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Inside Line pits Ford Fiesta against Honda Fit in small car scrap

If you're looking for a practical, fuel efficient subcompact, you've got a few options, and the Honda Fit remains a top pick for many. The five-door hatchback packs plenty of volume, while also providing just enough punch to deliver smiles on the open road. Doubtlessly jealously eying the Fit's success, Ford officials are counting down the months until they can finally provide some competition in the form of their 2011 Fiesta – but does it have the goods to knock the Fit from atop the subcompact mountain? The crew at Inside Line ... Read more →

Oldplay: Inside Line pits Buick LaCrosse against Lexus ES 350... who wins? Chris Shunk

When it comes to isolating the two most important stats automakers consider when determining a vehicle's success or failure, the Lexus ES350 is a smash it. The stats in question are sales volume ...

REPORT: 2011 Hyundai Sonata coming to Detroit Auto Show Chris Shunk

Back in June, we reported on a news story in the Montgomery Advertiser saying that the 2011 Hyundai Sonata would be unveiled in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It appears that Hyundai may ...

Inside Line pits Challenger against Challenger in Vanishing Point-inspired road trip John Neff

Click either image for exclusive pics of Inside Line's road trip Seems like you can't revive a modern day muscle car these days without having a classic movie tie-in. The Ford Mustang has got Steve ...

3 days, 3,000 miles, 1 GT-R: Inside Line's Godzilla road trip Alex Nunez

Photo courtesy of Inside Line According to our friends at Inside Line, there are seven U.S.-spec Nissan GT-Rs in the country at this moment. They have secured one of them, a white pre-production car ...

Inside Line performance tests the Nissan GT-R. Oh yes, it's very fast. 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Inside Line gang has just returned from Japan, where they performed instrumented testing on Japanese journo Jun Nishikawa's privately-owned 2009 Nissan GT-R. The test car had 1,500 km on the clock and was equipped the same way the US-spec cars will be. Boy, did it ever bring the goods. Zero to ...

Inside Line drives and loves the 2009 Jaguar XF 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Jaguar XF will soon be upon us, and if we're to believe Inside Line executive editor Michael Jordan's "First Drive" report, this is indeed a good thing. He speaks of an attractive car that's inviting, engaging to drive, and downright fast when you get to the bottom of it. The XF runs to 60 in ...

Inside Line uses long-term Ferrari 308 in comparo 2 years ago on Autoblog

Inside Line, owner of the world's coolest long-term tester, a 1984 Ferrari 308, decided to have a little fun by pitting the Magnum-mobile against a modern car in a bona-fide side-by-side comparo. Before visions of Boxsters, Corvettes, Elises or Z-cars lining up with Ferrari's 80s icon take hold in ...

Tigers cap optional: Inside Line adds a Ferrari 308 to its long-term fleet 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's something many of us have thought while perusing the car listings. "You know, I could actually buy a 308," becomes part of our inner monologues as we see them tantalize us with prices equal to those of new cars normal people buy all the time. It's a fantasy of sorts. After all, for many of us ...

First review of Nissan Altima Coupe calls it "best" of FWD two-doors 2 years ago on Autoblog

At first blush, the Altima coupe sounds like a Japanese Monte Carlo -- firmly midsized, front drive, fast roofline -- but that's where the similarities end. Inside Line put an Altima coupe with the lusty 270 HP V6 under the microscope and proclaimed it the best of the field. While the performance ...

MazdaSpeed3/Alexa MPS garners gushing praise from Inside Line 3 years ago on Autoblog

The MazdaSpeed3 has yet to go on sale in the U.S., so Inside Line booked a flight to Japan for a quick jaunt in the JDM market Axela MPS. Their first impression of the new pocket rocket is one of gushing praise. Mazda engineers benchmarked the Volkswagen GTI and apparently have easily eclipsed the ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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