Monday, September 20, 2010

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Acura ZDX: The Difficulty in Getting In, And Other Fatal Flaws

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT

If you're shopping the 2010 Acura ZDX, you already know it's a curvaceous companion to the bigger, more user-friendly MDX crossover. But exactly how much gets lost in translation from seven-seater to four-seater? This week, I've been driving the ZDX--and by coincidence, so has our senior editor Bengt Halvorson. And yet, pooling our 35 years of...


Today in Car News: Talking and Driving, Paris Show, and MyVolt

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT

BMW's latest tech fetish: Apple's iPod and iPad, which find new homes in cradles mounted on BMW headrests and in the place of iDrive--but only in Europe. Is it something we said (about iDrive, probably)? [Fast Company] The NHTSA may be considering national distracted-driving laws, which has cellphone makers and carriers worried. If not somewhat...


Today at High Gear Media: Lotus Elite, Challenger SRT8

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 01:26 PM PDT

What's the most often stolen car in America. Corvette? Not even close. Try a Civic or a Corolla. Thieves....up your game please. [TheCarConnection] Your car has five secret warning signals. Name them all, and you'll be forever remembered by non-car-loving colleagues as a time waster. [AllCarAdvice] Cadillac is recalling the CTS and CTS-V, not for...


Hot Wheels: Older Civic, Newer Corolla Among Top Theft Targets

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Don't ever think that what you're driving is too plain or unattractive to be the target of thieves. Its ubiquity might actually make it a more likely target. That's one of the lessons in looking at the annual list of most-stolen models from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Older Honda Accord and Civic models remain the most stolen...


GM Increases Production Of 2011 Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Despite what can rightly be called the worst auto market in decades, there are a few signs that long-downtrodden parts of the industry are rebounding. Take GM, for instance: It's actually increasing production of a couple of its strong-selling crossover models, the 2011 Chevrolet Equinox and 2010 GMC Terrain. Last week, GM's North American...


Are Hatchbacks Back? Five-Doors Are Two-Thirds of Ford Fiesta Sales

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT

The term "hatchback" has long been considered poison in Detroit, an indicator of a slow, cheap, tinny, undesirable econobox. (And when's the last time you heard "econobox," for that matter?) No one wants 'em, says the conventional wisdom. But conventional wisdom may be getting knocked upside the head. In a predictable story almost quivering with...


Cadillac Issues Recall for CTS, CTS-V

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 08:14 AM PDT

General Motors has issued a recall for 2009 and 2010 models of the Cadillac CTS and Cadillac CTS-V. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, those vehicles fail "to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, 'Occupant Crash Protection'." As a result, riders in the front...


Want To Drive The 2011 Ford F-150 With EcoBoost Before It Arrives In Showrooms?

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 08:13 AM PDT

Say what you will about Ford, but one thing's for sure: the company knows its customers, and it knows them well. So when Ford announced that it was putting a turbocharged V-6 front and center in its F-150 lineup, the automaker understood that many loyal customers would be skeptical. To put those folks at ease and prove that the EcoBoost offers...


2011 Hyundai Elantra Production Moving to Alabama

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 06:41 AM PDT

The 2011 Hyundai Elantra has been developed in South Korea, and is being adapted for the American market by the automaker's California-based marketing arm. Now, the Elantra is headed for production in Montgomery, Alabama, alongside the company's brisk-selling Sonata large sedan. Sources in South Korea confirm the Elantra move to the U.S. to High...


Car Trivia: Five Secret Warning Lights in Your Car

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:33 PM PDT

There are a number of things that everyone who drives a car knows. These would include that the headlight switch is always to the left of the steering wheel and that the brake pedal has to be depressed to start the car. Now let’s go up just one level and test your automotive awareness. If you find the quiz less than challenging, bask in the...


2011 Top 10 Performance Sedans: Part Two

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:25 PM PDT

In part one of this two-part series, we looked at the top 5 of 10 performance sedans for the 2011 model year. To be included in the top 10, which are ranked in descending order according to horsepower, only the base engines are considered. The other criterion is that the sedans are limited to under $100,000 starting manufacturer’s suggested...


2011 Top 10 Performance Sedans: Part One

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:22 PM PDT

In my view, family sedans should be anything but boring. Of course, you don’t equate them with high-performance sports cars, but today’s sedan offerings from a number of automakers offer a whole lot in the way of horsepower. They’re also a blast to drive – with or without the family in tow. In this two-part series...


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