Chrysler have announced the dealership situation for their new halo car, the 2013 SRT Viper and the news is somewhat unpleasant. Having originally announced that some 20 percent of its dealers will have a stab at selling this star player in the American car market, the Pentastar big wigs changed their mind. Ralph Gilles, CEO
It’s a nice car. Actually, the Subaru XV is better than that but somehow we weren’t expect it to be a miracle worker. Somewhere in the back of their head, Subaru were probably aware of this. Here we are, a couple of months down the line and the 2013 Subaru XV is hitting us with
Ah, here’s a surprise from Aston Martin. It seems that the typical feud between Britain and France isn’t nearing an end too soon. Rather than wait for the Paris Motor Show to unveil their new car, Aston Martin are unveiling their bread and butter car (if you can call it that) the new DB9. Straight
Since the world had a good look at the 2013 Dacia Logan 2, the Romanian brand made a few images of its hatchback brethren available as well. This is the 2013 Dacia Sandero 2 and having seen the sedan first there’s just no point in talking about revolutionary designs. If we’re honest, there’s just no
Having been originally released in 2004, the Dacia Logan, was the car reinvented cheap car motoring for the European market. Since then it did receive a facelift and a few tweaks here and there but it’s been virtually unchanged for most of its life. Now the time has finally come for the second iteration of
One of the largest cars to debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show is the 2013 Buick Enclave. The well proportioned CUV is quite the substantial car. It looks good, feels good and is reasonably fresh on the new car market. The interest just seems to be flowing in. Having put out a new
Volvo’s 2013 V40 has gained quite a lot of fans recently. The package it offers is simply sublime. The Swedes have decided to go one better. The sweet package of the Volvo V40 is getting a new, erm, package. It’s one of those special treats from R-Design, the folks who really know how to step
Lovely, lovely news from Ford: the EcoBoost engine is about to become more popular than it currently is. The next car it will be delivered with is the Ford Mondeo. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be 3.5 liter V6 powerplant from the F-150 pickup but a more restrained version of the engine. Rather disappointingly it’s
The R231 Mercedes SL, in other words, the 2013 luxury coupe cabriolet, is not a pretty car. There’s just no situation where somebody would say that. Even if, at worst, some folks call it uglier than a troll, it’s not really that bad. There’s a lot of aging going on but it’s not the Sean
There’s a lot of cars being facelifted every year, receiving some more or less significant details about them in order to keep up with the times. At least’s that’s what it says in the press release, otherwise it’s all done in the interest of resale value. It does however give manufacturer a chance at making
As they’re moving away from the tendency to update a car every couple of decades, the British seem to be able to keep up with the rest of the automotive industry. In readying themselves for 2013 Land Rover have given the Freelander 2 a bit of a facelift. It’s only 6 years after the car
Unlike the rest of the world, the small car market isn’t the most important bit of the equation when it comes to the United States. US sales of the small car fall somewhere around the one percent mark. Still, the market is huge and the small bit of it is important, which is where we
There’s a lot riding on Buick as a company and there’s quite a lot of interest in the way the 2013 Verano Turbo is going to shape up. As the final bits of interest with the sedan get sorted, there’s now a fuel economy sticker available for it. The EPA finally got round to testing
American car enthusiasts can rejoice as Chevrolet unveil some pricing figures for what’s undoubtedly their star player in the muscle car department. The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is certainly an impressive machine but not even the biggest GM fanboys can’t get away from some of its faults. One of the most important in the case
Now that Cadillac have send the new 2013 ATS sedan into production, the Americans seem to have gotten things in order and their planning attention turned to a new place. Designing, engineering, arranging production and all that lot for the 2013 Cadillac ATS had a pretty serious target in its sights. It’s usually the BMW
We’re mildly interested in this new leak. I would use excited about the idea of a major manufacturer teasing a new car but this is a special case. The manufacturer in question is Lexus, that’s where most of the interest and excitement wears off. For all those freemasons out there, that might not happen. That’s
Porsche may not be too happy about the introduction of the Audi R8 but the truth is that the Ingolstadt outfit have really hit the nail on the head with it. It’s a supercar, it looks very dramatic and can come with a frighteningly high price tag. On the brighter side, it’s incredibly reliable and
The Germans from Ingolstadt may have a lot things on their plate but they still manage to keep on track of what’s going on in the real world. They’ve just updated their entry level version of the Audi Q7. The 2013 modelyear Q7 TDI gets a few tweaks to keep it going. It’s a crowd
Chevrolet buttoned their ideas up about rivaling the institution that is the newest version of the Shelby GT500 Mustang. Since they know they can’t actually fight Ford’s pony car on a performance level, they will actually be reshaping their attack. Chevrolet will actually fight on the value for money kit. Their Camaro SS may be
If you’re a Volvo owner, particularly a large S80 model driver, you are now faced with a very unpleasant decision. On the one hand, you’ll have to make sure you read the following bits of information as they are very important. On the other, they will be a bitter pill to swallow. According to the
