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2012 Mazda3 Skyactiv: First Drive
Ryan drives the 2012 Mazda3 with the new Skyactiv drivetrain technology. Is Mazda’s 40mpg really better than other car makers’ 40mpg? Notes: The North American Mazda3 Skyactiv 2.0 features 12:1 compression ratio so it can take regular unleaded gas. Euro Mazda3 models will have 13:1 and require premium fuel. Due to packaging issues the Skyactiv [...]
2012 Subaru Impreza: Full Review
Driving Sports TV travels to the Northeast to test Subaru’s all-new 2012 Impreza. This all-new car features a smaller 2.0-liter motor, but also claims to have the best MPG of any AWD car in America. Note: the WRX and STI will not be in this new chassis until MY2013 at the earliest, so this review [...]
Test Drive: 2010 Lincoln MKZ Sedan
Zephyr is a name that goes way back with Lincoln – although it sounds funny to our ears, a Zephyr was originally a North African word for a light westerly wind, and in the 1930s, Lincoln-Zephyr was the name chosen for a line of lower-priced luxury cars from Ford. The name was used in Europe [...]
Buick Challenges Acura, Lexus with 2010 LaCrosse
This time last year, journalists, pundits and economists were taking bets on GM’s future, and whether a division like Buick could survive the economic meltdown of the American automobile industry. But here we are at the end of the year and GM has not only survived, but Buick has its new LaCrosse sport sedan on [...]
2010 Ford Fusion Earns Car of the Year Status in Detroit
Ford’s certainly on a roll these days – profitable, not bailed out in any way, and with a stable full of exciting products that people want to buy. To cap off a great year, Ford just garnered two prestigious awards at the Detroit Auto Show for their innovative Transit Connect utility vehicle and for the [...]
High Expectations
The original Ford Taurus was one of the most important American cars in recent history. Launched in 1985, it single-handedly saved the idea of the domestic sedan, ultimately becoming the best selling sedan in America. That is, until the Toyota Camry finally supplanted its position on that pedestal in 1997. Does the new Taurus and Taurus SHO restore the glory?
Suzuki Launches 2010 Kizashi Sport Sedan
Suzuki has taken a bold step to change its image in America with this week’s launch of the long-awaited Kizashi sport sedan. The new Kizashi is powered by a normally aspirated 2.4-liter four cylinder, making 185 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque. In some vigorous real world testing, the car averaged 26 MPG while screaming [...]
Chevy Malibu – A Good Value Family Car
The mid-sized sedan is a major building block of the auto industry, but the cars themselves rarely get a lot of attention. Yet these cars are among the most common vehicles on the road and every major manufacturer has to have a mid-sized sedan in the lineup if they want to sell to the millions [...]
Total Transformation: 2010 Kia Forte
When automakers get ready to bring out a new car, they’ll frequently get all the competing models from other brands together and bring in some more-or-less randomly selected members of the public to compare them. They don’t tell the people who’s paying for the exercise, and they don’t show the brand names on the cars [...]
2009 Mazda Mazda6i Grand Touring
The Mazda6 is a solid mid-size sedan, with plenty of room to carry 5 adults. The trunk can only be described as cavernous. This is a car you can use to haul people around in comfort. It’s comparable to the Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, BMW 3 series, or the Chevy Malibu. With that being said [...]
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