2012 Scion iQ – Driven, April 2012 Enlarge Photo Today at High Gear Media, Patrick Long raced an old Porsche and Nissan is really committed to electric cars. Ford and Ram issued recalls and we found the cheesiest DC fast-charging video ever. All this and more in today’s car news, right here on The Car [...]
2012 Scion iQ – Driven, April 2012 In our first drive of the 2012 Scion iQ, last summer, we were pleasantly surprised—almost smitten—with this new minicar (sold as a Toyota in other world markets), and impressed that such a daring product is coming to the U.S. Compared to the Smart Fortwo, which is really the [...]
2012 BMW 3-Series BMW has announced a recall of 3-Series vehicles from the 2012 model year. At the center of that recall is a problem with the front-seat head restraints, which don’t meet federal safety standards. In a nutshell, the government mandates that head restraints (or “headrests” as we often call them) allow a [...]
The Honda Odyssey has always been a safe and comfortable minivan. For 2012 Honda gave its people mover a refresh with sharp new styling and a more fuel-efficient powertrain, but how does it stack up against the competition? While the front and rear of the Odyssey remain conservative, the side profile is now aggressive. A [...]
2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI If you want a new Jetta sedan, skip the thirsty, coarse five-cylinder base engine. Heck, we’re even tempted to tell you to go ahead and skip what’s long been our favorite, the turbo-diesel TDI. That’s because for about the same price as the TDI you can have what feels like a [...]
Ford’s 2013 Fusion configurator website. Enlarge Photo Manufacturers, it seems, are starting to favor configurator microsites over the old-fashioned grind-out-a-press-release method of informing the public of new product details. The reason why is somewhat obvious: by tracking the configurations built by zip code, manufacturers get an idea for regional preferences in advance. We’re pretty sure [...]
2013 Cadillac ATS Enlarge Photo One of the most hotly anticipated cars from the new General Motors is the 2013 Cadillac ATS, and it has just been priced from $33,990 including destination charges. The based model ATS has a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 200 horsepower and 188 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed automatic transmission will help [...]
Turn signal mirror Enlarge Photo We’ve spilled a lot of virtual ink on the topic of distracted driving. It’s been a problem for decades, of course — since the historic moment two people first piled into a Benz Patent-Motorwagen and began arguing over directions. The problem was made worse (at least in America) by drive-through [...]
2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid Enlarge Photo Today at High Gear Media, Jay Leno showed off a special Plymouth Duster and shoppers are interested in manual transmissions again. We spied the next-generation Audi RS6 Avant and a new SAE fast-charging standard is going to be announced. All this and more in today’s car news, right [...]
2013 Nissan Altima The new 2013 Nissan Altima made its debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show, but it won’t arrive at dealerships until July. If you’d rather get your Altima ready for delivery now, however, you can, with Nissan’s Altima pre-order site. Starting at $21,500, the 2013 Altima comes in four basic trim [...]
