Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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2013 Kia Sorento

Posted: 11 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT

The Kia Sorento's transformation back in 2011 accomplished a few notable things. It turned a trucky SUV into a carlike crossover, one without so much off-road talent but far more on-road fluency. It's put a lot of Georgians to work, overtime, building Sorentos just to keep up with its hot sales pace. And it's split its segment down the...

2013 Honda Crosstour

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:57 PM PDT

The Honda Crosstour has the best of intentions. Take a best-selling sedan, and lift its roofline to carve out more passenger and cargo space while preserving the driving feel that elevated it above some noteworthy challengers. It's a great idea, but the execution on the Crosstour is marred by less cargo room and more sluggish handling...

2013 Hyundai Accent

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:50 PM PDT

Size and features can be just as important as gas mileage--that's the theory at work with the latest Hyundai Accent, new for the 2012 model year and carried over with few changes for 2013. It's larger than before, and equipped better than ever, and that slightly different take on small cars sets it apart from the moddish newbies like...

2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:44 PM PDT

The Jeep Grand Cherokee isn't the original SUV, but it's fair to say it helped spawn the rush to SUVs in the 1990s. Along with the Ford Explorer, the Grand Cherokee gave a generation of drivers a way to avoid minivans and station wagons, and permission to indulge every off-roading fantasy while stuck in rush-hour traffic. It could have...

2013 Volkswagen Passat

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:37 PM PDT

The Volkswagen Passat of today isn't the Passat of just two years ago. Before the 2012 model year, the Passat was a slightly undersized, premium-priced four-door built in Germany for European tastes. The problem, you ask? It ran up against the inexpensive, crafty likes of the Hyundai Sonata, Toyota Camry, and Honda Accord. Time for a...

2013 Toyota Prius

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:23 PM PDT

The Toyota Prius is now in its third generation, and its fourth model year in its current hatchback body style. But it's new for 2013, in the sense that it's now a family--last year, the Prius liftback was joined by the Prius C hatchback and the Prius V wagon, as well as the Prius Plug-In Hybrid, thus spinning a sub-brand off from the...

2013 Mazda 3

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:09 PM PDT

There's more than a little sports-car verve and eagerness in the 2013 Mazda 3, a lively feel we wish were baked into more of the compact sedans and hatchbacks it tangles with today. It's a rolling demonstration that affordable, practical cars don't need to be lifeless. Nor do they have to depend on hybrid technology or CVTs to drive...

2013 Ford Fiesta

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:51 PM PDT

The Ford Fiesta isn't the cheapest car you can buy, nor is it the smallest. It's not even a gas-mileage zealot, when you consider the ultra-high mileage achieved by some other subcompacts now bracing us all for stiff new fuel-economy regulations. Instead, the Fiesta is smaller, zippier, and less expensive than the average Focus...

2013 GMC Terrain

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:36 PM PDT

Son of a HUMMER? The 2013 GMC Terrain is maybe the third vehicle that comes to mind when you think of GM's big-truck brand, but these days, crossovers are more popular than ever at GMC. The very nearly mid-size Terrain utility vehicle is a good reason why--it's a chunky piece of work that gives up nothing in refinement, gas mileage, or...

2013 Audi A6

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:16 PM PDT

The Audi A6 is an enviably pretty, luxurious, and capable sedan stuck in an unenviable position. Not only does it face off against two of the toughest premium sedans ever to hustle down the Autobahn--the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class--it also faces internal foes, in the form of the superlovely Audi A7 hatchback that's...

2013 BMW 3-Series

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:37 PM PDT

With its new generation of the 3-Series, BMW has a transition to manage. The four-doors, and forthcoming wagons, are new vehicles on a new architecture--while the two-doors are a dying strain, to be replaced next year by the new BMW 4-Series cars. For now, that means buyers of the sedans get a significantly different experience, in...

2013 Dodge Durango

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:15 PM PDT

The Dodge Durango is the gateway to true SUVs. It's 95 percent of the way there, with a custom architecture that's neither car nor truck, and an all-wheel-drive system, and the ability to tow up to 7,400 pounds while carrying up to eight passengers. Other big utility vehicles have drifted into crossover territory, but the Durango keeps...

2013 Nissan Frontier

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:03 PM PDT

It's no longer possible to find a compact pickup truck in new-vehicle showrooms in America. The last vehicles to fit that description--Canyon, Colorado, Ranger--all disappeared last year. Left in their place are a range of mid-size trucks with much more utility--and among them, the Nissan Frontier is our top pick. More a downsized big...

Chevrolet Tahoe

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT

The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size, truck-based SUV, closely related to the GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade. While the truck-based structure and V-8 engines may seem archaic, they maintain the Tahoe's excellent off-road and towing capabilities. Sales continue to reflect the abilities of the Tahoe, though General Motors is planning a new version of...

2013 Nissan Juke

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:47 PM PDT

The Nissan Juke hit the streets two years ago, and since then, it's become one of the easiest cars to identify. The Juke's one of the rare cars that looks like it's emerged from the design studio intact, as if it escaped instead of waiting around to be watered down. It's futuristic, it's definitely quirky--and it's sometimes hard to...
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