There’s not a whole lot to be said about the bigger engine, which only manages to put out a paltry 184 hp while returning an estimated 24 mpg combined. It moves things along, sure, but it doesn’t always seem to be happy about it: Mash the throttle to make a pass at expressway speeds, and …
During one run on the expressway, a friend, unprompted, noted how smooth the ride was. I can’t remember which mode I was in, but smooth control is something this car excels at. The silky engine has a lot to do with it; it growls pleasantly while kicking through the gears — opting for the four-cylinder …
There is nothing outstanding or dreadful. It just is. Good-looking exterior, nicely built interior, quiet on the road, smooth, and there’s lots of room inside. It’s an adequate car. Step inside and you find curvy soft-touch materials that look good and are well assembled. I see Buick has taken on some haptic-feedback buttons on the …
Enter the 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT. From the heart-poundingly red exterior (the color is dubbed “redline,” naturally) to the sport five-spoke wheels, to the blacked-out grille, this is a van that doesn’t take itself too seriously. At least I hope it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Still, if I had to buy a van …
The Equus has as many or more luxury features as its competition. The base car gets everything from HID headlights and LED footlights to a 17-speaker audio system and Hyundai’s Blue Link telematics system. The Equus that I drove got the $7000 Ultimate package (my colleagues drove the Signature series) with 12.3-inch LCD, heads-up display, …
The 5.0-liter V8 pulls this car off the line using all four wheels, and first gear goes by in a wink, so have your hand ready on that right paddle shifter. It makes a helluva sound, too, like a muscle car. And those paddle shifters, they’re on the column. So if you have a preference, …
Ford’s C-Max Solar Energy Concept is a “plugless plugin,” said Donna Bell, which initially sounds silly — as if the carefully structured chaos and noise of CES may have finally gotten to her. But as someone who has been managing Ford’s electric vehicle infrastructure for the past 20 years, she isn’t being facetious. Solar panels …
It’s the Jaguar F-Type made better and even more beautiful. Some eyes out there might genuinely prefer the Brit brand’s two-seat sports car in convertible form. That’s fine, but the arch of the coupe’s roof line and the way its cabin tapers into the car’s tail emphasizing its deep-drawn aluminum haunches adds an extra point …
Shelby unveiled the Mustang GT at the Los Angeles Auto Show last week, two weeks before the arrival of an entirely new Ford Mustang. In the Great And Hallowed Pantheon of Fast Shelbys, the GT has ranked somewhere in the middle: the entry to huge V8 power, but nowhere as ludicrous — or headline-grabbing — …
Porsche has given its latest 911 Targa a heavy dose of retro appeal through the adoption of a series of classic styling cues that hark back to that of the original model launched in the market in 1965. Unveiled at the Detroit auto show, the new 911 Targa is based around the same aluminium bodyshell …
