Volvo to Split S60 Line...
Volvo has added a new, lineup-splitting T5 AWD version of its S60 sedan , one of the brand’s few successful U.S. offerings. John Maloney, Volvo’s new U.S. president, revealed the information during an interview at the Detroit auto show. The T5 AWD announcement is hardly exciting...
24 Hours of LeMons Live...
Car and Driver writers have been rubbing Bar’s-Leaks-smeared elbows with the miscreants who put on the 24 Hours of LeMons since the very first race , and so it follows— the way the Daewoo Maepsy followed the Holden Gemini—that we’d make an inexplicable sponsorship...
December 2011 Vehicle S...
It Really Was a Toyotathon Sales of the Toyota Camry in 2011: 308,510 Sales of all Mazdas in 2011: 250,426 Sales of all BMWs in 2011: 247,907 Date of T?hoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 Date flooding started in Thailand: July 31, 2011 Minimum number of months Toyota operated below 100%...
2013 Nissan GT-R Priced...
The GT-R, Nissan’s twin-turbocharged hellion, has received upgrades each and every model year since it went on sale for 2009—and 2013 will be no different . Its price has been upgraded along with it: The 2013 GT-R will start at $97,820 for the Premium “base” model or $107,320...
Peugeot Abandons Endura...
Considering that French automaker Peugeot hasn’t sold cars in the U.S. for 20 years—and has no immediate plans to return—you’d think the company’s decision to end its participation in big-time endurance sports-car racing, effective immediately, wouldn’t have much impact on...
Hyundai: Lifetime Warra...
Although battery replacement in hybrid vehicles has turned out to be largely a non-issue, Hyundai CEO John Krafcik looked to ease any concerns hesitant consumers may still have about pricey replacements by announcing that the 2012 Hyundai Sonata hybrid ’s lithium-polymer pack will...
Name That Shifter, No. ...
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a...
Massachusetts Charging ...
Two hundred seventy-five bucks to fight a $15 ticket? Welcome to Massachusetts—and a properly lousy day for Vincent Gillespie (pictured). Back in July 2005, Gillespie received a parking ticket while he was walking to a parking-enforcement office to fight a ticket for the same...
TRD Shows Performance P...
Toyota’s performance parts and racing division, TRD, has revealed a new line of accessories and performance parts for the GT 86 sports car—which will be sold here as the Scion FR-S —at the Tokyo auto salon. Besides the expected body kit, the TRD upgrades are pretty extensive....