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2013 Hyundai Elantra: Five Stars For Safety, But Will 40 MPG Get An Asterisk?

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

The Hyundai Elantra's been an unqualified success since it arrived, brand-new, in the 2011 model year. Backed by strong sales and positive reviews, it took home the 2012 North American Car of the Year Trophy, besting the likes of TheCarConnection's Best Car To Buy 2012, the Ford Focus, and another runner-up, the Volkswagen Passat. The Elantra's...


GM To Shutter Consolidated Line Of Canada's Oshawa Assembly Plant

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:35 AM PDT

General Motors’ Oshawa Car Assembly plant is one of the largest automotive manufacturing facilities in the world, covering some 10-million square feet of factory floor space and employing some 4,000 full-time workers. GM presently builds a variety of products in Oshawa, including the Chevrolet Camaro, the Buick Regal, the Cadillac XTS, the...


2013 Hyundai Elantra Reviewed, 2014 Volvo XC90, Cruze Refresh: Car News Headlines

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Today at High Gear Media, we reviewed the 2013 Subaru BRZ and a 13-year old showed us how to sell a 2012 Chevy Volt. We spotted the refreshed Chevy Cruze and discussed the 2013 Ford Fiesta. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. We reviewed the 2013 Hyundai Elantra and found it to be one of the new standard...


Your 7-Point Checklist For Hurricane Season

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:15 AM PDT

If you live along the Gulf or Atlantic coasts, you know what June 1 means: it's time to add Weather Underground to your bookmarks and prepare for another hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted a "near normal" year for storms in the North Atlantic. NOAA expects 9-15 named systems, 1-3 of which will...


GMC Sierra 1500

Posted: 31 May 2012 08:11 PM PDT

The GMC Sierra is the companion piece to the Chevrolet Silverado full-size pickup truck. Both are derived from the same truck/SUV architecture that's brought us the Yukon, Suburban, the heavy-duty pickup trucks from GM, as well as the Cadillac Escalade and the former HUMMER H2. The Sierra's so close to the Silverado, in fact, they share nearly all...


Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:20 PM PDT

The Chevrolet Silverado is General Motors' workhorse full-size pickup truck. Available in a variety of body styles, bed lengths, powertrains and with upscale luxury trim in some versions, the Silverado competes with the Toyota Tundra and Nissan Titan, but even more closely with the Dodge Ram, the Ford F-150, and the similar GMC Sierra. The...


2013 Hyundai Elantra

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:53 PM PDT

It's possible to point to one vehicle that illustrates just how deeply and how quickly South Korea's automakers have intruded on the territory once owned by the Japanese brands. The car? The Hyundai Elantra, new in 2011, and still pwning the likes of the Civic and Corolla with its lofty gas mileage, improved safety scores, and rich...


2013 Subaru BRZ

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:24 PM PDT

The all-new 2013 Subaru BRZ is a purist's sports car—light, lean, and more focused than any affordable sports car on the market today. The only exception, perhaps, is the nearly identical Scion FR-S that you'll find over at Toyota dealerships. With the BRZ, you don't need to worry about feeling detached from the driving...


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