If you’ve had the good fortune to spend time in Italy, sampling exquisite wines, savoring extraordinary meals, lounging on Mediterranean shores, and driving the country’s smooth Autostradas, serpentine secondary roads and slender city streets while burning fuel costing more than twice the price it would in the States, you can understand where the READ MORE
Review – 2012 Ford Focus has Tremendous Realized, and Unrealized, Potential
By now, you’ve heard all about how terrific the redesigned 2012 Ford Focus is. Critics continually point out how much the quality has improved, how much fun to drive it is, how technologically advanced its features are, and how it represents one more globally
Review – 2012 Chevrolet Volt is Electrifying
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like the Chevy Volt. Apparently, he thinks the federal government forced General Motors to build this car.
Au contraire, mon frere. The Volt is the realization of collaboration between former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz and a veteran of GM engineering and product planning named Jon Lauckner. In his
Review – 2011 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is Kinda Like Jumbo Shrimp
“Porsche Hybrid? Isn’t that kinda like jumbo shrimp?” That question from a friend eyeing the script on the 2011 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid’s flanks reflects the uphill battle Porsche faces as it strives to improve the fuel economy of a
Review – 2011 Ford Fiesta Likes to Party, But Arrives Fashionably Late Every Time
The new 2011 Ford Fiesta SES hatchback is an impressive little car, loaded with personality. It looks great, even in this special extra cost Yellow Blaze Metallic paint, which adds a whopping $495 to the price tag. It is entertaining to drive with gusto on favorite back roads or around the corners
Review – 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is All Talk, No Action
At the end of our week with the 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid, the average fuel economy display read 29.1 mpg. We’d covered about 300 miles in a mix of city and freeway driving, and quite frankly expected better given that the EPA numbers on the window sticker read 35 mpg in the
Review – 2011 Hyundai Elantra is Honda’s and Toyota’s Worst Nightmare
Drive a 2011 Hyundai Elantra, even around the block, and you will be amazed at the refinement, sophistication, comfort, and value to be found in this stylish little car. Clearly, spending less no longer equates to getting less, and few models on the market exemplify this trend like the appealing new Elantra.
There’s
Review – 2011 Kia Optima Provides Optimum Value
With a window sticker of $27,700, the Spicy Red 2011 Kia Optima EX pictured here is a tremendous value in the family sedan class. Not only does it come standard with all the stuff you want and expect in the midsize four-door, but this one had perforated leather
Ford’s EcoBoost Engine Family to Include 1.0-liter 3-Cylinder
Ford Motor Company is expanding the EcoBoost line of downsized fuel efficient engines to include a new 1.0-lter three cylinder engine. It is the smallest displacement engine ever offered in a Ford passenger car. The goal is to deliver hybrid-like fuel efficiency at a lower cost to the consumer.
“With our global family of EcoBoost engines, we’ve replaced V8s
Volvo Developing KERS Flywheel Assist Technology to Improve Fuel Efficiency
It’s no secret that cars and trucks are very inefficient when it comes to converting fuel energy to propulsion power. Most of the actual power a petroleum power car produces is actually lost to heat. That’s part of the reason that hybrid cars make sense-they recapture some of the energy that is normally lost. Volvo is taking
