Review 2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLI
May 25, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS There are plenty of small, reasonably-priced sports sedans available, but few of those could be called luxurious. Leave it to Volkswagen to add luxury touches to the compact sports sedan equation in its Jetta GLI. The Jetta is the most popular European-branded import in the country ... Continue reading
Review: 2003 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE
May 18, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Face it. Mid-sized, middle-class family sedans are not known for excitement. Sure, there are mid-sized sports sedans that can dust just about any street-legal sports car ever made, but they're out of most budgets, and a suspension tuned for serious corner carving is probably not go ... Continue reading
May 18, 2003
Base price: $48,065 Price as tested: $52,870 EPA mileage: not rated By Des Toups Nobody stares at a Chevy Suburban. Everybody stares at a Hummer H2, which collects eyeballs the way pockets collect lint. Which is the point, after all. No vehicle on the market commands -- and demands -- attention the way the H2 does. Des ... Continue reading
May 13, 2003
HONDA ST1300 review By Nicholas Frankl – Senior Editor Andrew Falk – Motorcycle Evaluator I had the pleasure of taking a brand new Honda up the Pacific Coast Highway on one of those fantasy weekends that seem so common in the movies but rarer on most weekends I get enough time to ride. I guess it’s ju ... Continue reading
May 13, 2003
Road test: Jaguar XJ 2003 By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Scottsdale, Arizona is a nice place at any time but after 4 weeks of rain in San Francisco it was sheer bliss. Glorious sunshine, great people, great food and most importantly a great car to drive! Yes folks, the brand new Jaguar XJ range is without a sha ... Continue reading
Review: 2003 Honda Accord Coupe EX V6
May 5, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS One day during my recent week with a new top-of-the-line Honda Accord EX V6 coupe, I came back to the car after running errands and found a first-generation Accord hatchback parked next to it. That produced a moment of surprise and reflection. There has been a little change in the ... Continue reading
Letter from Europe - Volvo, Saab, BMW, F-1 and other topics opinionized
May 1, 2003
Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Twenty or so years ago I spent a lot of time in Sweden. My partner and I were running four magazines, two on big rigs and two on cars. Big rig makers par excellence –Volvo and Scania(Saab) - were and still are the absolute tops, producing trucks which are the envy of the World. ... Continue reading
Review: 2003 Chevrolet Corvette 50th Anniversary Edition
May 1, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The Corvette marks its 50th year in 2003, and Chevrolet's rather subdued response is somehow appropriate. Sure, Chevy could have come up with an ultra-expensive and limited-production special edition, perhaps something along the lines of a street-legal version of the C5R endurance ... Continue reading
Review - 2003 Honda Civic EX Coupe - Review
Apr 24, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS There is a Honda Civic for just about everyone who wants a small car that combines fun and fuel economy. The current generation started out with a full range of sedans and coupes in 2001, with the Si performance hatchback added in 2002 and a gasoline-electric hybrid sedan debuting ... Continue reading
Review - 2003 Cadillac Escalade - Review
Apr 22, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The second generation of Cadillac's Escalade SUV debuted partway through 2001 as a 2002 model. It was meant to bring young, affluent buyers into the Cadillac fold, and succeeded beyond Cadillac's expectations as it became a status symbol among trendsetters like professional athlete ... Continue reading
Apr 20, 2003
By The Car Family, The Car Place Good: value, gas mileage, transmission, chassis, stereo Needs improvement: seats, headlights, rear seat legroom, gauges, lack of auxiliary safety airbags. . The Big Picture Pontiac's Grand Am is the bread and butter of the Pontiac line, providing true value for those who want a car that ... Continue reading
Review: 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V
Apr 19, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V Back in the late 1960s, Nissan, then known as Datsun, gained a reputation for performance from two cars. One was the 240Z, and there was no doubt that it was a real sports car. The other was the 510 sedan, originally meant to be a small, economical, i ... Continue reading
TACH ADDS THE EXCITEMENT OF ADVENTURE TRAVEL FROM MANRICO DELCORE AND MARY BETH DEBICKI
Apr 12, 2003
The Auto Channel would like to welcome a couple (literally) of exciting and talented contributors to our site. Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki are an American husband-and-wife team of photojournalists who specialize in vehicle-based adventure travel. They have been writing together for twelve years and their travel ... Continue reading
2003 Mercury Marauder Review by Carey Russ
Apr 10, 2003
Apr 8, 2003
Honda Taps La Agencia de Orci and YupiMSN To Reach the Powerful, Computer-Savvy Latino Consumer LOS ANGELES, April 8 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., one of the top-selling automobile manufacturers to the U.S. Hispanic consumer, launched a major new media marketing campaign targeting the Latino consumer. This month, ... Continue reading
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