June 17, 2013
12:15 a.m.
How do you like the sleek new nose? The longer, lower, wider 2014 Kia Forte EX Sedan is cheap to own and run, but comes with a lot of extras. Kia photo
The notion of high-value small cars has slowly been catching on here, where small used to mean cheap, ...
June 10, 2013
12:15 a.m.
In an LS460, the neighbors will see you coming. Lexus photo
What trumps an executive jet that seats six? Well, how about one that takes 10 passengers? For some people, bigger is always better. Houses, boats, wristwatches, cheeseburgers, cup sizes, comput...
May 20, 2013
12:26 a.m.
The Accord Coupe is as close as Honda comes to a grown-up sports car, at least until the mid-engine NSX re-appears in 2015. But that will be badged as an Acura and cost Porsche money. Honda photo
There’s something pleasantly old-school about this car, an...
May 12, 2013
6:16 p.m.
There’s something about a Lexus that makes me want to shower and put on a suit before I fire it up—or, in this case, energize its circuits—and go for a drive. Lexus photo
Somewhere on the continuum between Toyota’s Prius C and the new million-dollar gas-...
May 5, 2013
12:01 a.m.
Yes, but: For every one of its strengths, the Buick Enclave has a corresponding weakness. Buick photo.
Just when we thought it was safe to go back to Detroit, after the hard lessons carmakers learned in the Great Contraction, along comes the Buick Enclav...
April 28, 2013
6:20 p.m.
If your shareholders won’t let you buy a jet, one of these might be an acceptable alternative. Planes don’t have Quattro all-wheel drive, either.
As much as I like to drive, and as dynamically brilliant as this car is—except for one or two little hiccups...
April 22, 2013
12:20 a.m.
Toyota & Subaru have recreated the sports car: light, nimble, quick, fun, sharp-looking and barely $26,000.
Most of what Toyota builds is “product.” Very good product, to be sure, but—from the Camry to the RAV4 and even the out-there Prius—Toyotas ar...
April 15, 2013
12:20 a.m.
With a bit of ironing out, the handsome XTS could become a proper Cadillac flagship.
Cadillac’s penchant for inscrutable model names—SRX, CTS, ATS, XTS and, soon, ELR—leaves us confused. What happened to traditional American car names, like Impala, Rivie...
April 7, 2013
6:20 p.m.
Elegant, yes? The view from other angles is just as pleasing. Hyundai’s 2013 Azera is as pretty as sedans get, and the beauty is more than just skin-deep.
To gaze upon Hyundai’s shapely Azera is to realize how few cars today are truly pretty. In a market...
March 31, 2013
6:20 p.m.
Dancin’ in the rain: The all-wheel-drive 365HP 2013 Taurus SHO is Ford’s affordable all-weather fighter-bomber.
Everything old is new again. Fortunately, with a few exceptions, “new” invariably beats “old,” at least in automobiles. Ford’s revival of the ...
