2012 Kia Soul
Cars are by most objective measures better appliances than they've ever been. But as reliable as they are, as durable as they are, as safe as they are - many are...
2016 Mini Convertible… vs. Fiat 500 Convertible
Really small convertibles are really rare.
There are just two.
They are the Mini Cooper convertible and the even smaller Fiat 500 convertible.
Both are retro-cute, very fun and not (if you're careful about...
2017 Lexus RC Coupe
For Lexus, the RC is a "radical coupe."
Radical looking, certainly.
And it offers a V8.
Circa now, that's pretty rad.
You may have noticed these are disappearing elsewhere. Including under the hoods of rival...
2017 Toyota Highlander
First of all, there are no turbos.
That fact alone sets the current Toyota Highlander apart from almost all other mid-sized crossover SUVs - most of which either come standard with or...
2018 Nissan Versa
Last year, the average price paid for a new car was about $35,000. But that doesn’t mean you have to pay $35k to drive home a new car.
A nice new car.
You...
2016 Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla, in the words of the captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald, is holding its own.
It is one of the few sedans that still is.
As a class, they have been...
2018 Jaguar F-Pace Diesel
The snow leopard is a big cat, too.
Like the jaguar - except it is built to deal with snow.
So also the F-Pace, which is the snow leopard of Jaguars.
It has more...
2014 BMW 320i
Don't say it out loud - but there's now an economy version of the BMW 3 Series sedan. Well, a more economical - to buy and drive - version. It's the...
Smart Car Fades to Black
Mercedes is giving up on the not-so-Smart Car, citing "declining micro-car market" in the U.S. and Canada.
U.S. Smart sales in 2018 plunged 58 percent from a year earlier to 1,276 cars.
What's...
2018 Honda Accord
Sedans used to be the mainstays of the market - mostly on account of their being practical. Four doors instead of two. Then along came crossovers - which are based on...