Business Week laid out a comprehensive list of small cars that would win an award in a particular category for small cars if there were awards. It is sort of like the Oscars for small cars. While I can not attest for all the cars I will have to say that the category dealing with reliability is correct.
The final set of reviews in today's "Review Roundup" series covers the sumptuous Mercedes S63 AMG, the high-powered variant of what is already one of the world's most covetable luxury sedans.
For the past week or so, we've been receiving emails from readers notifying us that they've been experiencing problems with our contact forms. Over the weekend we set out to fix the problem, and I believe we have, so hopefully any and all of the forms will now work correctly.
Just when you thought you had your fill of Mercedes reviews, we're bringing you not one but two installments of our Review Roundup segment this morning. In total, three models - the CLS 350 CGI, the E550 and the C-Class Estate - are all tested, thus giving those of you considering the purchase of any a small taste of what to expect from each.
In this week's "Review Roundup" segment, a total of six separate Mercedes reviews have been brought to our attention - reviews which analyze the E63 AMG, the CL63 AMG, the entire CL-Class range, and the Ocean Drive Concept.
Another batch of Mercedes reviews have managed to infiltrate the eMercedesBenz offices, with a grand total of three distinct model ranges analyzed by the testing powers that be. The new Mercedes SL-Class lineup, the new Mercedes SLK-Class
I am currently in the market for my next car, which I have decided to be a used Acura NSX. I plan on reporting the state of the used NSX market in North America as well as detailed findings for every car I interview to take the position as my daily driver car for 8 months of the year.
Our second Mercedes Review Roundup of the day is of a distinctly more compact flavor, with the recently revised Mercedes-Benz A-Class and B-Class models again being critiqued for your reading pleasure. As is the case with all our Review Roundups, you can find excerpts from each of the three featured reviews as well as links back to the full articles immediately below.
It all comes down to what you want a car to do for you. If you're looking for something with bags of potential (which you might not neccesarily ever use) and enough in-your-face styling cues to show that you have deep enough pockets to spend more than the next guy, the car to go for in the BMW Z4 Coup\303\251 range is undoubtedly the M model. If you want something that's good to drive, forget the M and go for the 3.0 Si instead.
The guys at C&D didn't expect much from the BMW Z4 M Roadster they drove, having expected less from previous Z4s they drove. They loved the engine, but overall thought that the Boxster delivered a better sporting experience.
So the MX-5 has grown. It is about two inches longer than the previous model and an inch and a half wider. Its wheelbase has been stretched 2.5 inches. Thankfully, the car still feels small and any weight increase is nominal. Give Mazda whatever credit you think it deserves for this engineering feat, but if ever there was a time to shed a few of the car\342\200\231s 2,500 pounds, this was it.
You know that blogging has come a long way when a promiment blog gets the respect that any other automotive publication would get: an evaluation vehicle. The folks at Autoblog received a Bentley Continental Flying Spur to review for a few days, and they've posted their results.
The Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R runs the Audi V8 engine used in all road cars. The race version of this engine has been developed in-house by Spyker Squadron’s technical team, headed by Peter van Erp and is mated to a Hewland six speed sequential gearbox.
WorldCarFans does another fine job pulling together the press materials all in one place, including plenty of photos, of Honda's latest and smallest vehicle in its North American fleet.
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but only the seriously visually impaired, or criminally insane will fail to appreciate the supermodel looks of the Aston Martin Vanquish S.
The NYT thinks that the new Passat is well put together with nice features, but feels that the driving element was too far down the list of priorities. "A German-engineered sedan like the Passat is supposed to connect the driver with the road, and this car does not."
The hybrids received a huge boost from celebrities buying up hybrids when they were introduced (Cameron Diaz and her Prius, for example), and maybe there's more to their popularity. BusinessWeek thinks very positively of the Lexus RX 400h.
If you have a kid on the way, especially your first child, when selecting a vehicle, you may find yourself buying things you swear to never own. Like a minivan. Or a backseat.
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