Is this (finally) our flying car?
It’s one of science fiction’s greatest unfulfilled promises, right up there with teleportation and time travel. And, no, Terrafugia hasn’t built us a Tardis or promised to beam us up. But they say they’re closer than ever to giving us a flying car. This week, the Woburn, Massachussetts-based aerospace company announced it has begun feasibility [...]
2014 Kia Cadenza – Affordable Luxury
Yes, the 2014 Kia Sorento can already stretch over the $40k mark, fully loaded; but it’s the Cadenza that reaches beyond that, and really tests the brand’s boundaries by expanding into a new part of the market: big sedans that some call ‘near luxury’—cars that might not have a luxury badge, but be for all [...]
Road Test: The Fastest Cars Under $50,000
Last month at the New York Auto Show, Audi debuted the A3 and S3 sedans to much acclaim. The cars combine efficient performance and premium benefits with a price much lower than that of Audi’s larger, more powerful sedans—and they are primed to bolster the automaker’s strategy to enlarge its luxury compact segment. The potential [...]
2013 Chevrolet Volt: Recharge Rethink
The 2013 Chevrolet Volt has been a part of the GM lineup now for three years, and it’s still the most technologically advanced car the company sells. It can be seen as the yin to the Chevy Corvette’s yang–both are halo cars, but each has a unique, singular mission. The Volt has been described as [...]
2013 Lexus RX-350: Practical Luxury
With the RX, Lexus found an upper hand against the German luxury car brands. Its sedans and coupes lagged those from Mercedes, BMW, and Audi–but the Lexus RX beat all those brands to market with a richly fitted tall wagon with all-weather, all-purpose appeal. To this day, the Lexus RX–in RX 350 and RX 450h [...]
2013 Totota Avalon: First Look
Youthful readers: This is your father’s Avalon. There’s nothing shameful or denigrating about this declaration. If you’re old enough to be shopping for an Avalon, you might recall that Olds once advertised its products as “not your father’s Oldsmobile.” After going after the grandpas (and grandmas) for nearly a couple of decades, Toyota is shamelessly [...]
Hamilton win inaugural U.S. Grand Prix
On to Brazil. Formula One takes its championship duel between Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to the season-ending race in Sao Paolo this week after those two finished second and third Sunday at the U.S. Grand Prix won by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. Vettel could have wrapped up his third consecutive championship with [...]
2013 Fiat: Style
Stylish, at times sporty, and at others efficient, the 2013 Fiat 500 brings a lot to the table considering its small size. But can it overcome Fiat’s previous reputation for poor reliability, especially in a market teeming with alternatives from America, Asia, and Europe? With pert, upright styling that wraps a compact passenger compartment in [...]
Toyota Tacoma: Does it size-up to Texas trucks?
The Toyota Tacoma is a survivor. While the GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado compact pickups are taking a transition year off–and the Ford Ranger has exited the market entirely–the Tacoma is one of the few not-full-size trucks sticking it out. Toyota’s even invested more in the future of the Tacoma, moving it from a California [...]
2013 Cadillac SRX: Luxury meets high tech
Cadillac updated the powertrain in the SRX mid-size luxury crossover last year, and now its adding it’s new high-tech CUE infotainment system for 2013. The 2013 Cadillac SRX shows a somewhat different, more distinctive personality on the inside than it advertises on the outside. While it fits right in with other luxury crossovers on the [...]
