Car Review: 2005 Land Rover LR3
Oct 13, 2004
The Land Rover LR3 is the first all-new Land Rover since Ford bought the company four years ago. Strangely, this is the only market in the world where this vehicle will be called the LR3. Everywhere else they’re going to call it the Discovery 3, because it’s actually the new Discovery. The company says it&# ... Continue reading
Oct 13, 2004
By Autoline Detroit Scion’s newest entry, the tC, is an interesting car in several respects. It’s the first model exclusively designed as a Scion—the other two, the xB and xA, were Toyota models for the Japanese market that were rebranded as Scions. And they brought this model to market in record time ... Continue reading
Car Review: 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Oct 13, 2004
By Autoline Detroit When the current Grand Cherokee came out in late 1998, Jeep only faced about a dozen serious competitors in this segment. Today, there are over 20 serious entries it has to go up against. And that forced Jeep to start with a clean slate when it set out to design the new Grand Cherokee. Customers tol ... Continue reading
Oct 13, 2004
New Hybrid Vehicles Increase Gas-saving Options for Consumers The number of hybrid vehicles available to consumers continues to grow as Ford Motor Company offers the first commercially available hybrid SUV, the Escape Hybrid, for model year 2005. Toyota Motor Corporation will also be offering hybrid versions of the Toy ... Continue reading
Hybrid-Electric Vehicles (HEVs)Tutorial
Oct 13, 2004
Hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) combine the benefits of gasoline engines and electric motors and can be configured to obtain different objectives, such as improved fuel economy, increased power, or additional auxiliary power for electronic devices and power tools. Animation: How Hybrids Work Requires Flash 6.0 or highe ... Continue reading
Car Review: 2005 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE
Oct 7, 2004
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2005 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE The middle can seem like a safe, inviting place. Nothing extreme, nothing controversial, no one offended. But that middle, almost by definition, is the home of boredom. No extremes, no controversy, no offense... no interest. And, alas, in regard to styling ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2005 Ford Mustang GT
Oct 5, 2004
THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: 2005 Ford Mustang GT ENGINE: 4.6-liter V8 HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 300 hp @ 5,750 rpm/320 lb-ft @ 4,500 rpm TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual FUEL ECONOMY: 17 mpg city/25 mpg highway WHEELBASE: 107.1 in. LENGTH/WIDTH/HEIGHT: 188.0 x 73.9 x 55.4 in. TIRES: P235/55ZR17 BASE PRICE/S ... Continue reading
Sep 30, 2004
2005 Scion tC Fun for all By Mark Fulmer <br> Editor-in-Chief Forget what you read about Scions being for Generation X, Y, or Whatever. Half of the xA's and xB's sold in America are to middle-aged folks, and so it shall be with the new sporty coupe, the tC. Useful, cost-effective and entertaining vehicles simply glide ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2005 Ford Focus ZX4 ST
Sep 30, 2004
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS As part of Ford's ``Year of the Car'' program for 2005, the sporty Focus has gotten a makeover. Mid-product cycle styling freshenings are common in the industry, but, although the styling is indeed freshened, the most important changes to the `05 Focus are not visible. The model li ... Continue reading
Guest Commentary: Diesels in The U.S.
Sep 28, 2004
<a href=http://www.forbes.com">Forbes.Com Editorial Commentary:</a> By Jerry Flint<p> With gasoline in the U.S. likely to stay north of $2 per gallon, I am hearing more and more discussions about saving fuel. Such dialog always comes around to diesel motors. Practically everyone seems to like the idea, but diesels stil ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2005 Land Rover LR3
Sep 23, 2004
The all new 2005 Land Rover LR3 A quantum leap in the evolution of the SUV By Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki The all new 2005 Land Rover LR3 (or Discovery 3 as it will be known outside North America) is the first Land Rover to be designed since Land Rover and BMW parted ways in mid-2000 and it represents a re-affi ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT
Sep 23, 2004
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS It's hard, now, to imagine life without minivans. Over twenty years and ten million of its own minivans ago, the then-Chrysler Corporation (now Chrysler Croup of DaimlerChrysler) invented the genre, and full-size station wagons were history. Being number one makes one an inviting t ... Continue reading
BMW SETS 9 RECORDS WITH HYDROGEN COMBUSTION ENGINE - COMPLETE DETAILS
Sep 20, 2004
09/20/2004 Top Speed over 300 km/h BMW Writes Automotive History in Hydrogen Record Run Munich / Miramas. Hydrogen does not only mean top performance in rockets traveling to outer space: BMW has proven what the hydrogen car is capable of, setting 9 records for cars powered by a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engi ... Continue reading
New Car Review - 2005 Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG
Sep 18, 2004
I’ve just said good-bye to a truly great automobile, the C55 AMG. To a casual observer it is just another C class Merc but boy oh boy, are they in for a surprise! Coming home on 101 a somewhat over-excited young man caught up with me and decided to follow about 10 inches from my bumper. Not for long as I floored ... Continue reading
Sep 18, 2004
Letter from Europe – September 2004 Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief After all the SUVs in the States it was interesting to remind myself that somehow Europeans manage to get from A to B in considerably smaller cars just as quickly and far more economically. For the Hungarian Grand Prix Ford very kindly lent m ... Continue reading
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