It may not look like it, but the 2011 Ford Fiesta is a big car for Ford. The Fiesta will lead the charge to America for Ford’s plan to finally bring its cool Euro cars across the pond with minimal market specific fiddling. Not a novel idea—it seems to have worked well for Volkswagen, BMW, [...]
Alternately titled: Signs of Life. I’ll be the first to admit I was more than a little skeptical of General Motors success post-chapter 11. After all, the company held onto many of the same execs who led the once mighty Detroit automaker straight into craptastic product hell. Fuel that fire with consumer base loathsome of [...]
My first road-legal car was a 1986 Acura Legend. When I took possession, it had a lofty 214,000 miles on the clock, and though the 2.5-liter V6 had let a few of its 151 ponies escape from the farm, it was still plenty powerful for a 16 year-old in the back woods of Virginia. Mated [...]
You knew this was bound to happen, Fiends. After all, I am a product of the south, and around these parts, there’s nothing as American as a big ol’ honkin’ pick-up truck. Of course, what you see above is about as far from the jacked up, rusted out products of the ‘70s prowling high-school parking [...]
It takes a serious commitment to reorganize a corporate image. Where Hyundai has long been a purveyor of inexpensive, economical transportation that caters more to the bottom line than any emotional response, the addition of the Genesis Coupe and Sedan looks to prove there’s more to the company than a 100,000 mile warranty. This isn’t [...]
The mid-to-full size sedan market is no place for sheep. With volume giants like the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord growing ever larger, more powerful and attractive, and domestic bruisers like the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Taurus and Fusion prowling the tall grasses, this is not a spot for the aging or sickly. With a preponderance [...]
The more vehicles I drive, the more I realize our domestic manufacturers are great at building cars and trucks people want, but not so hot at cranking out the ones we need. Take a look at any of the neo muscle bruisers out there right now to get the gist of my meaning. The 430 [...]
Wait. Didn’t we just drive this thing? No, Fiends. That would be the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 2WD, which we all know has completely different badges is a completely different vehicle. All kidding aside, I’ve always been a bit perplexed by GMC. To me, the company’s offerings have always seemed like slightly restyled trim levels of [...]
I was a movin’ man in my younger days
But I gone out my ramblin’ ways
I left that road so far behind
Now I know, oh babe
I got mine…
~The Black Keys
The sun’s coming down as I dip off the interstate, long rays nicking off of the Challenger’s endless nose. The sheet metal, dipped in retina-snatching Inferno Red [...]
Way, way long ago, we made mention of Volvo’s new CUV, the XC60. The tiny ute has been making waves with a neat new bit of tech called City Safety where the vehicle will actually stop itself in the event of an imminent fender bender. Before you start having big brother-esque thoughts, don’t worry. The [...]
