Edmunds.com pits Buick’s LaCrosse against its entry-luxury nemesis, the Lexus ES350.
With a Motormouths score of 86, the new Ford F-150 Raptor, is our top-ranked Truck/SUV.
“What do you do with a vaguely nonsensical 555-horse SUV? A vehicular triathlon.“
Motor Trend has put a wide range of cars through a wider range of tests at Laguna Seca Raceway to determine the “Best Driver’s Car” for 2009. The competition pitted sedans versus convertibles, american muscle against european exotica. Could the 167 HP Mazda Miata outduel the 638 HP Corvette ZR1? Yes. Click for more
Autoblog was underwhelmed by the sub-30 MPG mileage they got when they tested the Mercury Milan Hybrid this winter, and they suspected the culprit might be the cold Michigan weather. To confirm their theory they ran the almost identical Ford Fusion Hybrid over a similar course in the summer and netted 38MPG. Click for more
The 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon (yes “Wagon” they arent coyly calling it a crossover) is getting enthusiastic thumbs up from Automobile, Motor Trend, and Jalopnik whose Ben Wojdyla raves…
Conventional wisdom is Americans don’t like wagons, imagining them as transportation for unwashed masses of rugrats driven by people who’ve given up being cool. The Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon resoundingly shreds that stereotype.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe insists on doing things in its own way.
Ever wanted to attend the press rollout of a new vehicle? Well, Infiniti’s doing a virtual online intro of the 2011 Infiniti M, and you can tune in here. Just plunk yourself in front of your computer and hit that link today at 6:30 PM PST.
The outgoing M nabs some very nice scores from critics, so we’ll be closely tracking how the new model is received.
Editor note: Mark Frauenfelder, founder of BoingBoing and generally interesting guy, just had an intriguing post about car brokers on CreditBloggers.com. He’s kindly allowed us to crosspost it here.
When I wrote about “Car Dealers’ Tricks — and How to Dodge Them” in June, a number of readers were curious about my mention of using a car broker to purchase a car. Click for more
The 2010 Mercedes E550 Coupe “undercuts last year’s CLK550 by a cool $3000.”
We just added a Cash For Clunkers Shopping Tool to the site, to make it easier to find vehicles matching each shopper’s criteria.
Just enter your clunker’s MPG, select the type of vehicle you’re thinking of buying, and choose whether you want a $4,500 rebate or a $3,500 rebate. Voila! You get a list of the best-reviewed vehicles that qualify for the program, sortable by price, score, and mpg.
