Article By: Ashley Oldfield – Cars in Action Peugeot’s new 308 HDi is probably one of the most underrated vehicles in the industry right now. Apart from a stimga of unreliability and poor service, Peugeot’s cars are always hit or miss when it comes to the styling department. A lot like Roelof van der [...]

V10 ‘family’ wagon

Article By: Philip Devine So you’re a family man and need a vehicle that pleases the wife, the kids and the dogs. But what about your needs? One German company, Manhart Racing, has proven that you don’t have to buy a limp-wristed estate to keep everybody else pleased. Manhart says they built the car "that [...]

2010 Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

  They’re going fast, and not just because fewer than 20 of these topless Lamborghinis will ever be produced… By Patrick Hong | Photos by John Lamm 2010 Lamborghini Reventon Roadster Just unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show is the ultra-exotic and super-exclusive Lamborghini Reventón Roadster with a sticker price pegged at $1.6 million [...]

Finding Fiat’s flaws

  Article By: Cars in Action – Jason Woosey iafrica.com   If you’re the kind of person who battles to make your mind up, make sure you never buy yourself a new Fiat 500. According to Fiat, there are some 500 000 configurations for this car, perhaps going right down to the tyre cap options. [...]

G.M. Is Adapting to a New Culture, Chief Says

By BILL VLASIC   DETROIT — The chief executive of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, said on Wednesday that the automaker had made “major changes” in its corporate culture since emerging from bankruptcy 90 days ago, and announced the departure of its top sales executive in the United States. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel, via Associated Press Fritz [...]

Worst Cars of the 2000s

By Mike Hanley and Joe Wiesenfelder, Cars.com 2005 Pontiac Aztek Even with the strides that cars have made in recent years, let’s face it: There have been some real stinkers, too. Whether poorly executed, ill-conceived or downright dreadful to look at, these 10 stand out for all the wrong reasons. A car had to be [...]

A Dreamer’s Machine, More Promise Than Reality

By PHIL PATTON   THE advent of the modern electric car has given rise to a class of entrepreneurs angling to take on the world’s major automakers. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Petersen Automotive Museum The Davis Divan seated four across. More Photos » Multimedia Slide Show Third Wheel Enlarge This Image Petersen [...]

Fanfare for the Working Van

  The Ford Transit Connect. More Photos > By CHERYL JENSEN Bethlehem, N.H. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Slide Show 2010 Ford Transit Connect Related Nissan’s Van Contender Awaits an O.K. (September 27, 2009) What They’re Saying on Main Street (September 27, 2009) Enlarge This Image Ford showed a concept called the Transit Connect Family [...]