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Corollin’ On Up: Toyota Prices 2014 Corolla from $17,610, Details New Trim Levels 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Toyota has finally released pricing on its redesigned-for-2014 Corolla, and despite packing a substantially bigger visual punch than the near-invisible outgoing model, it isn’t much more expensive. Th...
2014 Toyota Corolla First Drive: Cranked Up to 11—Generations, Anyway 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
News that quickens the pulses of actuaries everywhere: A new Corolla is shipping to dealerships from Toyota factories in Mississippi and Canada. We’ve finally driven the 11th-generation 2014 model and...
2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition Tested: Mechanical Bull Meets HAL 9000 27 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
Thank goodness Japan has a wild side. Interspersed among boatloads of politically correct Toyota Priuses comes the occasional Lexus F hot rod. And over at Nissan, punctuating the truckloads of morbidl...
2014 Lexus GX460: Now Attractively Faced and Priced 27 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
Lexus has updated its GX460 SUV for 2014, and aside from a minor shuffling of standard and optional features—and the addition of a new Luxury trim level—the biggest change hits the GX’s face. It now i...
Opel Insignia OPC Proud Recipient of Same Mid-Cycle Updates as Our Regal [2013 Frankfurt Auto Show] 27 Aug 2013 | 02:55 am
While we might not get the Opel Insignia OPC stateside, it is the kissin’ cousin of our Buick Regal GS, which makes it worth keeping a close eye on. The two share platforms and just about everything e...
Nissan Sentra “Cold Shoulder” Commercial: We’re Not Impressed [The Ad Section] 27 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
The old saying “you only get one chance to make a first impression” applies to dozens of situations, from meeting your future in-laws to interviewing for a job. So when Nissan’s ad agency decided to p...
Name That Shifter, No. 143 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to re...
Exclusive: 2016 Lincoln MKS Rendered—Ford’s Luxury Arm Bets Big 26 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
What it is: The second generation of the Lincoln MKS, which is rendered here thanks to sources intimately familiar with its development. Designed under the leadership of Max Wolff—who previously worke...
Nissan “R-HYBRID” Emblem Really Looks Like It’s For the GT-R 26 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
A recent Nissan trademark application leaves little to the imagination—but presents much opportunity for waking nightmares. The company’s proposed “R-HYBRID” trademark should, if we follow the usual a...
The Continental: A Saab (Maybe) Returns, Design Talk, and Future Lighting 25 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call ...