You’ve already seen it before, but Acura wants you to know the new TL’s not going away any time soon. I can make fun of the buck-tooth front end all over again, but it’s just getting too old. Instead, Iets use the official release to spend some time getting to know the rest of the [...]

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JD Power and crew do a good job measuring vehicle quality for the first three years of ownership and their measurements have once again put Lexus ahead of all manufacturers for the 14th year in a row. Lexus leads the list with just 120 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100). The distant runner-up, Mercury, comes up [...]

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WorldCarFans: Honda Jazz, new for 2008, is revealed with a whole new definition of compact spaciousness. The Jazz, known in some markets as the Fit, came into the market in 2001 and introduced a funkier, more practical dimension to the small car market. Such was the adoration Jazz received that it won Car of the [...]

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Subaru will use the British Auto Show to introduce three versions of it’s Impreza. Two of the cars are ready for production but the third, also the most powerful, will have to wait. All three models are being styled and engineered by Prodrive.
The WRX-S (in blue) gets 20 additional ponies - a total of [...]

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Honda’s OSM roadster on display at the 2008 British Motor Show might prove to be a bit more than just a “design study”. It’s more likely a litmus test for Honda’s future design language. Depending on how well the OSM, or Open Study Model, is received Honda might incorporate it into the next generation of [...]

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Mitsubishi has announced it will launch the 2009 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport at the Moscow Auto Show in August. The move is well played, especially when you consider Russia’s oil boom is set to soon make it one of the largest auto markets in world. Just last year, Mitsubishi sold 100,000 units to the Russians. This [...]

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The 2009 Mazda6 midsize sedan now has a price tag. Finally. The base model “i” starts will start at $19,220, which includes the $670 destination charge. The base model will get you a 2.5-liter inline-four that delivers 170hp through either a six-speed manual gearbox or a five-speed auto with manual shift mode. If you can [...]

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Owning a Nissan Maxima now costs $29,290. Nissan has announced that the pricing scheme for this new generation’s base model 3.5S offers “nearly $400” more in value than last year’s base Maxima 3.5 SE, which started at $28,630 but kept items like stability control and a power passenger seat on the options list. Both features [...]

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