Hyundai has become a force in the mainstream car market that few would have predicted a decade a go. Despite some issues with gas mileage ratings, the brand appears to be headed nowhere but up. In the premium segment, the Genesis and Equus have also been making significant inroads, with the company claiming a 9 percent market share in their...
Among iconic automotive names, few conjure up the visceral reaction of the Corvette Stingray. Originally applied to the short-lived C2 Corvette (built for the 1963-1967 model years), the Stingray name came to be associated with advances in both styling and performance. It’s fitting, then, that Chevrolet is applying the Stingray name to the...
If your job requires you to spend time slouched in front of a computer, chances are good that you use several software programs to accomplish your daily duties. And naturally, you find some of those programs easier to use than others. That's similar to the way that many drivers feel about navigation software. Two studies -- one from J.D. Power...
Volkswagen unveiled the CrossBlue Concept at today's Detroit Auto Show, showing a mid-size crossover with three rows of seats that takes direct aim at the successful Toyota Highlander and Honda Pilot. The new concept is a thinly disguised version of a production model that won't launch before the 2015 model year. It will likely be the second...
Today at The Car Connection, the Cadillac ATS and the Ram 1500 are chosen as the North American Car and Truck / Utility of the Year, and Chevrolet revives the legendary Stingray nameplate for its 2014 Corvette. Also newsworthy is record sales for the Volkswagen Group, which delivered 9.07 million new vehicles in 2012. We’ve got plenty of...
Like every other automaker, Nissan is hoping to get loads of press coverage at this week's North American International Auto Show. That may happen, but not all of it will be for the reasons that CEO Carlos Ghosn and his team expected. Nissan probably hoped to generate excitement around the reveal of the 2014 Versa and today's electric-car...
The 2014 Infiniti Q50 may have an inscrutable new badge on its rear end, but sports-sedan enthusiasts know what's really at work. The Q50 is the follow-up to the Infiniti G, the first real Japanese-bred rival to the BMW 3-Series, and as it takes a bow at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, it lays out a more ambitious agenda than ever before. Tackling the...
The 2013 Cadillac ATS and the 2013 Ram 1500 have been named as the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year. The awards were presented this morning at Cobo Center, at the kick-off of the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. The award is presented this year by 49 jurors, who judge the list of new or significantly updated vehicles each year, culling the...
The Jeep Compass is, in effect, a late-bloomer. Throughout its seven-year existence, it’s seemed to be a work in progress; but it now it seems to have found its bearings. The ‘mini-Grand Cherokee’ makeover that the Compass received for 2011 took a big step toward righting the awkwardness of the original Compass design that had...
Rugged yet luxurious; practical yet stylish; iconically American yet worldly: No matter what your priorities, it’s likely that you have a soft spot for the classic look of the Grand Cherokee. And with the introduction of a fuel-efficient EcoDiesel model (read, 30 mpg on the highway), the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee becomes more appealing than...
Since its last redesign for 2011, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has held a unique spot in the American family SUV market. While models such as the Ford Explorer and Nissan Pathfinder have found softer shapes and more carlike powertrains, the Grand Cherokee is refreshingly different: handsomely rugged, stylish, and as off-road capable as ever...
In a market that has plenty of small crossover utility vehicles—all seemingly either smaller and overtly styled (Juke, Cube, Soul) or a little larger and soothingly family oriented (CR-V, RAV4), the Jeep Patriot fits into the market as refreshingly different. The Patriot hasn’t changed much in the seven years since it was first...
In the 2014 Jeep Compass and 2014 Jeep Patriot, the CVT is history. And because of that, we think both of these models are worth giving a second look if you’ve previously taken note of their rugged good looks and city-sized compact-car sensibilities. This bears some explanation. The Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot don’t look much alike...
Smaller cars with better gas mileage and more premium features--it's already the pattern at the mainstream car brands, but this year it's also the outline of things in Stuttgart, with this year's launch of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA. With the CLA, Mercedes-Benz is downsizing the themes from one of its best-looking vehicles, to fit a class occupied...
The last several months of lead-up to the unveiling of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette, all new for the 2014 model year, have been filled with equal measures of hype and hope: can the new Corvette live up to its legend?The wait, at least, is now over. The 2014 Chevy Corvette is here, unveiled at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show as the Corvette...
Hyundai has become a force in the mainstream car market that few would have predicted a decade a go. Despite some issues with gas mileage ratings, the brand appears to be headed nowhere but up. In the premium segment, the Genesis and Equus have also been making significant inroads, with the company claiming a 9 percent market share in their...
Among iconic automotive names, few conjure up the visceral reaction of the Corvette Stingray. Originally applied to the short-lived C2 Corvette (built for the 1963-1967 model years), the Stingray name came to be associated with advances in both styling and performance. It’s fitting, then, that Chevrolet is applying the Stingray name to the...
If your job requires you to spend time slouched in front of a computer, chances are good that you use several software programs to accomplish your daily duties. And naturally, you find some of those programs easier to use than others. That's similar to the way that many drivers feel about navigation software. Two studies -- one from J.D. Power...
Volkswagen unveiled the CrossBlue Concept at today's Detroit Auto Show, showing a mid-size crossover with three rows of seats that takes direct aim at the successful Toyota Highlander and Honda Pilot. The new concept is a thinly disguised version of a production model that won't launch before the 2015 model year. It will likely be the second...
Today at The Car Connection, the Cadillac ATS and the Ram 1500 are chosen as the North American Car and Truck / Utility of the Year, and Chevrolet revives the legendary Stingray nameplate for its 2014 Corvette. Also newsworthy is record sales for the Volkswagen Group, which delivered 9.07 million new vehicles in 2012. We’ve got plenty of...
Like every other automaker, Nissan is hoping to get loads of press coverage at this week's North American International Auto Show. That may happen, but not all of it will be for the reasons that CEO Carlos Ghosn and his team expected. Nissan probably hoped to generate excitement around the reveal of the 2014 Versa and today's electric-car...
The 2014 Infiniti Q50 may have an inscrutable new badge on its rear end, but sports-sedan enthusiasts know what's really at work. The Q50 is the follow-up to the Infiniti G, the first real Japanese-bred rival to the BMW 3-Series, and as it takes a bow at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, it lays out a more ambitious agenda than ever before. Tackling the...
The Jeep Compass is, in effect, a late-bloomer. Throughout its seven-year existence, it’s seemed to be a work in progress; but it now it seems to have found its bearings. The ‘mini-Grand Cherokee’ makeover that the Compass received for 2011 took a big step toward righting the awkwardness of the original Compass design that had...
Rugged yet luxurious; practical yet stylish; iconically American yet worldly: No matter what your priorities, it’s likely that you have a soft spot for the classic look of the Grand Cherokee. And with the introduction of a fuel-efficient EcoDiesel model (read, 30 mpg on the highway), the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee becomes more appealing than...
In a market that has plenty of small crossover utility vehicles—all seemingly either smaller and overtly styled (Juke, Cube, Soul) or a little larger and soothingly family oriented (CR-V, RAV4), the Jeep Patriot fits into the market as refreshingly different. The Patriot hasn’t changed much in the seven years since it was first...
Smaller cars with better gas mileage and more premium features--it's already the pattern at the mainstream car brands, but this year it's also the outline of things in Stuttgart, with this year's launch of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA. With the CLA, Mercedes-Benz is downsizing the themes from one of its best-looking vehicles, to fit a class occupied...
The last several months of lead-up to the unveiling of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette, all new for the 2014 model year, have been filled with equal measures of hype and hope: can the new Corvette live up to its legend?The wait, at least, is now over. The 2014 Chevy Corvette is here, unveiled at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show as the Corvette...
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