Brooklyn Bob here. So I get a call from Aaron about no internet connection and that he has to run out for some tire show (where there is, of course, ... Read More

So here it is -- our last test drive of a 2007 model year car. I put quite a lot of thought into which car should be the last '07 ... Read More

Christine and Scott Gable, About.com's Guides to Alternative Fuels, have posted a poll: How close are we to seeing gasoline displaced as our primary motor fuel? Less than five years? ... Read More

Last year, Automotive News announced that Toyota had overtaken General Motors as the top-selling automaker in the world. But global sales results for the third quarter of 2007 show that ... Read More

Do we have any amateur shutterbugs out there? Liz Masoner, About.com's Guide to photography, is holding a photography contest this week, and the subject is vehicles. Want to enter? Get ... Read More

Greetings from Cape Cod! My wife Robin, our friend Steve and I are traveling in New England this week in the hopes of catching a little fall foliage (and, for ... Read More

Way back in February, Ford announced that for 2008 the Five Hundred would be renamed the Taurus. When I talked about it on the blog, you responded with a flurry ... Read More

Some cars don't change much no matter how you spec 'em out. Take the Nissan Altima Coupe. It's a better handler in V6 form, but retains most of its merits ... Read More

It's official: Audi is bringing diesel cars to the US -- first a TDI version of the Q7 SUV, and then a diesel-powered A4. Both vehicles will use a 3.0 ... Read More

When it comes to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, my attitude has always been "I'll believe it when I drive it." Well, as of yesterday, I believe it. General Motors is about to ... Read More

Last week I went to Heartland Raceway in Topeka, Kansas to learn more about how the Pontiac Solstice with the Z0K suspension can be turned into an SCCA-compliant racing car. ... Read More

I know that most of you come here for straightforward, BS-free car reviews -- the kind of hard-hitting journalism that sees through the glitz and glamor and gets right to ... Read More

I'm just back from Heartland Raceway Park in Topeka, Kansas. The folks at the General Motors Performance Division brought me out there to promote their new book, Solstice Performance: How ... Read More

The United Auto Workers has set a deadline of 11:00 this morning to decide whether or not to go on strike against Chrysler. I'll be about 32,000 feet above Arizona ... Read More

If you're a die-hard Dodge fan, you might want to start your e-mail program now, so it'll be all warmed up and ready to go by the time you finish ... Read More

The Rabbit isn't new for 2008, but it is improved. Horsepower is up (by 20, to 170), but fuel economy has improved slightly. (The EPA fuel economy estimates are actually ... Read More

The United Auto Workers contract with General Motors -- the outcome last month's short strike -- inadvertently gives an insight into GM's plans for the future. Though new car lines ... Read More

Mitsubishi has released new details about the upcoming new version of the all-wheel-drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. (No, it won't be called the Evolution X -- the Roman numerals have been ... Read More

So while I was slumming about in a $103,000 Mercedes-Benz S550, About.com Cars test driver BJ Killeen was living the high life in a $135,000 BMW 760Li. This was no ... Read More

BMW has announced that the upcoming 1-series coupe will be joined by a 1-series convertible. The US convertible model lineup will mimic that of the coupe: 128i with a 230 ... Read More