| 2013 BMW X1 xDrive28i Long-Term Test Intro: 40,000 Miles in the Cheapest BMW |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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By now, we all know that everyone is supposed to be driving smaller vehicles. But we’re not doing a very good job of it. At almost every redesign, cars and trucks gain size, mass, or both. Even the smallest vehicles often get bigger when redesigned, creating a cycle whereby the bottom slot opens up, ready [...]
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| 2014 BMW i3: Bavaria’s Big Electric Gamble |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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After more than two years of speculation and piecemeal details, the fully electric BMW i3 has arrived (although, we’ve already had a go behind the wheel of a prototype). It’s a polarizing vehicle, to put it mildly. Optimists, such as BMW sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson, believe that the launch of the i3 “heralds [...]
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| Smarter Smarts: 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Coupe and Convertible First Drive |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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It’s official: There’s no reason to buy the Smart Fortwo. Well, there’s no reason to buy the gasoline version now that the third-generation Smart Fortwo Electric Drive has arrived. This third attempt at electrifying the Smart is perhaps the one that will finally take. It now has a more powerful electric motor, slightly more range, [...]
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| Driven: Toyota’s Freshened 2014 4Runner Sport-Utility |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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Let’s take a look at the freshened-up 2014 Toyota 4Runner, beginning at the rear: Okay, not bad, lots of clear plastic in the taillights, not much new here. Now the profile, which is familiar, upright, and certainly says “Toyota,” for better or worse. READ MORE ››
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| Feature Profile: Kimi Räikkönen Is the Most Interesting Man in Formula 1 |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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“Sometimes in Formula 1 there is politics, and the shit there is stupid,” Kimi Räikkönen says as we sit in the Lotus Formula 1 team’s hospitality tent, sheltered from the drizzle that hangs over most of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. “I was pretty happy to go and do something else.” READ MORE ››
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| Driven: Toyota’s Refreshed 2014 Tundra Full-Size Pickup |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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It’s interesting how Toyota eased into the full-size truck market in the U.S. After years of building small pickups, the company introduced the slightly larger T-100 for 1993, adding the Xtracab extended-cab model in 1995. The darling of landscapers everywhere, there are still plenty of T-100s on the roads, towing Dixie Choppers on small trailers, [...]
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| 2013 Toyota RAV4 “Baby Translator” Commercial: It’s a Gas [The Ad Section] |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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After seeing this commercial on TV, I wasn’t sure what point Toyota was trying to make. So I went online and watched it a bunch of times and came to the conclusion that Toyota itself isn’t sure what point it’s trying to make with the spot. We open on a family driving around the neighborhood [...]
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| Brabus Boosts Mercedes’ New S-class to 730 Horsepower |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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Imagine yourself a few months in the future, when you’ve just plunked down very nearly $150,000 for a 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. You’re sitting at a stoplight, listening to the quiet idle of the 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 and its 577 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque. It’s just then that another new S-class pulls up [...]
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| Report: Scion FR-S/Toyota GT 86 Convertible a No Go |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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About three seconds after the Scion FR-S/Toyota GT 86 launched alongside its Subaru BRZ twin at the 2011 Tokyo auto show, someone in the crowd spoke the words that were on everyone’s mind: “Are they going to make a convertible? That could really give the Miata a run for its money.” Toyota then showed the [...]
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| Nissan GT-R NISMO to Be Hella Quick, Possibly Hit 60 in 2.0 Seconds |
Aug 2nd, 2013 |
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According to a recent report in Auto Express, the forthcoming Nissan GT-R NISMO may post a brutally quick 0-60 time of two seconds flat, a detail supposedly sprung from an unnamed source during the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. An engineer for British firm Williams Advance Engineering (as in Williams F1), which recently entered an [...]
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