C-Class Hot Rod There’s no two ways about it, the Mercedes C63 is a take-no-prisoners sports sedan. Stomp on the gas, and it will rush you up to 60 in just four seconds. The C63 is Mercedes’ answer to the BMW M3. The C63 is the handiwork of Mercedes’ AMG division, which takes ordinary Mercedes [...]
Audi Goes Soft Top With A5 Audi rolled the dice when they designed the new A5 Cabriolet. They equipped it with a conventional ragtop roof, instead of a retractable hardtop, like the one on BMW’s 335i. They may lose points with some potential buyers now, but the honchos at Audi decided that the additional weight [...]
A Poor Man’s Infiniti G37? It used to be that you always had a choice when you bought a midsize car. You could select the traditional four-door sedan, or you could opt for the sportier coupe. That’s no longer the case. Now only two moderately priced midsize cars are offered both ways—the Honda Accord and [...]
A Junior Version of the Evo I’ll never forget the last Lancer Ralliart that I drove—it got me a speeding ticket. Of course, I can’t really blame the Ralliart, but it did bring out the boy-racer in me. The latest Ralliart will do the same, and I have to admit to some difficulty curbing my [...]
The New Z Roadster Scores Following up on last year’s introduction of the redesigned 370Z Coupe, Nissan has brought forth its drop-top sibling, the 370Z Roadster for 2010. All the improvements that were incorporated in the Coupe are also found in the Roadster. Like the Coupe, the 2010 Roadster has more design detail in it [...]
Lexus Hard Top Convertible is a Mixed Bag I guess that you would have to say that it was a no-brainer for Lexus to build a hardtop convertible version of its sporty IS model. The IS platform was made to order for this type of car, and an IS hardtop convertible enables Lexus to compete [...]
A Miata by any Other Name is Still a Miata I’ve never understood why Mazda dropped the Miata name from their popular MX5 sports car. Miata is the name that people have identified with this car for nearly two decades. Ask any enthusiast what this car is called, and he or she will tell you [...]
Hot Car Hampered By Clunky Gearbox A lot of cars look dated after they’ve been around for six years, but not a 6-Series BMW. It still turns heads out on the road. As Autoweek magazine once observed, “Even sitting still, the car looks fast.” My test car this time was an M6 coupe, which has [...]
Revamped, But Much The Same If you are in the market for a cute car, you will be hard pressed to find one cuter than the 2009 MINI Cooper convertible. Of course, this is the same thing I thought when I saw the first generation MINI convertible five years ago. In fact, the new MINI [...]
Sports Car Performance, Everyday Usability The BMW M3 coupe and convertible are sports car that many driving enthusiasts would give their eyeteeth to own. But supposing you’re a hot shoe with a family, and really need a sedan. Well, now you can buy an M3 with four doors. After a hiatus of over a decade, [...]
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