Two Different Cars The story of the Nissan Versa is a tale of two cars, a sedan and a hatchback, that have distinctly different qualities. The sedan has a lower price, better gas mileage, but less power. Hatchback has more cargo space, more thrust from its engine, but poorer fuel economy. Nissan redesigned the Versa [...]
TSX Gets Special Edition The news from Acura is that the TSX comes in a Special Edition (SE) model this year. This often signals the end of the line for the current design, The SE is offered only as a sedan with the four-cylinder engine, and is equipped with a number of sporty styling upgrades. [...]
Azera Challenges Avalon—Again Hyundai introduced its first Azera in 2006 with high hopes that it would challenge the Toyota Avalon in the full-size-sedan segment. It was a nice car, and I thought it was better than the Avalon. However, Hyundai didn’t promote it very well, and sales went nowhere. In fact, there were only 1500 [...]
Sporty A4 Carries On Audi sales continue to go through the roof with each month seemingly better than the last. One of the reasons for their success is their compact A4 model. Last year the A4 lead all other Audis with over 35,000 sales. Audi redesigned the A4 for 2009, and the 2012 edition is [...]
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 [...]
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