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A premium hybrid without the hybrid premium

Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid
28341169 Posted Yesterday 08:58 AM by Joe Lorio

 Although many hybrid cars are bought to make an environmental statement, a lot of people consider the choice of a hybrid on more dispassionate grounds. They’re looking to get better gas mileage, but the question...

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2010 BMW 550i Gran Turismo

28325941 Posted March 7 2010 05:44 PM by Matthew Phenix

The notion of a premium hatchback — a car like the BMW 550i Gran Turismo in my driveway this week — has never been an easy sell to Americans. Lift-backs are low-buck rides, the Ford Escorts and Dodge Omnis of the world,...

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Porsche 918 Spyder – the real KITT?

27004289 Posted March 2 2010 08:10 AM by David Zenlea

The Porsche 918 Spyder concept may indeed be a revolutionary supercar, but it seems to owe a bit of its technological prowess to the third-generation Pontiac Firebird. Don't believe me? Take a look at those wheels! Couple...

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Between idea and execution

Suzuki SX4 Sportback
28052548 Posted February 10 2010 07:30 AM by Joe Lorio

Among small cars, the SX4 stands tall—literally. It’s a high-roofed, compact hatchback, an exceptionally clever package that gets the maximum interior space inside a minimal exterior footprint.

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2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS

Premium Plush, Regular Gas
28021339 Posted February 8 2010 08:34 AM by Matthew Phenix

Back in 2000, I was one of those people who, when General Motors announced that it planned to phase out the Oldsmobile brand, loudly decried the decision. Oldsmobile had a hundred year history and was just starting to find...

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Née Dodge: A week with the 2010 Ram 3500 Mega Cab

26742305 Posted February 1 2010 08:54 AM by Matthew Phenix

I never imagined myself a pickup kind of guy — particularly a heavy-duty pickup kind of guy. I am not from Texas. I'm not a general contractor or a park ranger. I have no Airstream or horse trailer or cabin cruiser to...

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Ezra Dyer: Bentley's Continental Supersports In The Real World

27905992 Posted January 27 2010 11:35 AM by Automobile Staff

Last month I got a chance to drive a Bentley Continental Supersports at the World Class Driving 200-MPH Club event outside Miami. My dominant memory of the Supersports wasn’t even from behind the wheel, but standing...

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The Flex Gets Some Muscle

26662313 Posted January 22 2010 06:41 AM by Joe Lorio

For 2010, the biggest change to the Flex, Ford's retro-classically styled people mover, is the option of a turbocharged V-6.

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The shape of small cars to come

Hyundai Elantra Touring
26581274 Posted January 13 2010 01:49 PM by Joe Lorio

 The Elantra Touring may not be exactly what Hyundai thinks it is, a racy hot hatch, but it's an interesting small car nonetheless.

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Tow be, or tow not to be.

When it comes to towing, the Tundra's my winner.
31847595 Posted December 29 2009 12:17 PM by Jason Cammisa

I never much understood the appeal of driving a big truck every day. But in the last decade, full-size pickups have gotten really good, and I've started to tow stuff. And that changed the game.  

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Naming their baby girl "Kia" nets parents a new car.

Better "Kia" than "Vauxhall"
31758702 Posted December 20 2009 01:53 PM by Joe Lorio

 U.K mom-to-be Samantha Smyth was headed to the hospital in her mother’s Kia Carens (that’s the Rondo, in the USA) for the birth of her baby, but they didn’t quite make it there in time, and she ended up giving birth...

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2009 Porsche Cayman S with PDK

31734783 Posted December 17 2009 12:15 PM by Matthew Phenix

I thought it might be novel to start a post on the Porsche Cayman S with something other than the endless, effusive praised that every car writer on the planet seems compelled to deliver. So, seriously, has there ever been...

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Audi A3 TDI and Lexus HS250h: A winning premium green car formula?

27535879 Posted December 17 2009 08:46 AM by David Zenlea

 It’s no secret that automakers are desperately trying to find a way to make a profit on environmentally friendly vehicles. Green propulsion technology is extremely expensive and engineering-intensive, and yet it’s...

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What it means to be American

26051603 Posted November 23 2009 01:28 PM by Joe Lorio

 The triumph of the European luxury brands, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, has made rear-wheel drive the pre-eminent setup in the premium segments. (Audi sidesteps the issue by equipping most of its cars with all-wheel...

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2010 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport

26044316 Posted November 23 2009 08:59 AM by Matthew Phenix

"I don't get it," somebody said to me after I climbed out of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport and stood on the sidewalk in front of the new Waldorf Astoria hotel in Orlando . "Don't get what?" I asked. "This car. Two million...

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