Today at High Gear Media, we drove the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek, and Trapster gets an update just in time for summer road trips. The 2014 Land Rover Ranger Rover was spied, and we name five used hybrids you should probably steer clear of. You'll find all of this and more in today's car news right here at The Car Connection. We drove the 2013...
Pundits are percolating over a new feature on the forthcoming Fiat 500L. Here are the details, along with a bit of backstory: 1. Those Jennifer Lopez ads for the Fiat 500 did massively well at raising the brand's profile in the U.S. 2. To capitalize on its success, Fiat has just unveiled a new marketing campaign, hyping the company's next lineup...
With existing driver texting bans in 39 states, a new law passed last week by California Gov. Jerry Brown to allow hands-free texting by drivers promises to shake things up a bit. In fact, it’s getting downright murky. The California no-texting law has been on the books for the past three years, but in signing AB 1536 into law, Gov. Brown...
Toyota has released pricing on a number of 2013 vehicles – Corolla, Matrix, Tacoma, Land Cruiser, Scion xD and iQ, and Sienna – each with a price increase. In addition, Toyota has announced that the 2013 Sienna minivan, which receives modest updates, will no longer be available with a four-cylinder engine. The sole powerplant in the...
Ford is conducting a voluntary safety recall of certain 2013 model-year Escape compact crossovers over concerns that carpet padding mispositioned during installation may interfere with braking. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) site lists the number of vehicles potentially affected in the U.S. at 8,266...
Porsche has issued a recall for turbocharged models of the 2012 Cayenne crossover and the 2011-2012 Panamera sedan. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a turbine wheel on those vehicles' turbochargers may have been improperly cast. As a result, it could fracture, which would diminish performance. In...
It didn’t take us a journey halfway across the Pacific Ocean to understand that Subaru—and the new 2013 XV Crosstrek, or just ‘Crosstrek,’ as Subaru of America would rather call it (the XV already stands for ‘crossover vehicle’)—is for active, outdoorsy folks. Here in Portland, Oregon, where a couple of us...
The 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek may be best thought of as the automotive equivalent of a good cross-training shoe--not sharply honed for any one thing, but surprisingly fit and fortified for a wide range of conditions. As the epitome of a crossover, the Crosstrek looks brawnier yet not too carlike; it adds some rugged off-road ability but still...
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Today at High Gear Media, we drove the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek, and Trapster gets an update just in time for summer road trips. The 2014 Land Rover Ranger Rover was spied, and we name five used hybrids you should probably steer clear of. You'll find all of this and more in today's car news right here at The Car Connection. We drove the 2013...
Pundits are percolating over a new feature on the forthcoming Fiat 500L. Here are the details, along with a bit of backstory: 1. Those Jennifer Lopez ads for the Fiat 500 did massively well at raising the brand's profile in the U.S. 2. To capitalize on its success, Fiat has just unveiled a new marketing campaign, hyping the company's next lineup...
With existing driver texting bans in 39 states, a new law passed last week by California Gov. Jerry Brown to allow hands-free texting by drivers promises to shake things up a bit. In fact, it’s getting downright murky. The California no-texting law has been on the books for the past three years, but in signing AB 1536 into law, Gov. Brown...
Toyota has released pricing on a number of 2013 vehicles – Corolla, Matrix, Tacoma, Land Cruiser, Scion xD and iQ, and Sienna – each with a price increase. In addition, Toyota has announced that the 2013 Sienna minivan, which receives modest updates, will no longer be available with a four-cylinder engine. The sole powerplant in the...
Ford is conducting a voluntary safety recall of certain 2013 model-year Escape compact crossovers over concerns that carpet padding mispositioned during installation may interfere with braking. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) site lists the number of vehicles potentially affected in the U.S. at 8,266...
Porsche has issued a recall for turbocharged models of the 2012 Cayenne crossover and the 2011-2012 Panamera sedan. According to a bulletin from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a turbine wheel on those vehicles' turbochargers may have been improperly cast. As a result, it could fracture, which would diminish performance. In...
It didn’t take us a journey halfway across the Pacific Ocean to understand that Subaru—and the new 2013 XV Crosstrek, or just ‘Crosstrek,’ as Subaru of America would rather call it (the XV already stands for ‘crossover vehicle’)—is for active, outdoorsy folks. Here in Portland, Oregon, where a couple of us...
The 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek may be best thought of as the automotive equivalent of a good cross-training shoe--not sharply honed for any one thing, but surprisingly fit and fortified for a wide range of conditions. As the epitome of a crossover, the Crosstrek looks brawnier yet not too carlike; it adds some rugged off-road ability but still...
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