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Heels on Wheels -2013 Mazda CX-5 Review

Heels on Wheels -2013 Mazda CX-5 Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 MAZDA CX-5 REVIEW By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE MAZDA CX-5 VEHICLE The CX-5 is a new model for Mazda, best described as a more compact and sportier version of the mid-size CX-7 and the three-row CX-9 crossovers, fitting right into the market by focusing prima ... Continue reading

Heels on Wheels - 2012 Nissan Quest Review

Heels on Wheels - 2012 Nissan Quest Review

MORE INFO Your Perfect Minivan Match HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE NISSAN QUEST VEHICLE Redesigned just last year – with raging success – the Quest is Nissan’s three-row, seven-passenger minivan featuring a boxy, wagon-like design notable for its ful ... Continue reading

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Volkswagen CC Review

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Volkswagen CC Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC VEHICLE Just as traditional SUVs evolve into crossovers to stay competitive, so must sedans – and the Volkswagen CC successfully does this by embracing a couple-like si ... Continue reading

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

BOULDER, Colo.--Assembly lines in Japan and the United States produced more than 20,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, an all-time record for such vehicles. But optimism about the market for PEVs has gradually been replaced with a better understanding of the practical challenges of launching new models and e ... Continue reading

2013 Toyota Avalon At SEMA

2013 Toyota Avalon At SEMA

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 — Toyota's recently introduced 2013 Avalon is set to enter the market this fall with a radically new design that moves the styling needle distinctly toward passion and excitement. To demonstrate the possibilities of the new premium mid-size sedan, the company created two new concept ... Continue reading

2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport AWD Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport AWD Rocky Mountain Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel Lexus has long built cars known for their luxury and comfort; adjectives like aggressive and athletic were not typically used to describe them. Enter the new GS 350. Completely redesigned for 2013, the new GS is built clearly with the intention of taking on its German ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

MORE INFO Toyota Buyers Guide Perfect New Car Matcher THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG Senior Editor The Auto Channel 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Engine: 2.4-liter DOHC I4, plus electric motor Horsepower/Torque: 156 hp @ 5,700 rpm/156 lb.-ft. @ 4,500 rpm (plus 105 kw @ 4, ... Continue reading

2013 Ford Taurus Ride'm Review By Maureen McDonald

2013 Ford Taurus Ride'm Review By Maureen McDonald

High Chaparral- Ride'm 2013 Ford Taurus by Maureen McDonald Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel When the leaves in Michigan start turning gold and the temperature dips below freezing at night the call of the high chaparral gets louder – climb up where the air is clear and the nights are warm, where the ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO

ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NY—A perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Here Is Last Week's (October 22-28 2012) Automotive News In Case You Were Dozing

Nutson's Nuggets: Here Is Last Week's (October 22-28 2012) Automotive News In Case You Were Dozing

* Toyota officials may be jumping the gun a bit with two months of sales yet to go for calendar 2012 but they are claiming that Camry will again be the best-selling car in the US. With a 67,000 unit lead over second place Accord they call that lead "insurmountable." This would then be the 11th consecutive year as the s ... Continue reading

2013 Volvo XC60 T6 Review By Dan Poler

2013 Volvo XC60 T6 Review By Dan Poler

By Dan Poler Rocky Mountain Bureau The Auto Channel The XC60 has been around since the 2009 model year and is one of the best-selling vehicles in Volvo’s stable. Despite this, it’s just not a car you see every day. We had the opportunity to take the XC60, and we find ourselves wondering why there aren’t ... Continue reading

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Audi A7 Review

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Audi A7 Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2012 AUDI A7 REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE A7 VEHICLE The all-new Audi A7 is a luxurious and powerful four-passenger sedan – a redesign of the A6, but with a couple-like look and attitude thanks to a low and wide stance, a hatchback-ins ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim Ponders Peace in the 2012 Honda Insight - REVIEW

Fireball Tim Ponders Peace in the 2012 Honda Insight - REVIEW

By Fireball Tim Lawrence HOLLYWOOD, USA - October 26, 2012: Spending a week with the 2012 Honda Insight was just that… insightful. But people didn’t turn their heads and say, “wow…” They didn’t stop me on the street and ask me what it was. And they didn’t react when I drove it into a ... Continue reading

2013 Cadillac XTS Review By Carey Russ

2013 Cadillac XTS Review By Carey Russ

2013 Cadillac XTS American expectations for a luxury car are not what they once were. The extra-large, softly-suspended, V8-powered insulating cocoon on wheels -- exemplified most recently in the Cadillac line by the late DTS, and DeVille and Fleetwood before it -- is gone. Today's luxury car buyer is more likely than ... Continue reading

BMW Group Plans Plant In Brazil

BMW Group Plans Plant In Brazil

The BMW Group plans to build a new plant in Brazil. ... Continue reading

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