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Review: 2011 Honda CR-Z

Take off your rose-colored glasses, CRX fans Okay, so the 2011 Honda CR-Z isn't exactly the modern-day CRX redux that we were all hoping for. Mildly upsetting, yes, but perhaps this disappointment tarnished our initial impression of this newest hybrid offering from Honda. We still have many questions about its form and function, but need to accept the fact that times have changed, Honda's product strategies have been realigned to the times and the CRX shall remain a modern classic – especially the Si. Besides, this little two-seat ... Read more →

Review: 2011 Toyota Avalon Chris Shunk

Sexagenarians Rejoice! Your Ride Has Arrived Have you seen the TV commercials for the 2011 Toyota Avalon? One particular 30-second spot sticks out. It's shot through a 1960's filter and ...

Review: 2011 Toyota Sienna Limited Alex Nunez

Family Vacation Tests This Minivan's Mettle My wife and I? Not minivan people. It isn't for lack of appreciation. After all, we have three kids, so we're acutely aware of the advantages gained ...

Review: 2010 Buick Enclave CXL AWD Chris Shunk

The Epitome of Inconspicuous Consumption There was a time when Buick was the brand of choice for doctors, lawyers and politicians. Its cars were elegant enough to show success without being ...

Review: 2010 Ram 3500 Laramie Mega Cab Jeremy Korzeniewski

A Work Horse You Can Live With Big Red. Take one look at the massive red monster above and you'll understand why it picked up that nickname moments after arriving at our door. Cliched name ...

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Review: 2011 Jaguar XJL 15 days ago on Autoblog

Lightweight Luxury with Style There's a sect of motoring nihilists out there who would have us all believe there isn't a single thing in the automotive universe that hasn't been done before. It's the "Simpsons did it" meme on methamphetamines, though instead of a yellow animated family, our ...

Review: 2010 Lexus HS 250h 16 days ago on Autoblog

A Perfect Prius It Is Not Lexus likes to say that it pursues perfection. Toyota's luxury brand has been playing the hybrid game for a while now with converted gas-powered models like the LS, GS and RX hybrids, and few would argue that these models represent the zenith of what a luxury hybrid ...

Review: 2010 Acura MDX 23 days ago on Autoblog

Overcomes Corporate Snout with Luxury, Technology and Value To Spare "Any press is good press," so the saying goes. With that in mind, the refreshed 2010 Acura MDX, now bearing the automaker's corporate "beak," should finally be garnering some much-needed attention. And the Acura MDX ...

Review: 2011 Hyundai Sonata GLS 24 days ago on Autoblog

The Best Mid-Size Base Model Money Can Buy If you've been keeping up with Autoblog lately, we've had a lot to say about the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. We've tested the top-rung SE and Limited trims out in California. We've even had the chance to sample the upcoming Sonata Hybrid and Turbo versions ...

Review: 2011 Ford Fiesta SES promises the democratization of fun 28 days ago on Autoblog

Remember when economy cars offered few concessions beyond roll-your-own windows, rear window defrosters and AM radios? It was only a handful of years ago that features on our 2011 Ford Fiesta SES tester would've qualified it for premium car status – if indeed items like Bluetooth, SYNC, a ...

Review: 2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x2 PreRunner is a troubled fish in a shrinking pond 29 days ago on Autoblog

There was a time when pickup trucks came in three sensible sizes; small, medium and large. That's changed in recent years, as most pint-sized trucks have grown substantially to maintain distance compared to the similarly inflating half-ton pickup truck segment. The Toyota Tacoma is no ...

Review: 2010 Mercedes-Benz GL350 Bluetec lives large, treads lightly 1 month ago on Autoblog

Drop the term "Big Benz" in conversation and most people assume you're talking about the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. While the full-size flagship sedan has – deservedly – earned that moniker over the years, when it comes to sheer size and volume, the GL-Class is truly Benz' behemoth. But ...

Review: 2010 Lexus ES 350 is soft-riding royalty that's lost its crown 1 month ago on Autoblog

The entry-level luxury sedan segment doesn't command the enthusiast attention of, say, the ultra-premium luxury sports sedan. But if you ask automakers to choose between the two, we'd wager that most would rather have a best-in-class $35,000 sedan than a world-beating $70,000 sports tourer. ...

Review: 2010 Honda Civic Si HFP not fast, is curious 1 month ago on Autoblog

There was a time was when any serious discussion of "hot hatches" – small, lightweight economy cars pumped full of go-fast parts and body modifications of dubious taste – always included the Honda Civic Si. Back in the day, the D16Z6-engined Si would routinely do battle against the ...

Review: 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart takes aim at the competition 1 month ago on Autoblog

There has always been a glaringly obvious gap in Mitsubishi's current Lancer lineup. On the bottom is the... Lancer, a biggish-for-its-class economy car that no one particularly likes – at least that's what the sales charts would indicate. It's slow, filled with cheap plastics and dull. It ...

Review: 2010 Ural Patrol T takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' 1 month ago on Autoblog

I was still moving at a fairly good clip when I slammed into the fallen tree. I'd be more than happy to share the exact velocity that I was moving, but I can't. You see, I was kinda busy at that exact moment trying my darnedest not to plummet 50 feet down the side of a cliff in the mountains ...

Review: 2010 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid is all swing, all miss 1 month ago on Autoblog

For every engineering stroke of genius out there, there are a million duds – projects that someone slaved over in good faith, only to realize that someone else had already come to market with a superior and/or more viable alternative. Both the electronic and automotive industries are awash ...

Review: 2010 Audi A5 is a personal luxury coupe for the modern age 1 month ago on Autoblog

With the introduction of the A5 for 2008, Audi launched itself into a vehicle segment it had never competed in – one which has waned significantly over the past two decades. Not so long ago, the personal luxury coupe was one of the top selling segments in the U.S., but for a wide variety ...

Review: 2010 Aston Martin Rapide is a modern day Femme Fatale 1 month ago on Autoblog

Do you like noir? No, not the perfume, the literary and film genre. You know, hard-boiled crooks, wise-cracking private eyes, Los Angeles under cover of night and blondes so blonde they'll kill you dead. Those blondes are, of course, are better known as femme fatales, and in truth, the color of ...

Review: 2010 BMW X5 M is illogically sound 2 months ago on Autoblog

No one ever said that evolution is pretty. Take the best-of-breed BMW M Division product: the E30 M3. Little more than a homologated race car, the first generation M3 was potent, nimble, and with its small displacement 2.3-liter inline-four fed by a retweaked M1 intake, it was light, too. Long ...

First Drive: 2011 Mazda2 puts fun before frugality 2 months ago on Autoblog

Mazda says there's a little bit of Miata in everything it does. While it's easy to chalk that up as marketing frippery, when the automaker launched the Little Roadster That Could back in 1989, it proved that great things can come from a machine developed to be simple, reliable and ...

First Drive: 2011 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive makes a lot of sense for a few people 2 months ago on Autoblog

As a population, the way we approach transportation hasn't changed significantly since the aircraft first fluttered onto the scene way back in 1903. In over 100 years, we've simply been refining the recipe we know the best instead of coming up with a new brew all together. Doing so has ...

Review: 2010 MV Agusta Brutale 990R proves naked is beautiful 2 months ago on Autoblog

When Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta first announced the 2010 Brutale, there were some who questioned whether it was rational for MV to attempt an update that made the bike less, ahem... brutal. We decided it would be best to wait and see the bike in person and live with it for a while ...

Review: 2010 BMW 335i Sedan is what we've been missing 2 months ago on Autoblog

We like to think of ourselves as a voice of the people – a place for the proletariat of the interwebs who clamor for an honest take on the latest automotive hardware. To that end, we've always viewed the constant stream of fawning over BMW with something of a jaundice eye. We get it. The ...

Review: 2010 Mini Cooper 50 Camden Edition speaks to us - literally 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's hard to believe, but the Mini brand just turned 50. Nevermind the huge gap in new model production until BMW bought the pint-sized automaker in the early 2000s, but the name Mini as we know it has been around for half a century. It's over the hill, though still looking good for its age. ...

Review: 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Edition juggles fun and frugality 2 months ago on Autoblog

Station attendant: "You sure you wanna put diesel in that?" Me: "Yeah." Attendant: "It doesn't look like a diesel." Me: "That's kinda the point." And so it goes. That wasn't the first time and it wouldn't be the last that we got quizzical looks when grabbing a plastic glove and ...

Review: 2010 Toyota 4Runner faithfully sticks to the formula it helped create 2 months ago on Autoblog

Toyota has made some serious money over the past couple of decades by making safe, reliable vehicles. There have been a few models, like the Supra and Celica, that have appealed to the enthusiast, but the rest of America hasn't really seemed to care. New Toyota chief Akio Toyoda has promised to ...

Review: 2010 Jaguar XFR is still the Papa Bear 2 months ago on Autoblog

When our man Lieberman drove the 2010 Jaguar XF Supercharged earlier this year, he came to the conclusion that of all the models in the XF range, the mid-grade Supercharged with its 470-horsepower V8 was the one to have, if you're buying. After all, at a relatively modest $68,000, it's a sexy ...

Review: 2010 GMC Terrain - a tale of two engines 3 months ago on Autoblog

GMC's "Professional Grade" tagline works best when it's being used to upsell truck shoppers into Sierras instead of Chevy Silverados, but even wider mass-market success comes from snaring folks who couldn't care less about payload. And while the Yukon has its place at the table for some ...

Review: 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4Matic is more than just a movie prop 3 months ago on Autoblog

When you launch a vehicle during the year's most over-hyped estrogenfest, you're obviously trying to appeal to a specific demographic. Specifically, not us. There's a reason we haven't taken a crack at the Mercedes-Benz GLK until the sequel to Sex and the City hit the screen. It was just too ...

Review: 2010 Volkswagen GTI - It's got its mojo workin' again 3 months ago on Autoblog

In 1983, Run-DMC was fresh (which meant dope), Volvo 760 Turbos weighed 3,300 pounds and the 2,200-pound Volkswagen GTI made its U.S. debut. In 2010, the Rabbit-turned-Golf entered its sixth generation and attempted to draw a clear line to the first-generation car. The historical link has been ...

Review: 2010 Chrysler 300C SRT8 remains a guilty pleasure 3 months ago on Autoblog

If the economic downfall of 2008 had happened just a few years earlier, the Chrysler 300C SRT8 probably wouldn't exist. Think about it: when the nation was on the verge of $4.00/gallon gasoline and people were doing everything possible to get out of their fuel-sucking SUVs and into smaller, more ...

Review: 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid makes being green easy 3 months ago on Autoblog

The Ford Escape Hybrid was the first mass-produced battery-assisted SUV on the market when it launched in 2004, and from day one it's delivered on Ford's promise of class-leading economy. It also offered similar performance and handling to its gas-powered counterparts with virtually no ...

Review: 2010 Ford Transit Connect arrives ready for work 4 months ago on Autoblog

If there were one undeniable business lesson to be learned from the auto industry during the past decade, it's to keep a close eye on your sales and a closer eye on your capacity. As Ferrari executives have repeatedly said over the years, the supply of any model should always be exactly one less ...

Review: 2010 Jeep Patriot deserves a second look 4 months ago on Autoblog

The year was 2006, and Chrysler was fresh off the successful launch of the gangsta 300 and the oddly well-received Dodge Charger. The future looked bright for the Pentastar, with a plethora of new products set to arrive for the 2007 model year. The Chrysler Sebring and Aspen, the Dodge Caliber ...

Review: Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black devours suns, spits them out 4 months ago on Autoblog

We'll admit right now that we have never been completely taken with the Aston Martin DBS. It wasn't that we didn't like it – on the contrary, it's every bit the fabulous car. It's just that we found the DBS slightly... too much, in the same way you could have too much pampering or too much ...

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Autoblog Podcast #193 - Hot Mustangs, Volt Mileage, 1 Series M, Mazda design and Lotus Evoras

Chris, Sam, Alex and Dan convene for Episode #193 of the Autoblog Podcast. We cover the Ford Boss Mustang and Roush supercharger package, the latest Chevrolet Volt fuel economy dust-up, the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, Mazda's apparent new design language and the Lotus Evora S and Evora IPS. Thanks for listening!