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Completely redesigned for 2007, the Wisconsin-built GMC Yukon family offers four engine choices, th...
The GMC Acadia, with its sleek styling, clever interior packaging and engaging road manners, have s...
Forget videogames. Tough out a weekend without web surfing. If you love cars and motorsports, you o...
Following in her father's footsteps, Candyce Marsh carries on her family's drag racing tradition.
The next NHRA meet will also be in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Summit Racing.com Nationals on April10-...
Read more about 2007 Mazda CX-9
Don't get us wrong; the new Milan is a great car and highly recommendable, but we just get the feel...
Lexus' flagship SUV is upgraded and up-rated for 2008, but if you blink, you'll miss this limited-p...
Dodge says the next level up, the SXT, is the Journey most consumers will take -- and, after drivin...
Another new SUV? Isn't the sport-utility market collapsing as buyers turn away from gas-guzzling s...
Sara Pines,
of American Honda, says the drain plug gets a new crush washer every
time a Honda or Ac...
Jaguars have always struck me as being very nice yet somehow vaguely disappointing to the inner chi...
It's not immediately obvious, but the Jeep Grand Cherokee is basically an American response to Land...
Engineers are kids at heart just like everyone else, and it's only a matter of time before even the...
At the high end of the car market, it's all about being the car that The Boss should be driving. F...
We never know what to expect when we're rolling in foreign trucks around Detroit. With not one, but...
This sort of thing is common when driving, say, a high-end BMW or a limited-edition Jaguar. The Out...
The 'need for speed' -- or at least the dreams of it -- gave birth to a multifaceted automotive aft...
This shouldn't come as any kind of a surprise, but we automotive journalists are somewhat spoiled w...
The 3-Series has been updated with hints of BMW's
"flame-surfacing" styling and a split f...
BMW has been in the business of building serious automotive athletes for so long that it's easy to ...
Read more about 2006 BMW 530xi
Well, we've got two alternatives. First, there's a minivan.
Yes, the 500
horsepower V10 engine with its 8,000 rpm redline is impressive. And
yes, the seven-spe...
Read more about 2006 BMW M6
Buick seems to have been focusing all of its recent energy on moving into new segments; first the R...
Ah, the holidays. What better time to have a vehicle as versatile and capable as the Cadillac SRX ...
During our week with the Cadillac XLR, the word 'slab' popped to mind a lot. This car exudes a sin...
You want to talk about living large? This truck is definitely rollin' biggie style.
The car you see here may look a lot like the familiar Chevrolet Cavalier. The face is more or less ...
Here's the latest poster child for the minivan backlash the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox is the latest in...
Read more about 2006 Chrysler Pacifica
Like the Mazda Miata and Volkswagen Beetle, Chrysler's PT Cruiser is a feel-good sort of car. It's...
So that’s how Big
Red wound up on my driveway. Its “power bulge” hood and scoop, ...
There's
a new Expedition on the way for 2007, but that doesn't mean that the
'06 model is out to pa...
How does a vehicle remain the best-seller for fifteen years, especially in a category that's as hot...
The ever-changing automotive landscape has made it hard to be a family sedan in recent years. Miniv...
The Ford Motor Company is really, really hoping that you like this car. There are two important re...
Like an In-N-Out burger, the Mustang GT convertible is tasty, all-American and deeply satisfying.
So what's it like, driving around with a house on your back? We got the chance to find out when the...
People who watch the automotive seasons turn should know that, as it's been about four years since ...
This will date me somewhat, but my first real car was a 1986 Honda Civic Si. Man, do I miss that c...
Honda is known for conservative, economical mass-market vehicles, but every so often the company go...
We were surprised to find a number of suburbanites who had never met a Honda Pilot. 'Honda makes a...
Driving the all-new Honda Ridgeline around Detroit, Michigan was an interesting experience. The Ri...
The notion of a 'smaller, gentler Hummer' seems like an oxymoron, but here it is. The latest vehic...
We learned everything we needed to know about the new Hyundai Accent in thirty-one minutes. That's...
We learned everything we needed to know about the new Hyundai Accent in thirty-one minutes. That's ...
Don't call this an 'impressive effort,' because it's the real deal. Hyundai knows what it's doing,...
When you're not sure of where to go next, it never hurts to take a step back and see where you've b...
The idea of an ultra high-performance
Jeep just plain appealed to the kid in us and when the opport...
Although it's still one of the least expensive cars sold in the United States, Kia's Rio has vision...
Read more about 2006 Kia Sedona
What's going on down at Lincoln? The products themselves are great, but there doesn't seem to be m...
The all-new Mazda5 belongs to an automotive category that does not officially exist. In fact, the ...
Read more about 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata
We really wanted to be excited by the all-new M-Class. The 'minivan of SUVs' received a long-overd...
Read more about 2006 Mercedes R500
Now this is what they call an extreme makeover. Mercedes' cute SLK roadster has spent its entire l...
Anxious
to relieve ourselves of the four poorly driven, ill-handling vehicles
we’d been impri...
'Didn't we just have this car?' my wife asked as she climbed into the new Mercury Mountaineer.
The Mitsubishi Eclipse had it, and then somewhere along the way, it lost it. The Eclipse was the d...
Read more about 2006 Mitsubishi Endeavor
But that night
when she gets home from work, even this wonderful woman – whose auto
awareness...
Shoppers who've heard about Mitsubishi's free gas promotion may be looking at this Japanese brand f...
Mitsubishi has been out of the pickup game for a while. Fans of the nigh-indestructible Mighty Max...
In case you hadn't noticed, there's a bit of a revolution going on among compact pickup trucks. No...
Read more about 2006 Nissan Xterra
Read more about 2006 Pontiac G6 GT Hard Top Convertible
Quite a lot of people are sitting up and taking notice of Pontiac's newest product, the dream-car-t...
I hope you're happy. All of the carping and ridicule heaped upon Pontiac's Aztek since its introduc...
We always find ourselves waxing a bit nostalgic when we drive Saabs, lately. The brand has done a ...
Saturn hasn't been known for building particularly effective performance cars at all, let alone per...
So what, exactly, would motivate Subaru, purveyor of all-wheel drive cars and SUV alternatives, to ...
We've always had a hard time thinking of the Forester as an SUV thanks to its close relationship wi...
Are we the only ones who have noticed that the more special a Subaru is, the longer and more arcane...
Two words; power corrupts. This applies to horsepower as well as politics and finance.
Just about everybody knows about the evil twin to Volkswagen's Golf, the GTI. The original 'hot ha...
You've got big space front and rear. You've got comfortable seats and a slick four- or six-cylinder...
The original C70 coupe, introduced in 1998, was Volvo's announcement to the world that it didn't ha...
Watch your back, Audi. There's another all-wheel drive station wagon that combines European stylin...
The dilemma of the car guy with responsibilities is as old as double overhead cams. A sports car's...
Once upon a time there were two station wagons that acted like SUVs. The Subaru Outback and Volvo ...
After the Dasher, VW tried
the Quantum in 1981. Also plagued with reliability issues as well as so...
Our long-term BMW X5 prowls the byways of Washington, D.C.
After a few years of messing around with SUVs and minivans and whatever the heck you call the Rende...
The Chicago Auto Show has always been something of an upstart. Although it's only a year younger th...
When versatility is the name of your game, you've got to be ready for anything. You need a vehicle...
Is Ford's often-underrated Focus being allowed to die on the vine, or does the company choosing not...
Honda's Element may have started the party for trendy, multi-useful, outside-of-the-box-thinkin' ve...
There's a tenet of Murphy's Law that applies to road testing new vehicles, which says that whatever...
Up until a year ago, the small-car market was pretty quiet, but that's changed in the past twelve m...
Read more about 2007 Hyundai Azera
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Larger, lighter, safer, better equipped, more fuel efficient and less expensive than the model it r...
Read more about 2007 Hyundai Entourage
The next stage in Hyundai's reinvention as something other than a bargain-basement brand has just h...
Quick, what kind of car is this? Of course, you already know it's a Hyundai Veracruz, thanks to th...
Infiniti's G series began life in 1991 as the G20, a handsome, upscale compact that hit the streets...
There's something dramatic about an Infiniti. Ever since the brand's esoteric, art-house introduct...
About the only Isuzus you see on the road these days are medium-duty cab-over trucks (usually paint...
Still facing quizzical looks from automotive reporters who were stumped when it was revealed in Jan...
Well, Jeepsters,
you can chill. The 2007 Wranglers may be a huge overhaul, but the
designers and en...
Read more about 2007 Kia Rondo
What's an MKX? Now that the Lincoln brand has changed the names of almost all of its products to a...
Years from now, pop-culture historians will argue endlessly over which came first--the 'Gator or th...
Read more about 2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD
Or at least, that’s the way things used to be.
Read more about 2007 Mercedes S550
'I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.'
Sophie Tucker
With the introduction of a redesigned 2008 model upon us, we decided to spend some time with the cu...
Mitsubishi's Outlander debuted in 2003 as one of the first small SUVs to lean more toward being a t...
Could it be that Mitsubishi has designed the perfect urban escape vehicle?
The New York International Auto Show has a tendency to favor the business insiders. Unlike other au...
It's not easy, having to work the same playground as two of the biggest success stories in the mode...
Okay, we know that minivans are about as exciting as creamed corn. The folks who buy them are happ...
Step up to the new Nissan Sentra; the Japanese manufacturer's bland little compact has just taken a...
Read more about 2007 Nissan Versa
Maybe we've just been talking to too many Saab fans, but everyone seems to hate the new Saab 9-7X. ...
It was a dark and stormy night ...
And while I've always wanted to start a story that way, it real...
Read more about 2007 Saturn Sky Red Line
Remember the 'five speed' badges that used to appear on early compact cars, when having four forwar...
The Scion tC is one part commuter, one part sports coupe, and one part fashion accessory. This hat...
Read more about 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara
Small cars are big news these days. It's not just the rising gas prices that are doing it; designe...
How's this for a facelift? Suzuki's newest SUV is striking, thanks to an angular face that's likel...
As manufacturers have realized that most sport-utility owners don't take their vehicles off-road, t...
All-new once again, the Camry is aiming to maintain its sales leadership. The key to sales leaders...
Read more about 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
The Toyota Highlander Hybrid we drove was just about the most boring piece of urban transport you c...
As the SUV craze evolves into the crossover vehicle craze, one of the suburban do-alls that helped ...
For many years, there's been a quest for an automotive Holy Grail of sorts--the search to produce t...
It's hard to believe that Toyota has been building full-size pickup trucks since 1993. That's beca...
Anyone who commutes in even a moderately large city can tell you that rush hour traffic can be much...
If we didn't know any better, we'd think that Volkswagen had something against us. Last year they ...
Read more about 2007 Volkswagen GTI 4-door
A step up from
the average minivan, the Passat wagon represents a safe, fuel
efficient, and good-lo...
When viewed in
the context of their home country, the logic that drives the
personality of Volvo ca...
Say 'Winnebago' and most folks will picture a motorhome before they think of the Native American tr...
What I can do, so as to keep you reading so that I can keep my job, is to tell you where the 2008 A...
Knifing through the Nevada desert, the R8's composure is the very definition of serenity, capabilit...
Read more about 2008 Audi TT Long-term Test, Part 2
Hailed as the reincarnation of BMWs highly vaunted 2002, the 1-Series is the most eagerly anticipat...
Never mind statistics, common sense tells you that most people like to sleep in on Sunday morning. ...
Thanks to all of the big news about Cadillac's high-performance V-series cars, the upcoming all-new...
Read more about 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS
Like the looks of the muscle car-inspired Dodge Charger, but don't need or want a full-sized, HEMI-...
When it comes to pickup trucks these days, the market can be divided into "traditional" trucks and ...
That's always been the draw, of course, and Dodge didn't do anything to dull the Viper's fangs with...
Between Eddie Bauer, King Ranch and Harley-Davidson, Ford's got so many trucks with marketing tie-i...
More utilitarian than the average SUV, yet not quite a full-fledged pickup truck, the Explorer Spor...
One last special edition before the redesigned '09 F-150 hits.
Ford's long-neglected subcompact gets a facelift and dazzling new entertainment technology. Is that...
The look of the broad chrome grin up front is borrowed from the Ford Edge, and the bold, jukebox fr...
The GMC Acadia, with its sleek styling, clever interior packaging and engaging road manners, have s...
Completely redesigned for 2007, the Wisconsin-built GMC Yukon family offers four engine choices, th...
Ready to go racing? Honda's got your ride.
In these days of high gas prices and consumer consciousness, you can be pretty much guaranteed that...
I'm too young to have ever met any of the original 'grand touring' cars--those four-place two-doors...
The Isuzu Ascender is the forgotten member of the GMT360 family of mid-size SUVs. Riding the same s...
Jeep's all-new Liberty moves away from the woods and a bit closer to suburbia.
Looking like a seven-eighths scale Cherokee, the Jeep Patriot hits the streets at an uncertain time...
Land Rover's new baby is a fantastic luxury compact SUV, but is it priced too high?
All-new for 2008, Lexus LX570 offers high-class luxury and off-road capability in equal measure.
Mazda continues to offer sporty goodness disguised as a family sedan.
Mazda's non-curvy compact SUV surprises with decent performance and ability.
The 'baby Benz' has been on our shores for four generations now. It's a steady good seller, though ...
Because they are in the same basic category, Mercedes C-Class cars are often cross-shopped against ...
Emitting a ferocious bark, the hand-assembled 6.3-liter V8 spins to life in the nose of what (to ca...
Perhaps it's got something to do with my office's location in the shadow of Ford's World Headquarte...
The father of a sixteen-year old daughter who is rapidly approaching two of the major milestones of...
In a move that some see as brilliantly strategic and others label as foot-dragging, rather than dev...
Nissan's cute new crossover has a rugged name and a friendly, soft heart.
One of the things that made Duke Ellington great was his uncanny ability to recognize his musicians...
Can Pontiac challenge the Europeans with its 'sport crossover?' For some reason, I always forget ho...
Fast cars, flying machines and fabulous destinations are among the things we look forward to here a...
If placing yourself at the axis of a vortex of automotive idolatry--regardless of location or occas...
Saturn's compact SUV brings European sensibility to the crossover market
Seriously funky styling always gets you noticed, but it rarely guarantees best-seller status. Cars ...
Sometimes it's not easy being the conservative one. From day one, the Scion xA lived life in the sh...
Roger Penske, Jay-Z and Russell Simmons have a lot in common. All three men know a good thing when ...
'What is this?' yet another friend asked. 'It's an '08 Subaru Tribeca,' I said, for perhaps the fou...
Subaru's fun WRX enters 2008 with a controversial new face and major refinements to an all-new body.
Toyota's first off-roader enters its fifth generation with more power and more luxury.
Volvo introduces a stylish, sporty compact hatch to compete with the Audi A3 and MINI Cooper.
In car terms, basic transportation generally describes compact economy cars, or a base model, that ...
Having driven a veritable parade of new cars over the years, I can say with conviction that it's al...
Toyota's redesigned Corolla sedan earned a 'GOOD' rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway S...
'Is it warning us, or is it egging us on?'
This thought crossed our mind as we sat behind the wh...
What do you do when you have a vehicle that's selling better and better every year, even though it'...
Entering its second generation, Pontiac's Vibe faces serious new competition in the crossover marke...
Vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of teen-agers in America, claiming 7,000 drivers annually betw...
If you're looking for an example of the changes going on at Acura, look no farther than the all-new...
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Best known for hosting 'Stylefest' and the 'NHRA Xplod Compact Racing Series' on ESPN2, Amanda Aman...
The first thing you're going to think upon seeing the Audi A3 is that it's basically a Rabbit weari...
At a glance, it's easy to assume that Audi's rugged, SUV-like allroad wagon has gotten a lot taller...
Odds are, you're not in the market for one of these cars. Not that I'm implying you can't afford a ...
There's no denying it; sports cars have gone all high-tech on us. Open the door, slip inside, and ...
As you might imagine, it's a very busy time in the OWI offices as we put this issue to press. But i...
At first, no one wanted to take the Cadillac Escalade seriously. Just a badge-engineered Suburban,...
Sport-utility vehicle or pickup truck? When the Chevrolet Avalanche debuted in 2002, it cleverly a...
It's a raw deal, being the smallest and least-expensive car on the market. The Crosley, Kaiser Hen...
You want to talk about living large? This truck is definitely rollin' biggie style.
Unlike your...
Even though the sixth generation Corvette has been around for almost two years now, the car still m...
Chrysler's PT Cruiser made a big splash when it hit the market in 2000. Its retro style, SUV-versat...
Chrysler's PT Cruiser made a big splash when it hit the market in 2000. Its retro style, SUV-versa...
Chevrolet's Impala is the best-selling domestic car on the market (not counting the Accords and Cam...
General Motors is in somewhat dire financial straits these days, but we'd like to point out that we...
It probably doesn't come as a surprise to learn that Chevrolet's Tahoe has been the best-selling ve...
Everyone's making much of the Aspen moniker 'coming back,' and we'd like to clear that up. First o...
Chrysler recognized the sales might and community work of its minority dealers at the recent annual...
Consumer Reports' latest survey findings identify many used-car models that provide good reliabilit...
Donald Ferguson is the director of Minority Dealer Development, Relationship Marketing and Diversit...
In the U.S., conventional wisdom holds that hatchbacks aren't popular. On SUVs and station wagons,...
'I thought the Charger was some kind of sports car,' one of my less car-savvy friends asked upon be...
Considering its bold pickup truck lineup, Dodge has been surprisingly quiet on the SUV front in rec...
We bought a bunch of furniture at the local thrift store, and took the new 2007 Dodge Ram Mega Cab ...
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Nationwide Insurance campaign to include NASCAR drivers at high schools and a web site to encourage...
In the late '90s the CTS ignited Cadillac's breakthrough. Following the sporty sedan's tire tracks,...
While that extra insurance against repair bills has a poor return on investment in most cases, ...
In
a highly competitive market, plain styling and uninspiring engines are
a huge part of the perfec...
There's something different about this '07 Ford Expedition; it takes a moment to notice, but this f...
Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand the Harley-Davidson aesthetic.
The bike...
Ford Motor Co. has launched a recall of about 100,000 2008 F-Series trucks.
After years of uneasy peace, it looks like hostilities have broken out in the muscle car war once a...
Bennie Fowler, named African-American Executive of the Year at the Urban Wheel Awards in January, i...
Read more about GM and OnStar Lead the Way with New Navigation Services
Take a look at GMC's newest full-size pickup. The 'Professional Grade' brand has gone all out and ...
But even the rich and famous occasionally have to think about cash flow–after all, rehab does...
Style
is another matter. Gone is the upright, more uptight, profile. The new
CR-V, like its redesig...
The year was 1996. I was 12 and watching television in my room when I turned the channel to BET. On...
How do you feel about classic lines, a spacious and comfortable back seat, sumptuous leather and wo...
Rolling through Detroit in a Jaguar isn't as big a deal as it might have been a decade ago. That's ...
I'm often asked, 'If you could have only one car, what would that car be?' There was time I'd strug...
I'm often asked, 'If you could have only one car, what would that car be?' There was time I'd strug...
Having just spent a week behind the wheel of a 2008 Volvo V70 station wagon, I am more perplexed th...
Engineers have come up with new computer algorithm to accelerate durability testing of the advanced...
Long an advocate of environmental responsibility, Land Rover has led countless green initiatives, e...
As one of the original builders of sport-utility vehicles, Land Rover has always specialized in veh...
With several states implementing crackdowns on cell phone use and text messaging, technologies such...
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, the fir...
We suspect that a lot of folks are wondering when 'entry-level luxury' turned into 'BMW pretender.'...
Read more about Lexus IS 250
The letter F has always been a special one at Lexus. The first prototype Lexus was codenamed "Circl...
Welcome to the MKZ, Lincoln's fresh take on entry-level luxury. But wait a minute, my Serious Car C...
The reborn Chevrolet Camaro could be the first to have a factory four-banger, a General Motors exec...
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The next NHRA meet will also be in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Summit Racing.com Nationals on April10-...
Ford places products, and people, in Premonition
As 2007 edges ever more closely toward 2008, we at On Wheels Incorporated are very excited about al...
Q. Our 2004 Camry LE with 2.4-liter engine makes a weird sound, almost like a rattle, when accelera...
Change your oil at 5,000 miles if you are using synthetic. You're asking a lot from engine oil if y...
Following in her father's footsteps, Candyce Marsh carries on her family's drag racing tradition.
Call it a virtual car show.
Chrysler's using YouTube to showcase Chrysler 300s that have been cust...
Changing your motor oil has you playing a very important role in the future of your environment. Di...
The current economy makes it difficult to project your long-term financial situation leaving many c...
New car shoppers will spot something new on those Moroney stickers. The government's
'star' safety...
Goodyear internship will expose minority students to a wide array of opportunities through NASCAR.
The venerable Jazz standard goes; 'Summertime and the living is easy...' and yes, we are happy to s...
Telematics first came into general usage about seven years ago and heralded a bold new world for ou...
Forget videogames. Tough out a weekend without web surfing. If you love cars and motorsports, you o...
Black History Month, the Urban Wheel Awards, the North American International Auto Show and the hos...
Today's vehicles corner better, go faster, stop in a shorter distance, accelerate quicker, get bett...
The Acura RL, Kia Amanti and Volvo S80 were the top performers in side-impact crash tests conducte...
Toyota is continuing its hands-on, national teen and parent advanced driving skills program, 'Toyot...
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The United Black Drag Racers Association is still actively involved in drag racing and is still rea...
Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. will use Chevrolet Equinox hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for its compli...
Don't look now, but loopholes in the tax regulations that make big sport utility vehicles attractiv...