Archive for the 'Wagons/Estates' Category

First Drive: BMW 535i Gran Turismo evolves the wagon with clever packaging, solid dynamics and… a prehensile tail

Evolution is a tough thing to watch – and not merely because it takes millions of years. While the developmental pace of the automobile has proven to be rather quicker than the natural world surrounding it, the car industry’s recent house-on-fire rush into new niches and sub-genres has often been similarly challenging to make […]

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009: Lust-worthy Mercedes E63 AMG wagon makes us beg for E63 AMG coupe

The most pressing things we have to say about the 2010 Mercedes E63 AMG Wagon here at the Frankfurt Motor Show have nothing to do with the wagon. On the car itself, everything about it makes us go “Hot!” It’s got 525 hp and 464 lb-ft from AMG’s well known naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V8, […]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009: 2010 BMW 5 Series GT is almost schön in person

The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo took a whirl on the plinth and we have to admit it doesn’t look the least bit absurd standing in person. We completely forgot to be offended at the fact we’re being handed this instead of the perfectly fantastic 5 Series Sport Wagon. At least, until we played around […]

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Review: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sportwagon eats up cargo, swallows open road

In Europe, the humble station wagon holds a big-time slice of the family driver demographic, partly because ridiculous petrol prices make big SUVs and crossovers far too uneconomical. Americans, on the other hand, have a fundamental problem with the station wagon. We’re not sure if the wagon is uncool because it was our parents’ preferred […]

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Officially Official: This is your 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour

Honda has released two highly brushed up photos of the Honda Accord Crosstour, and we can finally see its snout in full view. As the test car spy shots have migrated from altered Accord wagon to final Crosstour, the car has gotten ever funkier. This picture, though, is the funkiest of all.
We have a feeling […]

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Spy Shots: Production 5 Series GT revealed via BMW TV

As expected, BMW is obviously pretty far along with the production version of the 5 Series Gran Turismo concept that debuted earlier this month at the Geneva Motor Show. While show-car details like the thin metal blades connecting the side mirrors from the concept have been replaced with more conventional bits, the general shape of […]

Friday, March 20th, 2009

2014 Audi S4 and S5 to get turbo’d four-pots, massive weight reduction

Car and Driver sat down with Audi’s global head of product engineering, Michael Dick, to discuss the future of the automaker’s offerings and how it plans to tackle the ongoing issue of weight. While all automakers cite consumer demand and government regulation as one of the major reasons overall vehicle weight has skyrocketed in the […]

Sunday, March 15th, 2009