Hybrid Gets A Sport Edition Last year, Lexus expanded its lineup, and added a new compact hybrid, the CT 200h. It’s a five-door hatchback, and it’s the lowest priced model ($29,995) that Lexus offers. The CT200h is designed to appeal to those who have considered a Toyota Prius, but would like something livelier and more [...]
Lexus LS Delivers Sport with Luxury A little over two decades ago, Lexus revolutionized the luxury car market with the introduction of the first LS400. This full-size sedan offered the luxury and the driving dynamics of a Mercedes at a much lower price. The LS400 was an instant hit—even Bill Gates bought one. Since that [...]
Kizashi? What Were They Thinking? The Suzuki Kizashi is a car that starts off life in the U.S. with two strikes against it. The first thing is that the Suzuki brand is not well known—most Americans aren’t even aware that Suzuki sells cars here. And secondly, there’s the name Kizashi, which many Americans won’t be [...]
Small Changes Improve Camry You can hardly blame the Toyota designers for not making the 2012 Camry radically different. The Camry has been the best-selling car in the U.S. for 13 of the last 14 years, and nobody wants to take a chance of rocking the boat. However, the 2012 Camry is not a carbon [...]
A Real Contender In the competition for the hearts and minds of German luxury car buyers, the Audi A6 has been the perennial also-ran. The Mercedes E-Class and the BMW 5-Series have outsold the A6 every year by huge margins. However, things could change in 2012—Audi has revamped the A6, and made it a serious [...]
Popular A4 Soldiers On Audi’s best-selling model, the A4, carries over this year with few changes. And while this car can be pricey, its popularity continues to grow. The 2011 A4 is on track to find a home in over 37,000 households this year. That’s an expected increase of 10-percent over 2010. The A4’s look [...]
Genesis Gets More Muscle Hyundai has taken a page out of the Lexus book from 20 years ago. Back then Lexus introduced their LS400 luxury sedan, and challenged the likes of Mercedes by offering high quality and lots of features at a lower price. Now, Hyundai is doing the same thing to Lexus (and other [...]
Acura Softens the Look Back four or five years ago, Acura surveyed TL owners to determine what changes they should make for the 2009 model. According to Matt Hargett, program manager for the TL, owners said they wanted more distinctive styling. So Acura came up with a design that shouted “look at me.” Unfortunately, it [...]
2011 Optima’s Got Style Kia is a company on the move. Sales in the U.S. have grown rapidly the last few years. In fact, Kia was only one of two automakers to show an increase in sales in 2010. Putting it into numbers, the Korean company sold over 350,000 cars in the U.S. last year [...]
Audi Gets a Sleek Four-Door Coupe Audi has gotten into the “four-door coupe” business, joining its German rivals, BMW and Mercedes. Designing a sedan that looks like a coupe is no simple task. Often the rear quarter of the car looks bulbous. But this is not he case with the Audi—the A7 Sportback is a [...]
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