Category: Automobile

We generally support the notion that adding power improves any vehicle, even if every car need not rearrange your innards with g-forces in order to be fun. A case in point is the updated 2017 Kia Soul, which finally is Read More …

An interesting thing happened on the second day of our test of the 2016 Dodge Journey: We started noticing them everywhere. Schools, fast-food joints, athletic-field parking lots. Sure, we nodded approvingly when Dodge overhauled the dismal first-gen Journey for 2011 Read More …

Late last year, we invited a Chevrolet Trax to compete against five of its peers in a comparison test. Although its roomy interior and surprisingly composed handling impressed us, the Chevy’s cheap cabin and “terminally dull” exterior design ultimately let Read More …

The various car shows that make up Monterey Car Week are a cornucopia of dream cars. Exotic cars of every type abound, so much so that seeing a Ferrari parked on the street becomes as interesting as seeing an Audi Read More …

When the first production Porsche 924s rolled off the line in Audi’s Neckarsulm, Germany plant in 1976, it was a foregone conclusion that they would be mired in the same controversy as the Porsche 914 that had gone before it. Read More …

There was really no new information announced Thursday at the Jaguar Collections Center, as many of the details regarding Jaguar’s entry into Formula E, beginning with the Hong Kong season-opener in a month, have already leaked out. But for Alejandro Read More …

After years of speculation, announcements, and what felt like a dozen concepts, Volkswagen’s midsize SUV is here. Well, almost. As VW’s Chattanooga plant prepares to start official series production of the still-nameless three-row seven-seater in the last week of 2016, Read More …

If it’s not an SUV, it won’t sell. That’s the message marketing experts and product planners are sending to senior auto industry execs around the globe. Sales of conventional three-box sedans are plummeting, with those of minivans and mainstream sports Read More …

If there ever was a mule that did not need the full black-and-white camouflage treatment, this is it. After all, the new 2018 BMW 5 Series, code-named G30, is anything but a breakthrough design, such as the BMW i8. Instead, Read More …

The first drive of the new 2018 Audi TT RS began at Spain’s Jarama circuit, an old Formula 1/MotoGP track. I raced in Spain some years ago, but never at Jarama, so I enjoyed learning it. The circuit flows nicely, Read More …