Tuesday, September 18, 2012

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Volkswagen Jetta

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 05:03 PM PDT

The Volkswagen Jetta is VW's compact sedan, accompanied by a wagon dubbed the SportWagen. The Jetta has carved out a niche as a sporty, well-appointed, and affordable four-door. In the past, it's been closely related to the Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit), and its primary competition includes the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus, and Kia Forte...


Toyota Sienna

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:58 PM PDT

The Toyota Sienna is a popular, family-oriented minivan model. The U.S.-made Sienna has V-6 power and available all-wheel drive and is an alternative to a wide range of minivan models including the Honda Odyssey and Dodge Grand Caravan. Toyota wasn't selling as many vans as it hoped to with its unusual (and expensive) mid-engine Previa van, so in...


2013 Toyota Prius V

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT

The 2013 Toyota Prius V, now in its second year, was the first of several additions to the Prius hybrid family of cars that now numbers four separate models. It marries the standard Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain from the well-known Prius Liftback model to a wagon that's longer, taller, and far more capacious both inside and out. The...


2013 Mazda CX-9 Gets Design Update, Active-Safety Features

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT

With its CX-9, Mazda proved that spacious family vehicles can actually be exciting to look at, as well as exciting to drive. Now, well ahead of an official introduction in October at the the 2012 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, it's given us a first look and preview of a significantly refreshed 2013 CX-9 that will offer more...


2013 Mazda CX-9

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT

If you need three rows of seating for family needs, the Mazda CX-9 is one of many crossover-vehicle options. But if you'd really rather be in a more stylish, nimble vehicle, we can think of few three-row wagons that are both as exciting to look at and as exciting to drive as the Mazda CX-9. We've already found the CX-9 to be among the...


Seniors, RX Drugs, Driving: Potential Safety Risk, AAA

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Every day, 10,000 Americans turn 65. More than 80 percent of drivers 65 and older regularly take medication—two-thirds take five or more daily. Yet only half have talked with a medical professional about the possible safety issues related to driving. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety warns that the risks of drug interaction and side...


2013 Toyota Prius C

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT

Now in its second year, the 2013 Toyota Prius C is largely unchanged from the car that debuted last year. This is the smallest of the four-car Prius lineup, though like its siblings, its "dedicated hybrid" body style is only offered as a gas-electric hybrid vehicle. Smaller and about $5,000 less expensive than the classic Prius...


2013 Toyota Sienna

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:07 AM PDT

New for the 2011 model year, the Toyota Sienna is back for the 2013 model year minus one of its distinctive features: the four-cylinder engine it offered for the past two years. Rejiggered with more features in its most popular version too, the Sienna's become even more a direct competitor for the Chrysler minivans and the Honda...


2013 Bentley Mulsanne

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

The 2013 Bentley Mulsanne is a four-door hyper-luxury sedan with immense power, classic styling seen through a modern lens, painstakingly built with Bentley's own inimitable taste and attention to detail. With a long, sweeping profile and extended, long-wheelbase cabin, the Mulsanne won't be mistaken for one of the new breed of...


Toyota Tundra Turns Space Shuttle Into Political Football

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

At this point in election season, everything becomes political: the brand of car that candidates drive, the designers of the outfits worn by candidates' wives, the funders of buildings where national conventions are held, everything. The latest political football? The Space Shuttle Endeavour. That's not because Endeavour symbolizes the end of an...


Paris Auto Show, 2014 Ford Transit Connect, Buying A Hybrid: Today's Car News

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Today at The Car Connection, Ford revealed the new 2014 Transit Connect while Lexus showed more of the LF-CC Coupe Concept. We ramp up for the Paris Auto Show and the first production 2013 Cadillac ATS heads to the auction block. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Both Mississippi and Oklahoma are making life...


2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:53 AM PDT

In the world of hyper-luxurious cars, things don't move as quickly as they do elsewhere. Oh, the cars are plenty fast, alright, as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur proves--but the pace of change in design, style, and equipment is more relaxed than in the workaday ranks. That is, perhaps, for good reason: though the 2013 Bentley...


Having Trouble Correctly Installing Car Seats? AAA Says You’re In The Majority

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Any parent who has struggled to figure out the correct installation of child car seats knows that it’s no simple task. In fact, a new survey from AAA finds that three-quarters of Child Passenger Safety (CPS) technicians observed that parents misuse the LATCH system more than half of the time. Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH)...


2014 Ford Transit Connect Preview

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:00 AM PDT

The Ford Transit Connect is a relative newcomer here in the U.S., having only made its local debut last year and so far proving quite successful in the commercial vehicle market. However, the vehicle has been on sale elsewhere in the world for several years and is about to be replaced by a brand new version. That brand new version of the Ford...


2013 Volkswagen Jetta

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 05:03 AM PDT

Volkswagen's Jetta has grown, but not only in back-seat room. Having spent most of the last ten years sidelined as a smaller, more pricey alternative to Asian and American compact cars, it's been repositioned as a bigger and less expensive vehicle that still delivers what VW buyers are looking for--the premium German badge. It also...


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