2012 Kia Forte: 274 hp (and hybrid power) on Deck…
Kia is not fooling around.
Korea's other automaker has a surprise on deck for 2012 that should make econo-compact buyers smile - and will definitely make competitors sweat.
Two surprises, actually... .
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2012 Chrysler 200: Not Great But Maybe Good Enough….
Thank God it's not just a name change - because the old Chrysler Sebring was the ultimate Rental Car Special. A car you drove for $25 a day when on vacation...
2012 Kia Optima: Try to Find Something Bad to Say About it….
Here's the thing:
Everyone makes good cars now, so "reliability" and "safety" aren't the selling points they used to be.
They're givens.
That puts the name-brand Japanese brands - Honda and Toyota - in...
2012 Civic: Better Than Ever… But is it Good Enough?
Honda's Civic is the grandaddy of them all - the first Mass Success Japanese economy car that kicked in the door for the rest of them and, arguably, ushered in a...
2011 Camaro Convertible: Finally!
The first factory-built Camaro convertible in two - no, three - generations is finally here and just in time to catch up with the Mustang convertible and put some distance between...
2011 Nissan 370Z: Your Sports Car Dollar Won’t Go Farther
Since its 1969 introduction, Nissan's famous "Z-car" has appeared in many forms - some better, some not so much.
During the '90s, in particular, it got ever-heavier . . . and also...
2011 Corvette – Can’t Touch This
If you don't like the Corvette, you don't like cars.
How can you not love a $49k (to start) sports car that can match moves with $100k exotics? And which for a...
2011 Jaguar XJ: The Cat Strikes Back
Jaguar is not a company that does parking brake 180s.
The (literally) agelessly elegant XJ sedan, for example, evolved over the years but was still recognizably the same car for almost 40...
2011 Nissan Juke
Lots of spunky compact runabouts out there. The inexpensive ones, though, are usually on the slow side - and the ones that aren't (slow) are (expensive).
Except the extremely cool Nissan Juke.
It...
2011 Cadillac CTS-V: Release Your Inner Sheen
Those heavy-breathing '60s muscle cars? Not all that muscular, really. Not compared with what you can get now, anyhow.
This hit me as soon as I read the spec sheet of the...