2006 has been a tremendous year for About.com Cars, for the other sites in the About.com Autos channel, and for me personally. We reviewed more cars than ever, and provided ... Read More

Earlier this week we discussed the merits of two-door vs. four-door sports cars. Test driver Philip Powell has just reviewed what could be the ultimate four-door sports car, the Mazda ... Read More

Ever wonder how the EPA arrives at the fuel-economy estimates that appear on each car's window sticker (and in every About.com Cars test drive) -- or why the numbers tend ... Read More

Years ago, a friend told me that he would never buy a 4-door sports car, because proper sports cars had just 2 doors. Today, 4-door sports cars are becoming more ... Read More

The highway of automotive history is littered with great examples of bad taste -- Fake wood-grain trim, giant day-glow tape stripes, chrome rocker-panels that say "Sweetness"... All things that ... Read More

I've spent this weekend doing lots of last-minute holiday errands (in other words, I put off buying my wife's present until the last minute). Judging from the traffic, I'm not ... Read More

When I reviewed the Toyota Avalon in 2005, I thought it was the cat's meow, and I expressed amazement that Lexus, Toyota's luxury division, would allow such a well-equipped and ... Read More

BMW recently announced their newest alternative-fuel car, the Hydrogen 7. Christine and Scott Gable, About.com's Guides to Alternative Fuels, posted an article called How safe is hydrogen, and asked the ... Read More

I've always thought of the Mitsubishi Galant as being underrated and oft-overlooked. It's a nice enough car, but one that doesn't seem to attract much attention from buyers. In an ... Read More

Where is it written that luxury cars have to be big? The days when Cadillac, Lincoln and Imperial were the longest and widest aren't as far gone as they seem. ... Read More

If you've been reading our reviews lately, you may have noticed that we've been getting a bit stingier with the star ratings we give the cars. There's a reason for ... Read More

Earlier this week I travelled to Detroit to get a sneak-preview of Ford's future. I also had a unique opportunity: I spent about forty minutes on the assembly line at ... Read More

I am what I guess you could call a fan of General Motors. I think many of their cars are unfairly knocked by the press, and I do my best ... Read More

Greetings from Detroit! Ford brought a bunch of journalists, myself included, out for the Showroom of the Future, an event they first put on for their employees a couple of ... Read More

Saturn annouced that their Ion compact sedan (which we last reviewed in 2005) will be replaced next year by the Astra hatchback. Why is this such a big deal? Because ... Read More

The 2007 LA Auto Show runs though this Sunday. The show's always pretty packed during the weekend, but if you're a car buff -- and, of course, if you're ... Read More

Ever wonder what goes into one of those fancy concept-car presentations they put on at the auto shows? To be honest, neither did I. But Miles Johnson of Hyundai's PR ... Read More

Has the Honda S2000 really been with us for eight years? Holy crow. Honda's high-revving roadster hasn't changed much since it was introduced; it received various and sundry updates in ... Read More

I'm sure we've all dreamed of walking out of the house and finding a four-wheel present sitting in the driveway. In my dream it's usually either a 1968 Dodge Charger ... Read More

Old man winter is well on his way, and it's time to start getting your car ready. The good news is that today's cars really are all-weather machines; winterizing your ... Read More