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Do the four letters at the end of the name—PRHT, short for Power Retractable Hard Top—change the Miata irrevocably from a zippy sports car to a glorified hairdresser’s dream? That was a concern when I took delivery of an MX-5 for a week of testing. It must have concerned someone at Mazda as well for [...]
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The latest generation of the Mazda3 combines the previous iteration’s sportiness with Mazda’s new design language, and adds an upscale feel to its “Zoom-Zoom” pedigree.
Until the Mazda2 arrives next year, the Mazda3 is the vehicle by which most customers enter the Mazda fold, and one that establishes the brand’s bona fides for most buyers. (It [...]
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The Nissan Maxima began its life back in the 1980s as an overstuffed pseudo-luxury cruiser with a modicum of sporting pretensions. It became “The 4-Door Sports Car” in the early 1990s as Nissan searched for a way to differentiate itself from other Asian automakers, and infuse this sporting DNA into everything from the 300ZX to [...]
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Call it a tall wagon, crossover or super-sport SUV, the FX50 S with all-wheel drive delivers an excellent everyday performance experience mixed with practicality.
Who’s the Buyer?
This car is for you if:
You want an SUV with the heart of a sports car.
As with any Infiniti, you need an aggressive nature to appreciate this rig.
You want [...]
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It wasn’t much of a surprise. After showing a number of concepts under the Kizashi name, Suzuki finally revealed the production version of its new four-door sedan in Detroit. Well, Grosse Pointe, actually, home to the mansions built by the founding fathers of the American automobile industry. Despite the cheekiness of launching the car in [...]
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Let’s put the new XJ into context by looking at its dimensions (long wheelbase model numbers in parentheses) and capacities:
Overall length: 201.7-in (206.6)
Overall width: 74.7-in
Overall height: 57.0-in
Wheelbase: 119.4-in [...]
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Let’s get this out of the way upfront: The Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedan is not a badge-engineered Toyota Prius. In fact, company executives insist the Lexus has very little in common with the smaller Toyota other than using a version of its sixth-generation hybrid drive system. The HS 250h (Could the name be more [...]
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