Continuing down their road to recovery following the natural disaster that amounted in the sad loss of over 15,000 Japanese citizen, the spirit to endure from the troubles have seen industrial production return, stabilizing the traumatic experiences of millions. In only a month, many of the Japanese auto plants were operational again with at least [...]
It was barely a month ago, during my review of the new-for-2011 VW Jetta SEL, that I was getting antsy about Volkswagen taking too long to release the high-performance version of their mid-size sedan. Well, it’s finally here, and it rounds out the Jetta lineup pretty damn well, if you ask me. Last year, VW [...]
A staple of law enforcement and taxi services since the 1970s, the last, new Ford Crown Victoria left the St Thomas Manufacturing Plant September 15th. Arguably, as the final Crown Victoria model rolled out of the Canadian auto plant, the story of one of the most significant Ford Motor Company products comes to an end. [...]
It wasn’t long ago that compact cars served one purpose: getting from A to B an inexpensively as possible. They were made like crap, sucked to drive, and had next to zero features. They were pre-paid cell phones of the car world. The Chevy Cavalier is a perfect example of this; if you’ve ever had [...]
With Buick no longer producing what I like to call “THE senior special”, with soft, cushy, and inoffensive offerings like the Park Avenue and Lucerne, there was an open spot for another car-maker to take the reigns and produce a vehicle for those who don’t care about flash or driver interest. That car-maker is Toyota, [...]
It has been reported for a while that Aston Martin will move the production of its ever-so-sexy Rapide from the Magna Steyr contract facility located in Austria to the company plant in England. Sure, that’s just run of the mill car business, but the problem becomes one of how is Aston going to make room [...]
In astrology, the Taurus sign is said to be a negative symbol. However, for the tastes of 25 years worth of American drivers, the Taurus produced by the Ford Motor Company is a positive trendsetter. In 2008, Ford Motor Company resurrected the Taurus name returning in time to accomplish its original 1986 goal by replacing [...]
Well Lexus, you had a pretty good run with the HS 250h Hybrid being the only entry in the entry-level Hybrid Luxury Sedan segment, but it looks like Lincoln is throwing their hat in ring too. Starting with the five-year-old Lincoln MKZ sedan – briefly known as the Zephyr, as you may remember – Lincoln [...]