May 19, 2013
11:25 p.m.
The Accord Coupe is as close as Honda comes to a grown-up sports car, at least until the mid-engine NSX re-appears in 2015. But that will be badged as an Acura and cost Porsche money. Honda photo
There’s something pleasantly old-school about this car, an...
May 12, 2013
5:15 p.m.
There’s something about a Lexus that makes me want to shower and put on a suit before I fire it up—or, in this case, energize its circuits—and go for a drive. Lexus photo
Somewhere on the continuum between Toyota’s Prius C and the new million-dollar gas-...
May 5, 2013
12:01 a.m.
Yes, but: For every one of its strengths, the Buick Enclave has a corresponding weakness. Buick photo.
Just when we thought it was safe to go back to Detroit, after the hard lessons carmakers learned in the Great Contraction, along comes the Buick Enclav...
April 28, 2013
5:20 p.m.
If your shareholders won’t let you buy a jet, one of these might be an acceptable alternative. Planes don’t have Quattro all-wheel drive, either.
As much as I like to drive, and as dynamically brilliant as this car is—except for one or two little hiccups...
April 21, 2013
11:20 p.m.
Toyota & Subaru have recreated the sports car: light, nimble, quick, fun, sharp-looking and barely $26,000.
Most of what Toyota builds is “product.” Very good product, to be sure, but—from the Camry to the RAV4 and even the out-there Prius—Toyotas ar...
April 14, 2013
11:20 p.m.
With a bit of ironing out, the handsome XTS could become a proper Cadillac flagship.
Cadillac’s penchant for inscrutable model names—SRX, CTS, ATS, XTS and, soon, ELR—leaves us confused. What happened to traditional American car names, like Impala, Rivie...
April 7, 2013
5:20 p.m.
Elegant, yes? The view from other angles is just as pleasing. Hyundai’s 2013 Azera is as pretty as sedans get, and the beauty is more than just skin-deep.
To gaze upon Hyundai’s shapely Azera is to realize how few cars today are truly pretty. In a market...
March 31, 2013
5:20 p.m.
Dancin’ in the rain: The all-wheel-drive 365HP 2013 Taurus SHO is Ford’s affordable all-weather fighter-bomber.
Everything old is new again. Fortunately, with a few exceptions, “new” invariably beats “old,” at least in automobiles. Ford’s revival of the ...
March 24, 2013
5:20 p.m.
Infiniti M-series sedans turn heads. Now there’s a stretch version too, but only for China, where big back seats and chauffeurs are the rage among the new Capitalists.
After decades of scoffing at it, I have become not just a fan but a connoisseur of cru...
March 17, 2013
5:20 p.m.
The three-bar grille tells us that this is the shorter of Hyundai’s two distinct Santa Fe lines, the 5-passenger Sport.
If by chance the BMW X1 (discussed here recently) isn’t your cuppa but you’re still hunting for a small and stylish crossover SUV with...
