For a luxury car brand once riding high on mammoth-sized cars, Cadillac’s reputation for big cars has declined through the 21st century. While success for the modern Cadillac CTS level of vehicles, the car was vital in allowing Cadillac to recover from a period of stale, out-of-touch luxury. Since the 2002 genius of the mid-sized [...]
Known as a love bug, not a fighter, the original Volkswagen Beetle was never pitched as an all-out performance vehicle. Though the highly produced German people’s car gripped many owners with the Beetle’s unique abilities, the rear-mounted, air-cooled engine never clicked as a go-to sports vehicle. Even the 1997 introduction of the new Beetle did [...]
Environmental consciousness is the new resell red in today’s automotive market. The long-running and proven Toyota Prius is a forerunner to the latest way of thinking for car manufacturers suddenly striding for the most efficient powertrain or the maximizing of advanced materials on everyday cars. As long waiting lists formed for car customers desiring [...]
Despite continuing popularity in the global marketplace, the sport utility and crossover vehicle have taken a lot of heat from environmental-minded people. Some view the compromise of fuel economy for increased driving utility as one reason to object more truck-like vehicles while others see crossover products as another facet where excessive resources are devoted [...]
The Los Angeles International Auto Show is this week, and it is set to host quite a few debuts. We’re under 48 hours from the start of the show, and it looks like good things are in store. From Ford, we’ve seen the updated 2013 Flex already, as well as teasers for updated Lincoln MKS [...]
Following last year’s reveal of the Invader TC-3 Prototype, Tanom Motors (if the name doesn’t sound familiar it’s because they used to be called Talon Motors) received plenty of feedback and decided to modify the Invader before bringing it into production. At this year’s SEMA Show, they unveiled the final production model – the Tanom [...]
I know this is what you guys have been waiting for. Every year, at the beginning of November, there is a plethora of…ahem…extremely attractive young women adorning the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center for the biggest aftermarket car show in the world – SEMA – showing off the latest and greatest car parts, [...]
After getting into the 2011 SEMA Show in Vegas last week, you’d think you were walking into a Camaro convention. Outside in the public area, individual’s customized Camaros were littered across the lot. Many of the companies had Camaros as show cars, and inside, you could be anywhere on the floor and have at least [...]