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- 2013 Toyota Avalon
- Honda Crosstour
- 2013 Subaru Outback
- 2013 Ram 1500
- Audi A6
- Nissan Leaf
- Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class
- Toyota 4Runner
- Average Transaction Prices Cross $31,000 In March, Incentives Keep Declining
- BMW X4 Leaked, 2013 Toyota Camry Reviewed, Recalls Galore: Today's Car News
- Most Cars On The Road Need Service: Is Yours One Of Them?
- 2013 Honda Fit
- 2013 Hyundai Sonata
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 2013 Dodge Challenger
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT  The Toyota Avalon may occupy the top rung in its lineup, but until now, it's ruled with an invisible grip. The Avalon's been a sideshow to the best-selling Camry: a plusher, longer, more billowy cousin, quite clearly aimed at an older demographic and tuned to perform to those, er, relaxed specifications. This year, Toyota is striking...      |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT  While the Honda Accord sedan is all-new for 2013, the Crosstour crossover--born as an Accord but now its own model--soldiers on with very few changes. It was launched in 2010, as something between a large wagon and an all-wheel drive crossover utility vehicle using Accord underpinnings. It's the only Accord derivative that offers all-wheel drive...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT  A perennial favorite of adventure seekers and urban pioneers alike, the Subaru Outback isn't brand-new this year. But for 2013, it's gained some subtle improvements--a new four-cylinder engine, keen new safety gear, and a smarter interior--that give it even more traction in a class of crossovers that ranges from the Toyota Venza and...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT  Full-size pickup trucks haven't been left behind in the rush to fuel efficiency. The Ram 1500 now trumps them all, at least on V-6 models, with a new combination that's rated by the EPA with the best gas mileage of any big truck you can buy today. That's in addition to the Ram 1500's layers of refinement and sophistication, which also...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT  Now entering its 20th year, the Audi A6 mid-size luxury sedan is a growing challenger to the long dominance of the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E Class among German luxury four-doors. Launched in 1995, the A6 was the car the re-established Audi's U.S. reputation after the retirement of the media-tarnished 5000 model. Joined for parts of its life...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:30 AM PDT  Now in its third model year, the Nissan Leaf compact five-door hatchback is the first modern battery-electric car to be built and sold in volume by a global automakers. It's nothing less than an ambitious attempt to catapult Nissan to dominance in electric cars, just as Toyota "owns" the hybrid market with more than half of all hybrid sales. But...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT  Brand-new for the 2014 model year, the Mercedes-Benz CLA takes the German luxury brand into a segment it's never before explored: compact four-door sedans with front-wheel drive. The company calls the CLA a "four-door coupe," but whatever it's viewed as, the CLA four-door is the first of a new family of smaller Benzes that will be sold around the...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:00 AM PDT  The Toyota 4Runner is a mid-size sport utility of an increasingly rare kind: one built with a separate ladder frame and body structure, as trucks are. Most crossovers, especially those aimed at families, are now what we call "crossovers": taller, wagon-like utility vehicles built on the underpinnings of passenger cars. This makes them lighter and...   |
| Average Transaction Prices Cross $31,000 In March, Incentives Keep Declining Posted: 04 Apr 2013 08:30 AM PDT  Earlier this week, we told you about the extraordinary stats for March car sales. What's notable, though, isn't just the number of vehicles that automakers sold that month, but also the prices at which they've been selling. According to TrueCar, the average transaction price for a new car in March was $31,087. That's $339 higher than March 2012...   |
| BMW X4 Leaked, 2013 Toyota Camry Reviewed, Recalls Galore: Today's Car News Posted: 04 Apr 2013 08:30 AM PDT  Today at The Car Connection we reviewed the 2013 Toyota Camry and spotted the 2016 BMW 7-Series. Photos of the BMW X4 Crossover Concept leaked onto the Internet and Detroit Electric revealed the new SP:01 electric sports car. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Hyundai recalled 2011-2013 Elantras due to an...   |
| Most Cars On The Road Need Service: Is Yours One Of Them? Posted: 04 Apr 2013 07:30 AM PDT  How long has it been since you've taken your car in for service? Three months? Six? A whole year? Don't be ashamed: lots of people put off regularly scheduled car maintenance, especially during the winter months. Between the pressure (and cost) of holiday celebrations and the often nasty weather, schlepping to the shop for an oil change and...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 07:28 AM PDT  When a Civic is too big for the duty you have in mind, Honda has a Fit. The Fit's the subcompact hatchback that's almost the size of a Civic itself, but with a few touches that earn it even more respect in the small-car world. The Fit is roughly what the Civic Wagon used to be a decade or so ago. Its pert styling belies lots of...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 07:12 AM PDT  The Hyundai Sonata spearheaded big change at the Korean brand two years ago. Behind a new design theme was a new mission, to become one of the best family sedans on sale today. While it hasn't quite hit the mark for refinement or handling, the Sonata's a daring piece of sculpture, with excellent features and fuel economy--most...   |
| 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Posted: 04 Apr 2013 07:03 AM PDT  The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque defines trendy--yup, it's a "coupelike crossover"--but somehow it defies the quicksand that's sunk other star-crossed attempts at this kind of SUV husbandry. Where the BMW X6 and Infiniti FX underwhelm on room and overwhelm on price, and where the MINI Paceman un-satisfies, the Evoque wins us over. And...   |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 06:52 AM PDT  A seductive callback to the Seventies, the Dodge Challenger is a Hot Wheels car come to life. The remix of the Mopar classic is maybe the most faithful reworking of the current brace of musclecars, including the Camaro and Mustang. But once you've been able to turn away from its pitch-perfect flat hood and decklid, and tuned out its...   |
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