A Nice Car That’s Easily Overlooked The Saab 9-3 is a nice enough car, but it doesn’t command much respect. First of all, you don’t see many on the road—fewer than 20,000 are sold in a year. However more importantly, they face stiff competition from better known brands, like Audi, BMW and Volvo. This is [...]
Sporty RDX Carries Over for 2009 Acura’s RDX now enters its third model year. It’s a “crossover” SUV that is built on a car, rather than a truck, platform. It was designed to appeal to young urban professionals—the same group that buys sporty SUVs, like the BMW X3. This enthusiast-oriented SUV enters the 2009 almost [...]
CR-V Cruises for 2009 What do you do with your 2009 model, if you are Honda, and you have a winner, like the CR-V? You might just leave it alone. No sense making unnecessary changes when you have the best selling compact SUV in the market. Except for three new colors (Crystal Black Pearl, Silver [...]
Honda’s Refined Pickup Gets Upgrades The Ridgeline has been around for a few years now, so the folks at Honda thought it would be a good idea to freshen it up for 2009. To start with, they gave it a mild facelift. The grille now resembles that of the Honda Pilot SUV. The headlights, taillights [...]
Decent SUV, Bad Timing They say that in life, timing is everything—this is especially true in the car business. A good car introduced at the wrong time has a tough road to hoe. This happens to be the case with the Kia Borrego. The Borrego is a traditional midsize SUV with a truck-type body-on-frame platform. [...]
Redesigned Forester is More Spacious Subaru completely redesigned the Forester for 2009, and made it roomier and more attractive inside and out. The first thing you notice about it is the new styling. Sharp creases in the sheet metal give it a crisp look. Crescent-shaped arches around the fender flares draw attention to the wheels. [...]
A VW Minivan By Chrysler Minivans are not as popular as they once were, but they still account for 700,000 sales a year. Volkswagen wanted a new minivan, but did not want to spend the time and the money to develop a vehicle from scratch. Instead, they contracted with Chrysler to build a VW version [...]
GL Diesel Now Accepted in 50 States Diesel technology has come a long way in recent years. Most of the disadvantages of early diesels heave been eliminated, or at least minimized. Diesel odor and soot are no longer an issue. Engine clatter has been greatly reduced, and turbo charging has improved performance. In 2006, when [...]
Acura Unveils A Sharp New TL Acura fans may be in for a surprise with the look of the redesigned 2009 TL. The new model is much more dramatically styled than its predecessor. Acura polled its current TL owners to determine what changes to make in the 2009 model. According to Matt Hargett, the program [...]
ALL NEW, YET MUCH THE SAME The last Honda Pilot was a rather generic looking SUV. I remember losing my test car one time in a parking lot full of similarly styled sport-utes. For 2009, Honda completely redesigned the Pilot, and you know what, it still looks about the same. The grille and the headlights [...]
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