better value. True, the more affordable...
- Best Used Luxury Cars
Nothing crushes the luxury car ownership experience like basting in your own sweat as you make a desperate call to a local tow company while cars whiz past you on the freeway. Your land yacht, purchas...
- 2008 Honda Accord
During the night, Honda opened the flood gates and officially unveiled the ...
- Muscle Cars Reborn
The first American muscle car appeared in 1955 in the form of the Chrysler 300. It was clearly identifiable with its much bigger grille than the other Chryslers, and it was powered by a 354 cubic-inch...
- Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Renault and More
Dan Magestro didn't think he was asking for all that much: The Ohio State University researcher wanted to buy a Ka, Ford of Europe's tiny, 2,900-pound city car, and bring it into the United States for...
- Cheap New Cars
For some, the most inexpensive ride possible is of the essence. And cheap used cars, while offering a good value because depreciation has already taken affect, are just not an option to those who want...
- 2008 BMW M3 Road Test
We are still in touch with Earth, but we are flying low over its wavy surface -- absolutely flying, around the dips, curves and straights of the famous Race Resort Ascari in southern Spain. The tree-l...
- Chrysler Sebring, Pontiac G6 and Ford Mustang
Just in time for those lazy, hazy days of summer, a comparison of convertibles that don't break the bank. Think of them as resort wear. You're vacationing on Cape Cod, or Jackson Hole, or Coeur d'...
- Alternatives to Econo-Box
They're easy on gas -- and easy on your wallet, too. But unlike typical low-bucks/fuel efficient cars, these wagon-like, roomy-on-the-inside crossover vehicles are good for more than just commuting. W...
- Nine Great Affordable Luxury Cars
Remember when affordable and luxury went together like oil and water? Well today's ultra-competitive market for affordable luxury cars has resulted in a clamor among carmakers to focus on driver needs...
- Ten Vehicles for the Apocalypse
When the apocalypse comes, be it a viral holocaust, rampant diabetes, or a plague that wipes out coffee crops, those on a month-long camping trip atop Mt. McKinley will return to face new challenges....
- History of Famous Car Brands
Names like Ford, General Motors, ...
- Famous Movie Cars
Second Place: General Lee Dodge Charger For a generation of TV addicts, the indestructible "General Lee" 1969 Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard is the ultima...
- Famous Movie Cars
Fourth Place: 'Back to the Future' De Lorean Time Machine John De Lorean is gone, and his various fiascoes are fading memories. But Back to the Future and its sequ...
- Famous Movie Cars
"Hey," some guy surely said a few thousand years ago after reading Genesis 6:14-15,* before the ink was even dry on Moses' original papyrus, "I have 300 cubits of space behind the manger, and there's...
- Great Sedans for $25K
Summer's here and the time is right for getting your bad self into a new set of wheels. And if you're a family man or woman -- or if you're of a certain age -- chances are you'll prefer the adaptabili...
- Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger, PT Cruiser, VW Beetle
Retro as a design concept is hot everywhere these days, from fashion, architecture, gadgets and even appliances. Automobiles have been going retro now for several years, ever since the Chrysler PT Cru...
- Best Coupes for $25K
Two doors are sexier than four. The smooth lines of a coupe make the majority of car buyers think of freedom, performance and youth. These are very important words in an age where classic descriptives...
- The Car Name Game
In a contest back in 1954, car designer Alden Giberson came up with a name that would power a hot new Ford product every bit as effectively as its standard V-8 engine. That name was the Ford Thunderb...
- Best Ford You Can't Buy
Ford's new Mondeo range of five-door hatchback, four-door sedan and wagon is pivotal to the brand's success in Europe. But this latest model is more than just a successor to a range that has sold 1.1...
- Five Great Sports Cars Under $35K
There are a lot of sports cars out on the market today that would make it into my personal "dream car garage" for sure. Ya know, something like a legendary Porsche 911 Turbo or a sexy Ferrari F430. Bu...
- 2008 Buick Enclave
The crossover bandwagon is rolling and it seems everyone is jumping on board. Loosely defined, crossovers are those SUV-looking people-haulers built off car architectures, which usually means a transv...
- Top Convertibles for Summer
The carefree days of summer makes one yearn to cruise with the top down. If you're considering buying a convertible car, there's a whole ne...
- 2007 Toyota Tundra Review
I wanted to hate this thing. Toyota? Taking on the last bastion of red blooded American pickups? Yeah, right! The domestic manufacturers have kept cranking up quality, capability and refinement levels...
- Best Bang for the Buck Cars
According to the American Automobile Association, the average new car sells for about $23,000. But that doesn't mean your next new car has to cost that much. Or that the alternative is a "stripper" --...
- Acura TL Type-S
As the market for luxury sport sedans moves back toward rear-wheel drive (and all-wheel drive) Acura's TL increasingly stands apart as on...
- Driving a Dream
Two days last week, Autoblog got to spend time with the Hugger Orange hued Camaro Convertible Concept that GM brought out to California, along with a few of its designers. In case you didn't realize i...
- Small Wonders
Cheesy, perhaps, but the parallels to the whole Clark Kent/Superman thing are just too strong to ignore. A phone booth isn't involved and Lois Lane is nowhere in sight, but a mild-mannered econobox do...
- Driving a Dream
In May, Autoblog got to spend time with the Hugger Orange hued Camaro Convertible Concept that GM brought out to California, along with a few of its designers. In case you didn't realize it already, t...
- Cheap Cars for $250 a Month
We wish we could find cheap cars costing $250 total, but figured we might see pigs fly before that happens. Now don't worry, we aren't going to show you beaters or rust buckets from a sleazy used car...
- Concepts Detroit Should Have Built
6: Jaguar F-Type, 2000 For those of you unaware of such things, Ford owns ...
- Concepts Detroit Should Have Built
It could be argued that the 1938 Buick Y-Job stands as the world's first true concept car. Built under the direction of Genera Motors' first design czar, Harley Earl, the Y-Job was never intended for...
- Wonder Wagons
Sports-car enthusiasts who've grown up to have a family -- including kids, a dog and all the requisite gear -- need not dismiss high-octane automotive dreams. There are a handful of wagons out there t...
- Six Sleeper Cars
Some cars wear their street cred on their sleeve, while others are ill-conceived products of optimism with achingly ugly bolted-on wings and decals that say things like "2 Wycked." Yet, fully capable...
- Review: Ferrari 599 GTB
The boss came into my office the other day and asked if I wanted to write the road test on Ferrari's latest-and-greatest GT machine, the 599 GTB Fiorano. What was I going to say? "Gee, you know, I thi...
- Callaway C16 Corvette
Feeling down, Bunkie? Forget Prozac, Red Bull or your favorite ginseng supplement; simply take a few passes down the quarter mile, supercharger at full 7.5-psi scream, in Callaway's C16. You're guaran...
- Small Cars Making Big Waves
Fast-growing sales of the smallest cars are siphoning market share from compact sedans, auto industry experts say. Sub-subcompacts "are the new hot darlings of the market," says George Peterson of...
- Luxury Cars Women Drive
Thelma and Louise sought top-down glory in a light blue '66 Ford Thunderbird convertible. Carol Brady settled for a Plymouth station wagon, an eminently practical choice -- and about as exciting as a...
- 2008 Audi A5/S5 Preview
Audi's new A5 coupe has emerged, the German automaker promises, "crafted to be a modern grand tourer, a touring coupé in the best tradition." And because design is the reason buyers choose coupes,...
- Fast and Efficient
Flooring the gas pedal of a high-powered car can feel like dropping a match into a barrel of gasoline for conscientious car enthusiasts. More speed always means more fuel. But there's a subset of sexy...
- 2008 Infiniti G37
The BMW 3 Series coupe has long set the standard for what a 2-door luxury sports car should be -- handsome-looking both inside and out, al...
- X Marks the Spot
Thanks to what some might consider excessive meddling in your personal transportation affairs by the U.S. government, Europeans can buy a number of cars that aren't offered for sale in America. Even i...
- Star Car Collector
What does the host of 'The Tonight Show' drive? Whatever he wants. Jay Leno has been collecting and restoring cars since he was 14, when he restored a 1934 ...
- Number One Status
Toyota executives have a name for politicians they deem friendly: the Toyota Caucus. These are people who represent the states -- California, Indiana, Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia -- where Toyota...
- All-American Sports Cars
The old tagline, "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet," could easily include ...
- New Scions Set to Roll
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Unlike mere millionaires, who may flaunt wealth with flashy rides, some of the world's top billionaires own cars as utterly average as their middle-class childhoods. At least five of the wealthiest pe...
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Does it make sense to pay $2.16 million for a 30-year-old car that gets six miles to the gallon? If you're one of the world's elite car collectors, it does. That's the amount one collector paid in...
- One Fast Pony
The revitalized Mustang is Ford's finest 21st century contribution to the car world. To celebrate the success of this mega hit, the Special Vehicles Team (SVT) conjured up the wildest steed ever shooe...
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The BMW M3 has been on car nuts' short wish list since the first-generation M3 debuted in 1988. Over the course of three generations, the M...
- Reliability Ups and Downs
Toyota's vaunted Lexus luxury brand has fallen from first to fifth in Consumer Reports magazine's annual predicted reliability survey. Other luxury brands took worse drubbings. The automaker's Toyota...
- Dodge Demon Concept
Congrats to Dodge and the boys at DaimlerChrysler for keeping the Dodge Demon Concept completely under wraps until now. As of 12:01AM on 2/12, however, the embargo has lifted and we're allowed to tell...
- Five Star Crash Ratings
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two dozen 2007 passenger vehicles received top scores in government crash ratings Tuesday under a system that is expected to be revised to offer more meaningful information for car...
- Audi R8
This is the first car I've desperately wanted since I started working at Road & Track. Driving Audi's new R8 4.2 FSI supercar is much like kissing a girl for the first time -- the image and feel of it...
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An impractical oversized roller skate or the future of urban motoring? It's part of the permanent exhibits at New York's Museum of Modern Art , so clearly someone quite likes it. Opinions on the Smart...
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Every year luxury carmakers one-up each other for bragging rights as to which of them builds the most outrageously powerful luxury sedan. While 400 hp was the norm just five years ago, some manufactur...
- 2008 VW Jetta TDI
Amid the looming hordes of European luxury automakers planning a North American compression-ignition invasion in the next couple years, humble ...
- Five Great Crossovers
It used to be much easier to categorize vehicles: we had sedans, coupes, convertibles, wagons, and pickup trucks. In the span of 10 to 15 years, automotive engineers and stylists have infectiously eng...
- Detroit Brings the Muscle
To our great delight, Detroit is back in the muscle car business. General Motors is readying its Camaro. Across town, ...
- Most Reliable Luxury Cars
Over the years, we have heard a lot of gripes about unreliable luxury cars. Lamborghini's LM002 "had the durability of a potato...
- Preview: Nissan GT-R
Photos of a masked Nissan GT-R lapping the Nürburgring last fall received more hits on the Internet than Miss USA did after a night out on the town. The reason: Despite its expected price tag of abou...
- Mazda CX-9
Mazda's full-size crossover CX-9 debuted at the New York auto show back in April 2006. After being quite taken by the ...
- 2008 Mercedes C-Class
With the spectacular new Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart providing a sentimental backdrop, Mercedes-Benz launched its all-new 2008 C-class, its most significant new model launch since the S-class in...
- Hottest Hybrids of 2007
Hybrid vehicle sales catapulted more than 139 percent from 2004 to 2005 after increasing 81 percent from 2003 to 2004, according to R.L. Polk and Company. But they remain only slightly more than one o...
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The heroes and villains of fuel economy are as polarizing as Super Man and Lex Luthor. Our annual ranking of the most and least fuel-efficient vehicles predictably puts the most charismatically sinist...
- A Domestic V-8 Feud
Every hero must have his villain, and for Chevrolet and Ford fans, it's the other guy. It's been that way since Ford's flathead ruled the Earth, is a simmering conflict today and promises another expl...
- 2007 Maxima
Nissan's Maxima wasn't the first fast four-door -- but it did help popularize the "four -door sports car" concept back in the mid-late '80s. At that time, sedans were typically doughy, ill-handling fa...
- Mitsubishi Prototype X
The folks at Mitsubishi say the Prototype X is a "99-percent accurate" representation of what the production Lancer Evolution X will be when it makes its worldwide debut at the Tokyo Motor show in Oct...
- Jeep Trailhawk
Using the new 4-door Wrangler platform as a base, Jeep designers have come up with an expressive, sporty version of the venerable off-roader. The Trailhawk gets its name from its hooded headlamps, whi...
- Ford Interceptor
To counter Dodge's successful rear-drive Charger and anticipating Chevy's rumored rear-drive Impala, Ford has stretched the rear-drive Mustang platform to create a four-door sedan called the Intercept...
- Nissan Rogue
Nissan has wisely chosen to avoid the Volkswagen School of Tongue-Twisting Names and taken what will be known in Europe as the Qashqai (it's supposed to be pronounced "Kashkai," but we prefer "Cash co...
- Jaguar C-XF
Jaguar had to do something. Sales are free-falling, the company is losing money, and Ford was considering selling the works. The reality is likely this: Buyers dont want to spend a lot of money for...
- Lincoln MKR
This, we're told, is what Lincolns will look like in the future. The MKR concept is a statement promising that Lincoln will build beautiful, sexy cars again. Those with medium-term memory loss might w...
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It didn't take rocket science, or the brainpower of that guy who kept winning 'Jeopardy,' to deduce that GM would follow up its much-praised Chevy Camaro Coupe concept with a ragtop version. The pr...
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The absence of any of the usual concept-car glam such as hidden door handles, trick lighting or oversize wheels, and the fact that the release date for this vehicle is this fall, leads us to believe t...
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When Toyota, a company known for incredibly reliable if somewhat bland cars, comes out with a stylish new concept, it's a big deal. It's an even bigger one when company execs hint that the car, if bui...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- You will often hear people, especially car writers, say that one car is "based on" another or that two vehicles "share a platform." For example, they might say that the Ford...
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Acura had an ace up its sleeve at the North American International Auto Show. To the delight of onlookers, the company unveiled the Advanced Sports Car Concept (ASCC), which for all intents and purpos...
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The average price of a new car is fast approaching the $30,000 mark. But the entries that make up this list are anything but "average." After several meetings and some very heated...
- Most Anticipated Cars of 2007
The cars for 2007 have made resolutions to provide greater performance, more attractive styling and maximum utility in order to secure their spots on dealers lots. There is no doubt that the cars of...
- Best Cars 2006
You're not alone if you think electric cars have as much panache as a motorized golf cart. But take one look at Tesla Motors' Roadster, an all-electric auto with race car-like chops (zero to 60 in...
- Cars of 2008
If there's one constant question in the auto industry, it's "what's next?" Every new model year creeps further and further onto the previous one's turf, with new vehicles now slated for introduction t...
- Best and Worst Car Names
Go to a McDonald's in Paris and you will notice several cheeseburgers in the "Royal" line: the Royal Deluxe, Royal Cheese and Royal Bacon ("royal" means the same thing in French and English). McDon...
- 2008 Audi TT
The roadster version of Audi's new TT comes as no surprise, considering that the old TT also came in hard- and soft-top variants. But the TT roadster still has a few good tricks rolled up its sleeve t...
- Fastest American Cars
You know a car is sexy when its manufacturer emphasizes that it can't divulge its customers' names. Granted, Kia and Saturn aren't broadcasting buyers' identities, but super high-end automakers like R...
- The "10Best" Award
Every year the entire Car and Driver staff gathers at a rural site about 30 miles west of our home office in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a week of evaluating all the new cars and, hopefully, avoiding cops...
- Off-Road Wonder
The first leg of the 22-mile Rubicon Trail is over granite boulders the size of Yugos. Springs are compressed. Spines are compressed. Axles teeter-totter wildly, wheels pawing the air. We hear scrapin...
- Most Luxurious of 06
Even the most modest car riding the American road today offers luxuries unimaginable on the most expensive automobiles 50 years ago. Power windows, air bags, CD players, front- and rear-climate contro...
- The New Silverado
The whole notion of what a pickup truck is, and what it is supposed to do, hasn't changed all that radically since 1918, when Chevrolet created its first pickup. Those first pickups came from car chas...
- Safest of 2007
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After some changes to make the requirements more stringent, no U.S. models earned The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick Award. The winners of the a...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Volkswagen has the best "certified pre-owned" car program of any non-luxury brand, according to a survey...
- 13 safest cars for '07
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After some changes to make the requirements more stringent, no U.S. models earned The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick Award. The winners of the a...
- Classic Competition
If ever there was a pair of natural rivals for the hearts and checkbooks of like-minded enthusiasts, it has to be these two. What we've got here are a couple of relatively expensive sports cars --...
- Honda Remix
In the music world, a remix is an iconic old song that has been made fresh, young and hip again. Hondas Remix, which just made its international debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, manages to do the...
- Hyundai Sante Fe
Up Front Like The Jeffersons from the 1970s TV series, Hyundai is movin' on up, adding features and size to its vehicles while still trying to offer better value than its big-name compet...
- 2007 BMW X5
BMW didn't have much competition in 2000 when it dropped the sleek, fun X5 into a stodgy SUV market. Seven years later, the Audi Q7 is more car-like, the Cayenne Turbo is faster, the Mercedes GL has m...
- Sensible Accord
The Honda Accord has been a Car and Driver favorite for many years. For proof, one needn't look any further than this: It has won our 10Best Cars award 20 times in the past 24 years. That's a record e...
- 2005 Kia Sportage
When first it arrived in the U.S. , Kia carved out its niche doing passable knock-offs of Japanese vehicles. The Sportage SUV was one of the Korean company's first models, on sale in 1995, and was one...
- 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid
How do we escape from our dependence on high-cost foreign oil? With petroleum prices surging to record levels and turmoil wracking the Mideast, that's a question that has moved from the fringe and int...
- 2007 Acura RDX
Acura has lots of nicknames for its new $30,000 RDX crossover, none of which are its actual initials. On one hand, it's the "TSX SUV," meaning they think it has the agility of that award-winning s...
- 2006 Lexus RX 400h
The 2006 Lexus RX 400h gas/electric hybrid sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a landmark. It's the first hybrid with an internal combustion engine assisted by three electric motors for the purpose of enha...
- 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
There are two overriding reasons to buy a gas-electric hybrid vehicle like the Toyota Highlander Hybrid: increased fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions. Unfortunately, both notions generally...
- 2006 Infiniti FX45
The already impressive handling offered by Infiniti's FX45 gets even better with the 2006 models. This midsize SUV -- which debuted in 2003 along with its less-powerful FX35 sibling -- improves mo...
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz R-Class
Not quite an SUV, not quite a minivan and not quite a wagon -- but with attributes of all three -- the R-Class is what Mercedes-Benz calls a "sports tourer." It's lower and sleeker than an SUV or mini...
- Cadillac SRX V-8
Less than a month into its stay here, and with a little over 4000 miles on the odometer, our long-term Cadillac SRX V-8 sport-ute was deemed the carriage of choice for a round-trip run from Ann Arbor...
- 2007 Lincoln MKX
The mid-sized MKX is Lincoln's first crossover SUV -- replacing the Ford Explorer-based Aviator -- which didn't exactly catch fire. It joins the also-new MKZ sedan and '07 Navigator as an integral par...
- Eight Great CUVs
Crossovers -- those sort-of SUVs, almost-wagons that are also kind of sporty -- are all about personality. The question is, which one fits yours? ...
- Crossing Over
You've probably seen one -- but don't know quite what category to put it in. Is it an SUV? Or a sporty station wagon? It's actually a little of both. And it may be just what you're looking for. ...
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz GL450
Yes, peevish readers, you are right. Mercedes-Benz is a wee bit late to the full-size sport-ute hoedown. But with the new GL-Class, they have reason. They've been doing their homework, which explains...
- Road Test Review: 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged
Sport might be something an Australian calls his buddy at the bar. As in: "G'day, sport, can I get you a beer?" But as used in the acronym SUV, the term doesn't usually apply that well. Most SUVs are...
- 2006 Jaguar XKR Test Drives
What's New New in this final-year model is an optional Victory Edition interior and, introduced last year, a standard Automatic Speed Limiter. The ASL allows the driver to manually selec...
- 2006 Bentley Continental GT
The Bentley Continental GT is a monumental departure for this conservative British builder of ultra-rare and luxurious cars: It brings an entirely new look with hints of old Bentleys, uses completely...
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
There's certainly no shortage of high-end prestige-marque sedans available today. Maserati and even Volkswagen are now offering high-end ultra-luxury sedans, and a fresh new line of models are availab...
- My, What a Maybach
Maybach is Mercedes-Benz's ultra-luxury brand intended to compete with Bentley and Rolls-Royce. The Maybach 62 (pronounced "MY-bock") is the top model -- an extended version of the 57 sedan -- and...
- Youthful Luxury
The term "college car" may spring a certain vision to mind -- maybe it's of a beat-up Camry, or the fondly remembered hand-me-down Ford Taurus that got you through school. But take a walk through some...
- Affordable Car Showdown
What's not to like about combining frugality with fun? Nissan's all-new-for-2007 Sentra comes standard with a six-speed manual. Let's round up the whole class of compact four-doors, equip them with al...
- New Tundra
Toyota calls it "the single most important product in its history," which may seem like a stretch coming from a company that sells over 400,000 Camrys every year in the U.S., four times the volume of...
- 007 Is Back
James Bond is back. The British spy comes to theaters this month in 'Casino Royale', with Daniel Craig as the new 007 in theaters Nov. 17. It will be No. 21 of the officially sanctioned f...
- Suspension Mods
Whether you're trying to raise or lower your vehicle's suspension, the basic idea is simple, but how you accomplish it is not. Changing the ride height covers everything from springs to shocks to spin...
- Upgrading Factory Brakes
Why Upgrade? If the time has come for you to R&R the brakes on your car, stop and think. How much can you improve the performance of the original setup? Will substituting high-performan...
- Performance Filters
Spring is the perfect time to reclaim your vehicle from the ravages of winter and to prepare for some carefree summer road trips. One of the first places to start is with your vehicle's filters. Winte...
- It's a Gas!
Forcing more air into your engine so it burns more fuel is the basic concept behind superchargers and turbochargers. Another way to achieve this type of power boost is to change the actual content of...
- Supercharged Gas Huffer
Ever since early hot rodders took their cues from World War II fighter planes and adopted belt-driven forced induction as a proven way to generate more power from less engine, the supercharger has ear...
- Blower Bolt-On
More grunt is a good thing, especially when you're trying to climb a steep grade. To get more torque on tap, bolting on a blower is relatively simple. It can provide a significant increase in power --...
- Reliability Winners
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Ford Fusion midsized car and its Mercury Milan sibling scored big in Consumer Reports' annual new car reliability survey, just beating out the industry's quality standar...
- Whoa! Wagon
The big knock against station wagons is that they are uncool, that an SUV is a more interesting way to transport maximum peoples and stuff. Who wants their kids to be laughed at when their friends see...
- The Pump Police
Fuel prices were sky-high last year. Then they dropped. Now they're on the rise again, which often leads people to believe there's a better chance that their friendly neighborhood gas station is cheat...
- Clean Fun
If fun means converting your clunker Mercedes diesel to burn french-fry oil or eking out that extra mpg in your Prius, good on you, sirs. Fun around here still feels like acceleration, be it longitudi...
- 2006 SEMA Show
Attending SEMA, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center each November, requires very comfortable shoes. First-timers are easily spotted leading a miffed spouse in three-inch heels back to their hotel....
- Affordable Luxury
Is it time to upgrade your current set of wheels to something a little more professional and comfortable? Are you trying to figure out how to drive something that looks like it should be on Lifestyles...
- Sharp Edge
If all the questions and compliments we fielded as we drove an early Edge prototype at the vehicle's official launch in San Francisco were any indication, Ford might finally have landed a home run wit...
- Superpowers
Just when you thought pickups couldn't get any bigger, Ford goes and makes its Super Duty pickups, well, super-er. Indeed, whereas the outgoing model was a workhorse specializing in towing, hauling an...
- Six Appalling Autos
Many great things have come out of Europe through the years; from fine cuisine to the fashion industry to Kate Beckinsale. In North America, we often look to Europe to inspire and lead us in the autom...
- Land Rover Driving School
ASHEVILLE, N.C -- What was once the private getaway of horticulturist and heir to the Vanderbilt fortune, playboy George Vanderbilt II is now the off-road playground known as Land Rovers Experience...
- Least Safe Cars of '07
You're at the car dealership, excited to seal the deal on your nice new ride. You're assessing your options, and several sound sexy: heated cup holders, GPS navigation system and big alloy wheels. ...
- Maserati Driving School Opens in U.S.
ATLANTA -- Maserati, that colorful, prototypically Italian name from the 1950s golden age of high-performance sports cars, has joined the list of upscale manufacturers -- Audi, BMW, Land Rover, Mazda,...
- 2006 Infiniti FX45
The already impressive handling offered by Infinitis FX45 gets even better with the 2006 models. This midsize SUV -- which debuted in 2003 along with its less-powerful FX35 sibling -- improves m...
- 2006 Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS
If there's one thing the TrailBlazer wasn't crying out for it was more power. A new interior, maybe but not more power! To my mind, the 300-hp, 5300 Vortec V-8 offers about as much performance a...
- 2007 Audi Q7 4.2
Of all the luxury brands to make the transition from cars into SUVs, Audi's addition of a real sport-ute to its lineup will be the least abrupt. Audi has 25 years of all-wheel-drive experience behind...
- Chariots With Fire
Before you start sending in hate mail about how SUVs don't belong on the pages of Road & Track, keep in mind this is one of those once-every-five-years-or-so occurrences; see, the boss doesn't particu...
- 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
Never mind its distinguished military service or distant relatives that set the stage for todays throng of SUVs; this is a Jeep like none youve ever known. With 420 hp under the hood, 20-inch-diam...
- 2005 Mitsubishi Evolution MR
Once only the stuff of PlayStation-induced daydreaming, the Evo is here, in the U.S. And so is the Subaru WRX and even the STi. It's still a little hard for us rally-car enthusiasts to believe, after...
- 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8
If you're the type of person who looks at the day's news and forecasts nothing but doom, gloom and societal collapse for the future, the Dodge Charger SRT8 simply isn't the car for you. Not because yo...
- 2007 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG
Theres been a lotta talk on internet chatrooms lately about whether the new AMG 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V-8 engine is an improvement over the supercharged 5.4-liter V-8 that was an AMG staple...
- RUF RK Coupé
Road & Track has been fortunate to have had a long-standing relationship with Alois Ruf and his company, Ruf Auto-mobile GmbH, which has recently been granted first-tier manufacturer status in Germany...
- 2008 Audi R8
The most famous thing about Audi, its "quattro" all-wheel drive system, was banned from racing in the 1990s because it was unbeatable. In 1990 and 1991, Audi's V-8 quattro sports car clinched titl...
- Cars You Want
A legend reborn: Hertz/Shelby GT-H Mustang Hertz has once again teamed up with Carroll Shelby to create a truly unique Ford Mustang. Dubbed the Shelby GT-H Mustang, this pony car...
- Review: 2007 Chrysler Sebring
You can think of it as 'Mission: Impossible 3', but you can leave the couch-jumping to the experts here. That's because the new Chrysler Sebring's task is merely to unseat some shoppers from the...
- Best Babe-Magnet Cars
There is a list of accomplishments each man sets out to complete throughout his life: complete an education, land a high-paying job, find a loving and beautiful wife, start a family, and finally...
- Dream Machines
The arrival of a new Porsche 911 Turbo is an event thats as significant and riveting for car enthusiasts as the winner of 'American Idol' seems to be for the majority of adult Americans. The Turbo i...
- Chrysler Aspen
To its credit, DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group has made a profitable practice of creating new vehicle niches, astutely going where the competition isn't. And where a new Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep vehic...
- Down-Under Driving
Crocodiles are the most famous indigenous reptiles in Australia's Northern Territory, but the asphalt beneath our Porsche 911 Turbo's tires feels more like a snake. Where the contact patches felt reas...
- Retro-Tech
Usually, when an automaker wants to show off its newest and most inventive technologies, the result is a show-stopping concept car with a wrapper as futuristic as the techno-gizmos it contains. Volksw...
- Rental Car Fun
Hertz, the rental-car company, raised the hair on a lot of necks when it announced a year ago that it would rerun its genius business scheme of four decades ago, wherein 1,000 specially prepared 66...
- 2007 Dodge Nitro
Is it us, or does Dodge seem to have, well, a complex? A recent history of the Ram division: since 1994, the Dodge Ram pickup has been the very embodiment of rolling phallic architecture. Then more re...
- More Power Please
Jason Heffner grew up with a simple goal. "I just wanted to work on fast cars," he deadpans, which of course doesnt answer the question of how this boyish-looking 29-year-old came to be modifying si...
- King of the Hill
In 1976, country bard Tom T. Hall summarized the fundamental needs of men advancing into what is politely called middle age. The song was Faster Horses, and Halls refrain boiled life down to the...
- CRaVing Something New
Honda's CR-V was not the first small car-based SUV. Following Toyota's RAV4 by a couple of years, it arrived in the U.S. in 1996 as a '97 model. But the CR-V - which means "Comfortable Runabout Vehicl...
- Hard Charger
Its no secret that creating a new car whose visual and visceral appeals hit enough buyer sweet spots to make it a winner is chapter one in the great book of designer challenges. Not so well known, t...
- Better Bimmer
Experience has taught us that no vehicle is immune to improvement. No matter how seductive the styling, no matter how compelling the dynamics, we know that somewhere squads of designers and engineers...
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Budget is a four-letter word when shopping for new wheels, but youll be surprised what you can own for less than 20 grand. After a little price shopping, plenty of rides can be found that you ca...
- Sexy New Supercars
Across the United States, auto dealerships are busily replenishing spent or heavily discounted lot stock. Shiny new models are arriving or in transit to rejuvenate sales. Although the volumes are much...
- 2007 BMW Hydrogen 7
Automotive evolution can be a bittersweet process: while we break out the bubbly to celebrate the latest safety, emissions controls and creature comforts, such progress seldom comes without a price, u...
- New SUVs and Trucks
Despite the current lull in gas prices and rumors swirling about further drops to near $2 dollars per gallon, who really expects gas to stay below three bucks a gallon much longer? This is still a sca...
- Top 10 Rich Rides
If your pockets were as deep as Bill Gates what would you drive? A new Porsche or a 7-year-old one? Each year, Forbes magazine compiles a list of the worlds wealthiest people. While awaiting the r...
- 2007 Mazdaspeed3
If Chevrolet's small-block V-8 had been introduced one year earlier than it actually was, it would have been stuck in the 1954 Chevrolet. Sure that would have meant that the '54 Chevy was faster, but...
- 10 Appealing Rides
Each year, automakers around the world spend countless hours working to design vehicles capable of generating strong consumer appeal. Whether its the launch of an entirely new model line or the twea...
- Six Bridesmaids Cars
These cars are bridesmaid cars because they are overshadowed and often overlooked through no fault of their own. Usually another model within the corporate family steals attention from the buyers and...
- 07 Acura TL-S
A lot of folks - TheCarConnection's editors included - have considered the mid-range TL Acura's coolest car since its 2004 redesign. This is due to its crisp Euro styling, its equally crisp dynamics,...
- Cool Affordable Cars
Budget is a four-letter word when shopping for new wheels, but youll be surprised what you can own for less than 20 grand. After a little price shopping, plenty of rides can be found that you can...
- Cool Affordable Cars
Budget is a four-letter word when shopping for new wheels, but youll be surprised what you can own for less than 20 grand. After a little price shopping, plenty of rides can be found that you ca...
- Cool Affordable Cars
Budget is a four-letter word when shopping for new wheels, but youll be surprised what you can own for less than 20 grand. After a little price shopping, plenty of rides can be found that you ca...
- Top Trucks for Towing
Modern mobility implies more than just human transportation. We tote playthings along with our persons. Depending on your proclivities, those toys can grow so large that you need a pickup truck that's...
- On the Move
Approaching its 21st season since landing on these shores as the first Asian luxury brand, Honda's Acura arm is working hard to upgrade its products and image from nice but bland to high-tech and hot....
- New Cars for 2007
Dozens of new-for-2007 cars will satisfy every taste and need. Fuel prices show no signs of abating, so inexpensive (but not cheap) small cars are proliferating. Nissans Versa is a new player here,...
- Most Fabulous of 06
The fabulously wealthy drive, or are driven in, fabulous conveyances to fabulous locales staffed by the fabulously beautiful. Or such is the fantasy evoked by any of these 10 superlative vehicles, eac...
- Cool Affordable Cars
Budget is a four-letter word when shopping for new wheels, but youll be surprised what you can own for less than 20 grand. After a little price shopping, plenty of rides can be found that you ca...
- Pleasant Perfection?
Has Lexus launched the ultimate luxury sedan? The automaker unveiled its first LS flagship 17 years ago. It was a surprisingly well-equipped four-door, boasting trendsetting quality, but the big s...
- Driving on Salt
The Bonneville Salt Flats, 100 miles outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, still attracts its share of speed demons. For example, at the World Finals Meet in October 2004, Tom Burkland ran his Burkland Str...
- Positive Aura
There's something new in the air at Saturn, but can the Aura finally give General Motors' maverick brand the kick it has long and desperately needed? Two decades ago, GM kicked off a frenzy when it...
- 2007 Saturn Aura
There's something new in the air at Saturn, but can the Aura finally give General Motors' maverick brand the kick it has long and desperately needed? Two decades ago, GM kicked off a frenzy when it...
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With gas prices continuing to soar, "big" seems quickly headed for the has-been bin. Consumers are reconsidering the size-matters mentality of the prosperous 1990s -- when sport utility vehicles grew...
- GM Fights Back
Catch the watercooler chat or bar-room bustle in Detroit these days and the betting odds are that General Motors will make it back from the brink, but Ford is doomed. The logic behind it says that GM...
- Driving the Autobahn
When Alois Ruf, owner of Ruf Automobile, invited me to Germany to attempt 200 mph (322 km/h) on the Autobahn in his historic Yellowbird, I was skeptical. OK, the Yellowbird is capable of such speeds -...
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Blessed be the acrid olfactory kiss of torched tires. Burnouts are as American as apple pie and obesity and were born from that all-American motorsport, drag racing. Burnouts allow racers to heat and...
- Unknown Car Brands
Lamborghini's area manager for North America once explained to us the mentality of Lambo buyers, reducing it to one sentence: "They're buying the poster that was on their wall in the eighth grade."...
- Great Collegiate Cars
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If you're thinking about helping your college-aged son or daughter get their first new car, your plate of options has never been more full. Carmakers are crowding into th...
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The flat, tiled roof of the Pininfarina design studio in Turin, Italy, is a secret paradise. A short stairway above the third floor and hidden from public view, immortal automobiles appear here almost...
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DETROIT (Aug. 9) - Automakers continued to make strides in a closely watched vehicle dependability study, with mainstream brands closing in on luxury nameplates, J.D. Power and Associates said Wednesd...
- VW Eos Review
Volkswagen says the new Eos hardtop convertible is named after the Greek goddess of the dawn. All fine and good, but our nostalgia waxes more for the Greek goddesses often seen driving its predecessor...
- Driving the Challenger
As the light turns green, I gently let out the clutch and give the throttle a tap. What I'd really like to do is slam the pedal to the floor to see how long I could keep the tires spinning. But the co...
- Best Cars for Singles
Garrison Keillor resurrects Don Giovanni in his short story of the same title, and has the legendary reprobate explain "the three advantages of the single life." "One, if you're single, you can thi...
- Least Reliable Luxury Cars
When you spend $76,000 for a car, you expect it to be bulletproof. What you don't expect is for Consumer Reports to call it "unreliable," and for J.D. Power and Associates to give it below average...
- Six Great V8s
For awhile, it looked like big American sedans with big V8s were becoming things of the past -- for average people, anyhow. But the traditional (and affordable) V8 "roller" is making a big comeback --...
- Rally of Stars
BEVERLY HILLS -- As far as raw hedonism goes, this finish line wasn't all that much. Sure, there was a cigarette, a couple of bottles of Korbel champagne sprayed about and a couple dozen or so ope...
- Riding a Missile
MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec -- The Ferrari FXX may look like an Enzo supercar that received the white-stripe Pepé Le Pew treatment at the factory. But after being thrown around in the passenger seat of an...
- Resurging Vespa
Marcello Mastroianni would be proud. And not just because his countrymen at Vespa's parent company, the Pontedera, Italy-based Piaggio Group, pulled off a financial coup on July 11: A stentorian initi...
- Six-Figure Rides
The search is on for a new superlative. The growing stable of autos with base prices above $100,000 comprises cars so fast, lavishly equipped and expensive that luxury simply doesn't cover it anymore....
- Luxurious Color
While gold far outranks silver in terms of price per troy ounce on the precious metals market, when it comes to luxury car colors, silver reigns supreme. For the second year in a row, silver has su...
- Fastest Cars of 2006
Get behind the wheel of a supercar and youll have to redefine your idea of a fast car. Youll also want to trade in your golf-club membership and early tee times for a driving club with a Formula O...
- Most Recalled of 2006
So much for Toyota's vaunted reputation for quality. On July 18, the Japanese auto giant announced a recall of 418,570 vehicles worldwide for faulty engine parts. This follows an even larger global re...
- Least Green Machines
Bill Ford, chairman and chief executive of Ford Motor, frequently touts the company's environmental friendliness. Ford was the first American car company to offer a gas/electric hybrid vehicle that co...
- Best Used Cars
Used car salesmen may have a bad reputation, but that sure doesn't seem to keep U.S. consumers from buying used cars. In 2004, we bought 13.6 million new cars and light trucks and leased 3.3 million n...
- Wonder Wagons
The "station" wagon is dead. Long live the just-plain wagon, sport wagon, crossover wagon, and sport tourer. No doubt, vehicle categories are edging ever toward the complexity of even the pickiest...
- Masters of Muscle
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Sometimes it's a turkey that lays the golden egg. A list of the fastest-rising muscle cars in terms of auction values includes many cars that are rare and valuable today b...
- Future of Our Roads
If you depend on Interstate highways for your daily commute, you might find it a little hard to be optimistic about the future of the Interstate system. Congestion is becoming the all-day norm, and co...
- World's Most Dangerous Races
For a certain adventurous type, a simple race--running, sailing, biking or swimming -- just won't suffice. These people want to do more than test their speed and skill; they want to confront mortal...
- Best American Cars 2006
Are American cars and carmakers getting a fair shake? Amidst all the bad news and management missteps, despite the overreliance on gas-guzzling cars and crippling labor costs, the tumbling stock price...
- Get Smart in 2008
DETROIT (AP) - DaimlerChrysler AG will team with former auto racer and businessman Roger Penske to sell its funky two-seat Smart car in the U.S. starting early in 2008, the automaker's CEO said Wednes...
- For Guys and Girls
The Ladies' Pavilion, tucked away in New York's Central Park, is probably the most beautiful bus stop any of us will ever see. The filigreed, cast-iron Victorian structure is powder blue with a gray s...
- Adventurous Cars
When "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" hit theaters on June 16, it became the latest installment in a series that is already among the classics of the racing genre. But racing movies -- even...
- Special Delivery
Globe-trotters looking for a luxury European vehicle to drive to and from the airport can combine travel and a new-car purchase by taking advantage of special packages offered by several automakers. ...
- The Veyron
On the evening of May 24, a select group of Los Angeles car connoisseurs and big spenders got a sneak peek at the fastest, most expensive production car on the market -- the 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4....
- Future Challenge
With petroleum nudging record prices, and amidst growing signs of an environmental meltdown from global warming, motorists around the world are becoming increasingly interested in alternative fuels an...
- Best Cars, Best Roads
When you're driving a $164,500, 450 hp Aston Martin DB9 with a V12 engine up the Big Sur Coastal Highway, you probably aren't worrying too much about the high price of gasoline. Like any kind of me...
- Attention Grabbers
A halo car is a showcase vehicle, typically intended to represent the best of a manufacturer's talents, such as Daimler Chrysler's Dodge Viper or the new Saturn Sky from General Motors. All the perfor...
- Best Summer Cars 2006
Drop-top season is here again. And once again, auto dealers are stocking their lots with attractive open-air roadsters and dreamy convertibles, preparing for the season's peak over the next three mont...