In The Love Bug, the main character (aside from Herbie) could be a down-on-his-luck racing driver named Jim Douglas. Early on, he steps into an exotic car show room, and when the dealer asks him kind of car he is looking for, Douglas replies, “What do you have in the...
One has to pity the typical new-car customer. For them, picking between compact crossovers must appear to be choosing between various identically sized cardboard boxes. That one do you want? “Ah, i will take the one with the best deal.” besides, with the 2017 Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 2017...
It’s simply past dawn and i am running on a thin supply of caffein and epinephrine, however the 2017 Lamborghini Aventador S i am chasing around Circuit Ricardo Tormo just made me crack a grin: faint blue flames are simmering deep among the leader’s 3 exhaust pipes, pulsing almost unnoticeably...
The 2017 Kia Niro is a important model for the brand. It is the company’s 1st car designed from the get-go to be a hybrid. And as Kia’s VP of product planning explains, it’s serving to lead the company’s push to enhance fuel economy by 25 p.c across the board....
There is a definite satisfying symmetry to a three-by-three grid. Think of the solved edge of a Rubik’s cube, your Instagram top nine, or the tied-up terminus of a round of tit-tat-toe with your nephew when the board is finally full and you do not have to play anymore. Like...
Volkswagen literally translates into English as “People’s car”. Back in the 1930s, when Ferdinand Porsche was tasked with designing a vehicle for the masses, folks needed little more than durable and cheap. The Beetle fit that bill perfectly. Today, a car for the folks specifically Americans must to be big...
The sun can kill you. It’ll also make you hot and sticky and smelly. It’s a real nasty thing despite, you know, making virtually all life on Earth possible. Now, seemingly, despite these risks, there are people who enjoy driving around in their car being slowly baked alive by our...
Ducati’s SuperSport is back, aimed at plugging a gap in Ducati’s lineup missing since the model was discontinued back in 2006. The revival is positioned as a more accessible first cousin of its Panigale line ― something you may go for the track on Saturday, tour with on Sunday, and...
It’s a new season in the timeline of the Chevrolet Equinox, and the all-new 2018 model may be a spring forward for the popular American crossover. In addition to refreshed appearance that tie the Equinox esthetically to its brandmates, plus a number of safety and technology updates, the Equinox is...
Our long-run 2016 fiat 500X could be a fine little crossover that is nearly undone by a underwhelming and often frustrating powertrain. The 2.4-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder/nine-speed automatic combo is found in a number of FCA products. In every single application I’ve used this engine, the takeaway has been the...