Like a fine wine, the Nissan 370Z has gotten better with age. Many manufacturers are making performance cars less exciting, more driver friendly and more road-friendly, as evidenced by the new Evolution and Miata. Here is the question that plagues us: should a sports car have the traditional qualities of being loud, unforgiving, and brutish; or [...]
The next-generation Hyundai ix35 (known as the Tucson) will make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next month. U.S. customers won’t see their version of the new Tucson until December at the 2009 LA Auto Show. Well, the Koreans get to see their version today – ruining the surprise for every other market [...]
The National Insurance Crime Bureau has released its popular list of most stolen vehicles for the year 2008. The 1994 Honda Accord dethroned the 1995 Honda Civic as the most stole vehicle in the nation for last year, while the 1989 Toyota Camry came in at number 3.
“Although the final numbers have not yet been [...]
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When it was introduced in 2004, the current Astra was a revelation. Its rakish looks were a huge improvement over the stodgy styling of the previous model. Five years on and Vauxhall has aged remarkably well, although it [...]
Toyota has sold the most vehicles to date under the government’s Car Allowance Rebate System, passing General Motors for the top spot, according to data released Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In sum, 18.9 percent of vehicles bought under ‘cash for clunkers’ program were manufactured by Toyota, slightly more than GM’s 17.6 percent.
That’s [...]
When the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 made its debut earlier this year in Geneva, we were pretty disappointed to see the same 260-hp 2.3L DISI Turbo 4-cylinder engine powering the “hot-hatch.” However, our depression came to rest when we learned that Mazda was working on a Mazdaspeed3 “Evolution,” a faster and more powerful version.
To our disappointment, [...]
