With the Toyota GT86, Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ hitting the market and bringing back our attention to small affordable sports cars, Nissan don’t want to be left out. They’ve actually announced the desire to compete against such vehicles a bit of a while back. It was a few months ago but quiet has set […]
Audi’s high alert about the upcoming 2013 Detroit Motor Show must be getting watered down since they’re ready to tell us what they’re about to do. One of the highlights of their stand at the event will be none other than the sporty version of the 2013 Audi Q5, something they’ve dubbed the SQ5. Unlike […]
Depending on the sort of life or showcase moments it’s had in its life, after a while a car is either wanted to come back or killed off. In the case of the SsangYong Rodius, its external appearance is so nasty that it can easily be regarded as the Ugly Bob of the automotive industry. […]
On to the boring side of the car industry, we have news from the NHTSA who’ve just tested one of the highlights of automotive launches in 2012. The 2013 Cadillac ATS was sent through some fairly stressful moments in order to achieve its safety rating. You could say these were not the boring bits. Making […]
Wins out might not be the best way of putting it. Let’s say that the 2013 Lexus ES managed to survive quite well. It did so at a crucial point in its life, namely the one when the NHTSA was testing its safety credentials and recording every result. When the scores were totaled up, the […]
Toyota is quite ambitious about the sales of its freshly unveiled 2013 RAV4. Apparently, they’re serious. They’ve set a target and everything. The Japanese car maker wants to sell a quite impressive 200.000 units of the RAV4 throughout the time on market it will spend next year. Since the projections are of 170.000 customers to […]
Ford’s 2013 Focus is keeping in tradition with previous generations of the hatchback and manages to set the bar even higher than before. Undeniably, some of its edgy looks have faded away and some of its youthful exuberance has gone away. The first generation this ain’t. Not going back to its roots hasn’t curbed its […]
Now that the Americans are getting used to the idea of dispelling the myth that there’s no replacement for displacement, manufacturers want to push the idea as far as possible. Ford is all about that idea since they did push the awareness of the pickup truck market and now they’re doing things a little more […]
Nissan’s Murano is genuinely one of the more interesting cars they make. It may be a crossover and it may be designed in America but it’s certainly not the typical lumbering vehicle. It can be a very unusual machine thanks to its high quality interior, its clever interior toys, its rather rare drivetrain solution and […]
Facebook is not the best place in the world to find information on cars. It’s probably one of the least accurate place to do so. It is however one of the best places to find images of cars that don’t usually make press releases and, occasionally, of cars like this. This is the 2013 Mercedes […]
At not that long last, the Japanese have come up with the unusually anticipated Honda Civic 2013 facelift version of the car. The 2012 modelyear had a few issues that seem to have been blown out of proportion by the critics. Among the most hated part of it we found the lack of change. Honda […]
If an orgasm for your sense is what you felt you needed I’m pleased to say it has arrived. It’s called the 2013 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster. There’s always a bit of emotion when it comes to hacking the roof off a very high end supercar since there’s a lot of rigidity that’s knocked down. Lamborghini’s […]
No more rallies under the factory banner doesn’t mean the life of the Mini Countryman stops. Quite the contrary, the small crossover receives a few tweaks to stand out again. In keeping with the way the Mini brand attracts new customers, the whole point is to have a custom tailored car that’s somehow cute. For […]
Somebody at the NHTSA must have heard our complaint about the way we don’t get too many recalls and how we weren’t exactly impressed with the Jeep Patriot’s investigation. They’ve responded by putting the 2012-2013 Nissan Altima through a recall. The matter is quite a serious one and there’s also quite a bad outcome if […]
Thank god for the GT racing series. Formerly one of the most boring series in the world it got spiced up sometime around 2004 when all the major supercar makers joined in. That’s still going strong and Lamborghini are readying themselves up for a new year of FIA GT spec racing with their new Super […]
The DeltaWing race car, currently teamed up to the Japanese at Nissan got of to an interesting start in motorsport, managing to fight off giants for quite a while at Le Mans. Unfortunately, after a while though, the race ended in tears at the side of a track, hours before the end would be coming […]
Simple, safe and sturdy buy, that’s how you describe the Honda Civic. It also does fuel economy but there are some versions that are better at it than usual. There’s a hybrid and then there’s this, the 2013 Honda Civic NG. It’s more friendly to the environment than conventional cars and also less expensive than […]
The NHTSA is the sort of authority that keeps itself busy doing all sorts of things, most of which we approve of for our safety and some which are simply annoying. They do get their fair share of pats on the back, particularly for stuff like these crash tests. They’re cool because of the resulting […]
Timing is a wonderful thing. It really impresses the ladies on a date, it makes for great business practice and it can make a lot of money. That’s the great side to being good at timing but there’s also a bad side. There’s bumps on the head, unplanned parenthood and costly mistakes all over the […]
In typical Honda style, the CR-Z hybrid has slowly faded away from the public attention. Just about nobody knows what it is if they see it on the street. That’s a shame, especially given Honda’s efforts to make it as good as the car can be with both fuel economy, a bit of a sporty […]
