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I’m always on the lookout for good American cars — but in the case of the 2010 Ford Fusion, I’m having a little trouble thinking of it as a domestic….
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Archive for May, 2009
May
26
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I usually use the time around Memorial Day to blog about traveling by car, since that’s what so many Americans do on this three-day weekend. A couple of days ago,…
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This week, Volkswagen flew me to Sacramento to try out a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Passat developed by Tongji University in China. I probably would have been a lot more impressed had I…
May
26
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Our tour of Italian cars concludes today with Lancia, Fiat’s luxury brand. I’m not exactly sure how Lancia is positioned with respect to Alfa Romeo (and if anyone can enlighten…
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President Obama announced a new program that will raise corporate average fuel economy (CAFE, the average MPG of every individual vehicle an automaker builds) and limit CO2 emissions. The new…
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A few weeks back, I mentioned that I was going to spend a week with the Hyundai Elantra Touring, a car that I’ve been thinking about buying ever since I…
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My stepmother is almost ready to buy a new car. She drives a Toyota Avalon which she loves (and after 80,000 trouble-free miles, who can blame her?), so I…
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The New for 2010 juggernaut just keeps on a-rollin’. Check out the latest:
Lotus
MINI
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Pontiac
Porsche
I’ve also got new information (and rumors) for a couple of other manufacturers:
Audi: Upcoming A8 redesign
Cadillac: Good-bye, STS-V
Chevrolet:…
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As requested, I’ve put together a photo gallery of Alfa-Romeo cars. Alfa is a division of Fiat, and if the Chrysler-Fiat marriage works out, it’s possible we’ll see them make…
May
26
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As I tooled around in the diesel-powered BMW 335d — ok, maybe tore would be a better word than tooled — I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if…