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2013 Toyota Avalon

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT

A brand-new Avalon sedan is Toyota's plan for the 2013 model year, and this time Toyota's steering its full-sizer in a more lively and interesting direction, with more attractive sheetmetal, more advanced features, and another helping of high-tech safety equipment. It's a counter to today's Avalon, which was a quick reskin of an older...


2013 Toyota Avalon Gets More Green, Adds Hybrid Model

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

In recent years, Toyota's said it will build a hybrid version of every one of its vehicles by 2020. Count one more down: the Avalon sedan is going hybrid for the 2013 model year. The big four-door, a relative of the best-selling Camry sedan, goes on sale in November of this year. When it does, it will inherit a version of the Hybrid Synergy Drive...


2012 Chrysler 200

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Just a year after its introduction, the Chrysler 200 mid-size lineup is arguably already better-established than the longtime Sebring models they replaced--thanks to a well-implemented ad campaign, and Eminem. But as fresh as the marketing was, the actual car is strictly a holdover, bridging the gap between the somewhat disastrous...


2013 Lexus GX Priced From $54,320

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:45 AM PDT

When it arrives in dealerships this July, the 2013 Lexus GX 460 mid-size luxury SUV will carry a base price about $200 more than the virtually identical 2012 model. Priced from $53,445, plus an $875 destination charge, the base model GX 460 totals $54,320 with no additional options. Stepping up to the GX 460 Premium results in an out-the-door...


2013 Hyundai Elantra GT And Coupe: First Drive

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Hyundai's Elantra has been a huge success, missing just a model or two to complete the usual compact-car trifecta. A hot seller and an award winner--the North American Car of the Year for 2012--the latest Elantra seems to have caught the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla completely off guard, underpricing and out-valuing them, challenging their...


2013 Hyundai Elantra GT

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:44 AM PDT

Hyundai believes it now has an Elantra for every buyer. Sedan shoppers prize fuel economy and value above all; coupe buyers want a better-looking vehicle. For those that want Euro-influenced styling, great utility and good gas mileage, there's a new option: the 2013 Elantra GT. It's a five-door hatchback new to the compact Hyundai...


Want To Steal Gas In Public? You Might Get Away With It

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Long before gas prices climbed into $3 territory, stealing the stuff has been going on. With older cars, the process was fairly straightforward: drop one end of a hose into the “donor” gas tank, siphon until the unmistakable taste of gasoline hits the tongue, drop the other end into the empty tank, then find something for mouth rinsing...


NHTSA Investigates 2011 Chrysler 200 & 2011 Ford Explorer

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun "Preliminary Evaluations" of two popular 2011 models: the 2011 Chrysler 200 and the 2011 Ford Explorer. The investigations are unrelated to one another. 2011 Chrysler 200 According to the New York Times, NHTSA has received about 15 complaints of the Chrysler 200 stalling "during...


Hyundai Elantra GT

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:52 AM PDT

The Hyundai Elantra GT is a five-door hatchback added to the South Korean automaker's lineup for the 2013 model year. Preceded in various model years by Elantra wagons and GT hatchbacks, the newest version is related more closely to European Hyundais than to the current Elantra sedan and coupe, though it shares some of their running gear...


2013 Hyundai Elantra

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:40 AM PDT

New in the 2011 model year, the Hyundai Elantra returns as a sedan and now as a two-door coupe for 2013, joined also by a five-door Elantra GT hatchback reviewed separately. If 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...


Chevy Cruze Recalled, Elon Musk On Electric Cars, 2013 SRT Viper: Car News Headlines

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:05 AM PDT

Today at High Gear Media, we drove the 2013 Ford Focus ST and Lexus priced the 2013 GX 460 SUV. Audi powered up the 2013 Allroad online configurator and Elon Musk predicted the future of the electric car market. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. We took a look at where car repairs are most expensive. General...


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