Loading ...Hyundai outlines its plans to go green.
BY TONY QUIROGA
In 2010, a hybrid version of the redesigned Sonata family sedan will hit the market, most likely as a 2011 model. The Sonata Hybrid Blue Drive, announced at the L.A. auto show, will have a parallel-hybrid drive system that will be able to move the car on [...]
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Like oil and water, frugality and exclusivity don’t mix.
BY JON YANCA
They say opposites attract and the relationship between Smart and Brabus is further confirmation. Known for tuning Mercedes-Benz vehicles well into the 600-plus-horsepower range, Brabus announced at the L.A. auto show that it will offer a tuned Smart Fortwo in the U.S.
No, the Brabus Smart [...]
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From the Land of the Rising Sun comes a car that really lets you enjoy it.
BY STEVE SILER
We’ve been whining for years about Infiniti’s unwillingness to give us a convertible version of its saucy G coupe, especially because Nissan builds an open-top version of the coupe’s platform-mate, the Z. Now we can finally shut up, [...]
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It’s the same prescription for the Lexus RX.
BY JENS MEINERS
One of the most popular premium SUVs is getting a makeover—and you might have to look closely to spot the changes.
One could describe the first-generation Lexus RX as a well-executed Mercedes M-class lookalike on a Toyota Camry platform. The second generation developed a distinct styling language [...]
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Along came a Spyder.
BY TONY QUIROGA
Following in the tracks of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 coupe is the newly christened LP560-4 Spyder, which debuts at the L.A. auto show. Like its hardtop brother, the Spyder receives power-boosting engine modifications, styling alterations, and chassis tweaks that earn it the LP560-4 badge.
Dropped into the Spyder is the same [...]
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No longer the runt of Lincoln’s litter.
BY STEVE SILER
For its first several years, we saw Lincoln’s Mazda 6-based Zephyr/MKZ as little more than the cheapest way into Ford’s most prestigious American brand. With a milquetoast powertrain and a softened suspension that took much of the fun out of the innately sharp mid-size sedan platform, the [...]
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We remain firmly convinced of this droptop’s greatness.
BY ERIK JOHNSON
Standing as we were during this press launch amidst Porsche racing luminaries such as Derek Bell and Hurley Haywood—in addition to current Porsche racing stars like Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long—didn’t make formulating an opinion of the revised-for-2009 Porsche Boxster very easy. It may have had [...]
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Space efficiency raised to the third power.
BY DAVID GLUCKMAN
Two generations of the Nissan Cube have been sold in Japan since 1998, and now it’s our turn to get in on the fun with this third-gen car, which debuts at the L.A. auto show. Yes, we’re glad that the nameplate is headed for America—we’ve been especially [...]
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Honda reveals fuel-cell sportster.
BY AARON ROBINSON
When the world calls out for a hydrogen-powered three-seat sports car, Honda wants to be locked and loaded. The Honda FC Sport, revealed at the 2008 Los Angeles auto show, is a design study—meaning a non-running, mostly fiberglass and clay mock-up—of a sporty ground hugger for the ultra-clean hydrogen future.
Penned [...]
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