It’s a two-seater. Front-wheel-drive. Gets about 30 mpg on the highway. But give it a third of a mile of straight asphalt in front of it, and it really flies. Of course, you have to unfold the wings first. The Federal Aviation Administration has just removed a major hurdle from the path of a […]
Now that World Cup fever has left the building, and most of our Wimbledon contenders are in business class to JFK a little earlier than usual, we feel the need for some global news to keep us from slipping our blinders back on–from setting our sights no further than our rather lightly patrolled borders. […]
Porsche is planning to sell its redesigned 2011 Cayenne SUV in China with an entirely different, more modern base V-6 engine than the Cayenne gets in the U.S. and elsewhere, a company official revealed last week. Chinese-market Cayenne models will get the same supercharged version of the 3.0-liter, 90-degree Audi TFSI V-6 that’s already […]
As July 4 approaches, it’s probably a good idea for Americans to take a step back and consider what their country is really about. Freedom? Sure, but it’s also about mobility: social, economic, and physical. For people with disabilities, that last one can be difficult to achieve, but the Miami, Florida-based Vehicle Production Group […]
The Basics: You could say the Infiniti QX56 has a nationality crisis. At first it was a Japanese citizen, with a Japanese passport, back when it was the QX, and a clone of the Nissan Pathfinder. Then in 2005, Nissan built a factory in Mississippi, and pasted the QX56 nameplate on the plant’s new […]
MINI fans around the world can look forward to some changes to the iconic brand’s 2011 model range, with the Cooper, Clubman, Convertible and high-performance John Cooper Works model receiving fresh styling, engine upgrades and new features. Setting apart the new lineup visually is a new bumper that was redesigned to meet increasingly stringent…
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One of the founders of the Smart brand has died. Nicolas Hayek, the chairman and founder of Swatch Group, passed away in Switzerland at 82, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hayek led the company that reinvented the Swiss watch (conflated into “Swatch”) with an inexpensive, stylish range of plastic timepieces. But Hayek also was […]
When you’re sitting at a stoplight or stuck in traffic—and you’re lucky enough to be behind the wheel of a new 2010 Porsche Panamera or 2011 Porsche Cayenne—you might notice the engine ever so smoothly shut off. Yes, it’s supposed to do that; the feature is called Auto Start Stop. But unless you’ve driven […]
Minivans are many things: functional, convenient, and sometimes easy on the eyes. But they don’t always inspire pride in their owners, and they don’t exactly scream “Master of my Domain” — particularly when men are behind the wheel. In fact, countless commercials have light of the fact that for guys, minivans are a necessary […]
If you’re shopping for a hybrid vehicle, time is drawing to a close to take advantage of the Federal government’s hybrid tax credits. But before those credits expire at the end of 2010, there’s one new hybrid you’ll want to add to your shopping list: the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. It’s expected to […]
