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0Long Term: 2011 Mini Countryman: March 2012 1333047480
When our friends at The Tire Rack told us they'd be sending over a set of Bridgestone Blizzak WS-70 tires mounted on 17-inch Sport Edition alloy wheels for our long-term Mini Countryman, our minds were immediately filled with images of the little blue hatchback bounding along snowy roads with ...
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Long Term: 2011 Hyundai Equus Ultimate: Wrap-Up [w/videos] 1331913420
What A Difference A Year Makes There was a point in time where if we read one more lede that started with "Hyundai sure is on a roll these days," we would have clawed our eyes out. Fact of the matter, though, is that those words were absolutely true. Hyundai has really come a long way here ... -
Long Term: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI: November 2011 1323120420
It's been a little over six months since the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI joined our long-term garage, and since then, we've put more than 17,000 miles on this Tempest Blue sedan. After spending much of the summer in Detroit, the Jetta TDI was road-tripped out to Los Angeles where the Autoblog staff ...
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Long Term: 2011 Hyundai Equus Ultimate: November 2011 1322674260
I'll be honest – I don't love our 2011 Hyundai Equus. It's a perfectly fine luxury sedan, but as a daily driver, it has about as much personality as the new sofa I bought last month. Autoblog Editor-in-Chief John Neff, on the other hand, is quite fond of our long-termer, and in my ...
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2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition: It's the little things... 1285174800
With over three months and 5,342 miles on our Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition long-termer, we've moved from the honeymoon phase to the daily grind, and now we're appreciating the little things. Aside from averaging 39.2 mpg since our last update – which included a 10- hour trip to ...
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2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition: Getting intimate and egged 1279306740
There's no better way to get to know a vehicle than washing it yourself. So rather than sending it through the local hand-wash last weekend, I pulled out a bucket and got sudsy for the first time... in a while. After a run through the Altamont Hills the previous day, our long-term Volkswagen ...
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Autoblog Long-Term Garage Introduction: 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition 1277838000
2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition – Click above for high-res image galleryWe hinted at it in our review, but it's time to make it official. Welcome the newest entrant to the Autoblog Long-Term Garage: the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition. So why, with the all-new ... -
2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT: Backwards E-brake 1275694140
Long-term 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT – Click above for high-res image galleryExecutive Editor Paukert has already complained about one button located on the panel to the left of the steering wheel in our long-term 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT. But now that the keys have traded hands and I've ... -
2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT: Automatic hill-holder is a great feature, but why the idiot lamp? 1271270700
2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT - Click above for high-res image galleryLike all new-for-2010 Subaru Legacy models, our long-term 2.5GT has an electronic parking brake that has a hill holder feature. We think these are great, particularly on manual transmission cars like ours, where rollback on uphill ... -
Autoblog Long-Term Garage Introduction: 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT 1269964620
2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT - Click above for high-res image galleryLike others in our field, we pride ourselves on being able to offer our readers a surprisingly comprehensive assessment of a vehicle after only driving it for a few hours (as at an automaker's first-drive event) or living with it ...

