Remember when economy cars offered few concessions beyond roll-your-own windows, rear window defrosters and AM radios? It was only a handful of years ago that features on our 2011 Ford Fiesta SES tester would’ve qualified it for premium car status – if indeed items like Bluetooth, SYNC, a capless fuel fill and knee airbags […]
We managed to make our way to the 23rd annual Z Car Convention at the Nissan North America headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee this weekend. Aside from a slew of Zed-related goodness of unmatched acclaim, the 2011 Nissan Rogue was also rolled out as part of the celebration. Overall, the little crossover sticks close to […]
Overstating the importance of the tC to Scion is difficult to do. Since Toyota launched its youth-oriented brand in 2003, the two-door tC has accounted for over 40 percent of Scion’s nearly 800,000 sales. And the tC wasn’t even launched until 2004 — meaning the tC is the standard-bearer for the company. Especially as the […]
We’ve met the Nissan Leaf before. First at its coming-out party in Japan, followed by an all-too-brief stint behind the wheel of a Versa-based prototype late last year. Now we’ve had a chance to sample Nissan’s first foray into the world of electric vehicles in production form and the automaker picked one of its […]
We’re the lone vehicle in the far left lane of the Autobahn outside of Köln, Germany. The traffic has lightened, so we mash the accelerator to the floor. While we pull strongly up to about 200 km/h (about 125 mph), the speedometer counts much more slowly as it spins around the right side of the […]
Mazda says there’s a little bit of Miata in everything it does. While it’s easy to chalk that up as marketing frippery, when the automaker launched the Little Roadster That Could back in 1989, it proved that great things can come from a machine developed to be simple, reliable and driver-focused. Even now, none of […]
Subaru has released pricing on its non-turbocharged Impreza models (which doesn’t include the pictures WRX STI, sorry), and you’ll be glad to know that your procrastination has been rewarded. Straight from the house that wears The Pleiades: “Pricing for the 2.5i, 2.5i Premium and Subaru Impreza Outback Sport are held to 2010 model year levels.” […]
