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First Drive: Test-driving the new Nissan LEAF EV… sort of

Posted: Nov 18, 2009

Filed under: Featured, Hybrids, Green News, Nissan, Reviews

As some of you may remember, at the Dodgers Stadium here in Los Angeles last April I test drove a Nissan Cube fitted with what was to eventually be the powertrain of the new 2011 Nissan Leaf. What seemed to be an exercise in futurism, now looking back, was more close to reality that we, [...]

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Review: 2009 Infiniti G37 S Convertible, drop the top and enjoy the sound

Posted: Nov 16, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Featured, Infiniti, Reviews

When releasing a convertible version of a luxury-performance coupe, there is much risk that the aesthetics of the car will suffer. This crisis was averted however, by the Infiniti design team with regards to the 2009 Infiniti G37 Convertible. From certain angles, the convertible looks better than its sibling, the coupe.
The three-piece power [...]

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Review: 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS, no longer your daddy’s car

Posted: Nov 06, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Buick, Featured, GM, Reviews

2010 has certainly been a banner year for the GM by way of luxuriously and sleekly redesigned vehicles. We had the opportunity to test out the 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS, and we must say – there was little left to be desired. The ‘10 LaCrosse breaks Buick’s mark as the automobile for grandparents [...]

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Review: 2010 GMC Terrain shows how GMC is evolving

Posted: Oct 23, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Featured, GM, GMC, Reviews

Last month the folks over at GM were good enough to let us test-drive the direct-injected, 4-cylinder, 2.4L 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. This month though, we were given a week with the Equinox’s Theta platform sibling, the 2010 GMC Terrain. Though the two cars share the Theta platform, the 2010 Terrain has considerably more [...]

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Review: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, look here for impressive fuel-efficiency numbers

Posted: Oct 16, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Featured, Ford, Hybrids, Green News, Reviews

FoMoCo’s CEO Alan Mulally is calling consumers and thanking them for purchasing it over the Toyota Prius; it gets better fuel-economy than the Toyota Camry Hybrid; it is the most fuel-efficient mid-size hybrid sedan in America; It is the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, a fuel-efficient mid-size sedan that Detroit can claim with pride.
The ‘10 Fusion [...]

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Review: 2010 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost, high-performance can be economical

Posted: Oct 08, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Featured, Lincoln, Reviews

Parting with our 2010 Ford Taurus SHO was certainly sorrowful, but thankfully we were immediately distracted with a 2010 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost with the same SHO engine, though the MKS EcoBoost engine puts 10-hp less when compared to the 365-hp put out by the SHO.
The MKS EcoBoost shows no traits of a hot-rod vehicle; there [...]

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Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO – It’s SHOw Time

Posted: Oct 05, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Featured, Ford, Reviews

During a period of deep recession, when GM and Chrysler were chomping at the bit for government funds and Detroit was looked at as nothing more than an output engine for gas-guzzling cars, Ford was hard at work redesigning their much-loved Taurus and were working on bringing back the legendary high-performance Taurus SHO (Super High [...]

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Review: 2010 Mazda3, it’s smiling at you… and you should smile back

Posted: Sep 29, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Featured, Mazda, Reviews

Introduced in 2004 as an answer to the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Ford Focus, the Mazda3 has undergone a much needed design overhaul for the 2010 model year. The ultra-bland design of the 3 prompted Mazda to redesign their entry-level sedan and unveil the second-generation at the 2008 LA Auto Show. The [...]

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Review: 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S with PDK, launch-control active

Posted: Sep 18, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Featured, Porsche, Reviews

Earlier this summer, I flew down south to take Porsche’s new 2009 911 Carrera 4 with PDK for a 4-hour long test drive from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama. It was a quick two day trip that concluded with a very technical review of the car and its 7-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. We decided to [...]

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Reviewed: 2009 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro, the best of the compact luxury SUV bunch

Posted: Sep 14, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Audi, Featured, Reviews

It was three years ago that Audi released the enormous Q7 and jumped into the SUV market. However, Audi’s been having some difficulty competing with BMW’s X5 and Mercedes-Benz’s GL, mainly because Americans hardly consider Audi when it comes to the luxury segment, and because the Q7 is downright beastly and unappealing.
Last year Audi decided [...]