Here's what we know about the state of America's highways and byways: 1. Many roads in the U.S. are in desperate need of repairs or upgrades. In 2009 the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our roadway system a D-minus. According to Pew Research, over a third of U.S. roads are in "substandard" condition, and a quarter of our bridges are...
Today at The Car Connection, Jaguar priced the new F-Type and Bentley talked about its SUV concept. BMW discussed three-cylinder engines and Land Rover confirmed the return of the Defender to the U.S. market. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Infiniti said the Emerg-E plug-in hybrid supercar won't be built...
The North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACTOY) awards are well underway--behind the scenes. Winnowing the good from the better, to ultimately arrive at the best car and truck/utility of the 2013 model year, the jurors sort through their experiences in the cream of the current model year's crop. Our own executive editor Marty Padgett is one...
The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is a compact crossover that's aimed at those who dwell in the city, rather than the suburbs. Shorter than the Outlander, which is more of a utility vehicle in purpose, but about as tall and wide as that model, the Outlander Sport looks and drives quite differently than its larger cousin, and borrows some of its...
Now that crossover vehicles like the Subaru Forester, Honda CR-V, and Toyota RAV4 have grown into frugal family-sized vehicles—even offering a third-row seat—there's an even smaller class of crossovers arriving. And among the first few is Mitsubishi's Outlander Sport, a vehicle that takes after the larger Outlander in some ways, yet...
The next new Land Rover Defender will come to the U.S. market--that is, when the replacement for the rugged, long-lived utility vehicle emerges from the development process. That's the intention, at least. The Defender will also have to pass some significant hurdles before receiving final approval. it will have to meet rigid new safety and fuel...
The Nissan Altima has been on sale since 1993 in the U.S. market as a four-door sedan. For the first years of its existence, it fit in the compact size class; in the last two generations, it's been upsized to the mid-size class, and sold as a four-door sedan and as a two-door coupe. The 1993-1997 and 1998-2001 Altimas were compact sedans powered...
It's now the second best-selling family sedan in the U.S., and for the new model year, the 2013 Nissan Altima sedan has a new design and revamped powertrains, as well as updated safety and infotainment features. The new four-door's addressed many of the previous car's shortcomings--a price-sensitive interior and below-par safety gear chief among...
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Here's what we know about the state of America's highways and byways: 1. Many roads in the U.S. are in desperate need of repairs or upgrades. In 2009 the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our roadway system a D-minus. According to Pew Research, over a third of U.S. roads are in "substandard" condition, and a quarter of our bridges are...
Today at The Car Connection, Jaguar priced the new F-Type and Bentley talked about its SUV concept. BMW discussed three-cylinder engines and Land Rover confirmed the return of the Defender to the U.S. market. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Infiniti said the Emerg-E plug-in hybrid supercar won't be built...
The North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACTOY) awards are well underway--behind the scenes. Winnowing the good from the better, to ultimately arrive at the best car and truck/utility of the 2013 model year, the jurors sort through their experiences in the cream of the current model year's crop. Our own executive editor Marty Padgett is one...
The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is a compact crossover that's aimed at those who dwell in the city, rather than the suburbs. Shorter than the Outlander, which is more of a utility vehicle in purpose, but about as tall and wide as that model, the Outlander Sport looks and drives quite differently than its larger cousin, and borrows some of its...
The next new Land Rover Defender will come to the U.S. market--that is, when the replacement for the rugged, long-lived utility vehicle emerges from the development process. That's the intention, at least. The Defender will also have to pass some significant hurdles before receiving final approval. it will have to meet rigid new safety and fuel...
The Nissan Altima has been on sale since 1993 in the U.S. market as a four-door sedan. For the first years of its existence, it fit in the compact size class; in the last two generations, it's been upsized to the mid-size class, and sold as a four-door sedan and as a two-door coupe. The 1993-1997 and 1998-2001 Altimas were compact sedans powered...
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