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BY MIKE DUSHANE
When gas prices spiked last summer, carmakers started talking about downsizing. They would fast-track the production of lighter cars with lower-displacement engines, and we’d use less gas and have smaller carbon footprints. World peace would follow shortly thereafter. Less than a year later, downsizing is here: The Audi S5 cabriolet will be among [...]
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BY STEVE SILER
Tundra adds trims on top and bottom of range, and sticks a nice V-8 engine in the middle.
Toyota has done a lot to make the Tundra competitive and appealing to America’s fiercely loyal full-size pickup buyers, from giving it humongous dimensions and big-rig styling to installing a stompin’ 381-hp 5.7-liter V-8. But has [...]
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BY JENS MEINERS
This Porsche will set you back $415,000, and you can’t even drive it on the street. A revised 911 GT3 RSR has just been launched for the 2009 racing season. The RSR is designed to compete in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Only [...]
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BY JARED GALL
Five-door reinforcements are coming for the Lancer and Lancer Ralliart.
America is still not a hatchback-friendly place, but rising fuel costs and a plunging economy have several automakers hoping that tighter pocketbooks will have U.S. customers looking at smaller, more efficient ways to get the SUV/crossover feel. In the summer of 2008, when we [...]
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BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICH CHENET AND THE MANUFACTURER
Is it surprising that the XF has landed Jaguar on our 2009 10Best Cars list, the first time in the award’s 27-year history? Absolutely. That is, until about five minutes into driving this new S-type replacement.
Sure it looks sleek and sinuous, particularly in black, but what [...]
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by: Scott Best
You have noticed recently some odd looking two, three and even 4 wheeled vehicles buzzing around your neighborhood, the mall or the city sidewalks and streets. Portable scooters, pocket bikes and mobility scooters have for many replaced those short car trips these days. With the price of gas well over [...]
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by: Louis Rix
There are many advantages to selling your car online rather than taking it to a dealership or advertising in newspapers and free-ads. To start with you will not get ripped off by a used car dealer and will be able to get what the car is worth. However perhaps the [...]
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by: Kelly Hunter
Over the years, cars have leapt from a tool of convenience and productivity to a status symbol, achieving iconic status. Driving has gone from a privilege to a rite of passage. The legal driving age varies little from state to state, and generally hovers around 16. A few states don’t [...]
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