This coming week, I'll be heading off to the Big Apple to cover the New York Auto Show. New York is going to be chock full o' new-vehicle launches along ... Read More

I've always advised people to consider buying smaller cars. The reply I often get is "I know a smaller car would save me money, but I need a bigger car ... Read More

Nissan first launched the subcompact Versa in hatchback form, and my seat time in an uplevel Versa SL hatch earned the car a spot on our Best New Cars of ... Read More

I live in Los Angeles and drive around 400 to 500 miles per week, so I see no shortage of bad driving behavior. As long as the other idiots drivers ... Read More

Though the new Lexus IS was introduced last year, I didn't drive it; that task went to About.com Cars contributors Micah Muzio, who wrote up his impressions of the IS ... Read More

Most of the cars tested by About.com Cars -- and, indeed, by most automotive publications -- are supplied by the automakers, part of "press fleets" that they keep for just ... Read More

BMW has officially announced that the upcoming M3, the high-performance version of the 3-series coupe, will be powered by a V8 engine. This is a first; past M3s have always ... Read More

Yep, this is the very same Saab 9-3 SportCombi that I cracked up last week. Naturally, this creates a potentially awkward situation: How do you write a bad review of ... Read More

According to a report in Automotive News, Honda broke ground this week on what will be their second American factory, this one in Greensburg, Indiana. The new plant will have ... Read More

What does it take to get a free car these days? As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Saab is offering a brand-new Saab 9-5 to any original owners ... Read More

About.com Cars has had a list of the Top Ten Cars for Women for years, but what about a list of the best cars for men? Seems I'd left us ... Read More

I actually test-drove the Infiniti G35 sedan a few weeks ago, but I wanted to hold off on posting my review until I'd had a chance to drive one if ... Read More

For those of you just joining our 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP saga, here's a quick recap: I reviewed the 2007 Pontiac Solstice and had several nits to pick, one of ... Read More

First, I want to thank everyone who responded to Tuesday's blog entry (Comments wanted: Un-cool first cars). I don't think I've laughed so hard since I took this job! If ... Read More

The car in the photo at right was, a few minutes before the picture was taken, a pristine 2007 Saab 9-3 Sport Combi. And then a car tried to zoom ... Read More

When I was 18, my folks gave me my first car: My mother's old 1982 Plymouth Reliant K-car sedan. I don't mean to sound like an ingrate; driving the Reliant ... Read More

When Nissan first announced the Sentra SE-R, they promised that the hotter Spec V model would offer 200 horsepower for around $20,000. Official SE-R pricing is out and they've kept ... Read More

I got an email from one of my PR contacts at GM concerning our Solstice GXP review. He wrote: I sincerely apologize for the steering issues you experienced and want to ... Read More

It may only be March of 2007, but the automakers have already revealed many of the new cars we'll be seeing as 2008 models. Check out our photo gallery of ... Read More

Judging from the comments and emails concerning my last blog entry there seems to be a bit of indignation that I let Phil test drive the Porsche Cayman. (Wow, guys, ... Read More

As a long-time Porscheophile, it made sense to assign our review of the 2007 Porsche Cayman to Philip Powell, who was racing Porsches before my folks were entertaining thoughts of ... Read More

We've tackled the issue of what it means to buy American on this blog in the past. Today, Frank Williams of The Truth About Cars posted a well written editorial ... Read More

Saab has started their own Million Mile club. Rack up one million miles in your Saab, and they'll give you the keys to a free 9-5 Aero. That's Peter Gilbert ... Read More

Just as the Ford Five Hundred will be transformed into the Ford Taurus for 2008, the Mercury Montego, the current Five Hundred's Mercury counterpart, will become the Sable -- the ... Read More