2012 Nissan Maxima
Competition is good - but not always necessarily for the seller.
When Nissan introduced the Maxima back in 1981, the idea of a "four door sports car" - as the car...
2012 Toyota Camry hybrid
The Toyota Prius hybrid gets all the press - and a lot of the dealer mark-up, too. You might check out the new Camry hybrid to get something very similar -...
2012 Toyota Yaris
As a gauge of how much has changed in the car market in just the space of two or three years, consider the following:
Toyota - Toyota! - is playing catch-up.
To...
2012 Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai has proved it can build an almost BMW M5 for about half the price in the form of the 429 hp $46,500 Genesis R Spec. In fact, for $400 less...
2012 Nissan Murano
Almost ten years ago, I drove one of the first Nissan Muranos. In 2003, it was Dennis Kucinic to Barak Obama - or Ron Paul to Mitt Romney.
Something genuinely different.
At...
2012 Kia Rio
At first, I thought something had to be wrong.
The window sticker that came with the new Kia Rio I've been test driving said 30 city, 40 highway. The car's mileage...
2012 Mitsubishi Lancer
Mitsubishi started it.
Or at least, it was one of the first car companies to do it really well, across its model lineup.
What's that? Building economy-minded, affordable cars that were also...
2012 Hyundai Accent
If you go test-drive a new economy compact - any new economy compact - you will discover something the car industry would probably prefer to keep quiet: There are no latter-day...
2012 Kia Optima Hybrid
Hybrid math is hard to calculate because the variables are still in flux and very subjective. Consider the 2012 Kia Optima hybrid.
The base price of this car is $25,700 vs....
2012 Hyundai Accent
If you go test-drive a new economy compact - any new economy compact - you will discover something the car industry would probably prefer to keep quiet: There are no latter-day...