Our Cars: 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Doesn’t Like Coffee

I took the 2010 MX-5 Miata to our top-secret track this morning to undergo our top-secret testing only known by our top-secret drivers, but not without my morning coffee.To get to said secret test facility, getting up earlier than my usual time means I must ensure my French-pressed Mocha Java Blend Coffee is ready to go when I’m done putting my face on for the day. Sure, I could have stopped along the way to pick up some Starbucks, but with a huge vacation trip in my near future, I’m trying to pinch penn…

Perception Gap, Made In Germany: Volkswagen Triples 2010 Half Year Profit

Did we mention that there is a remake of the economic miracle in Europe going on? Despite tanking car sales, despite daily stories about near bankrupt EU-countries, European manufacturers are in high gear. Did we mention that despite imploding sales at home, Volkswagen delivered 16 percent more units to customers in the first six months [...]

2010 Audi RS5 quattro with 303km/h by MTM

2010 Mercedes-Benz CLS 6.3 AMG – ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Not known for introducing niche vehicles, in 2006 Mercedes-Benz introduced the first CLS model, an eye-catching vehicle that blurred the line between coupe and sedan.
This sexy coupe-like sedan boasts the comfort and convenience of four doors and features a high-tension convex curve to its body shape as part of its sensuous exterior lines.  The bold, low front end of the CLS is complemented by two-lamella chrome grille bars, and tasteful mesh to protect the engine bay from debris.  The lower air intak…

Redesigned 2010 Saab 9-5: Larger, still some quirkiness

Redesigned for the first time in 13 years, the new Saab 9-5 is the largest car in company history. The Swedish carmaker says is the upsizing is intended to better differentiate it from the 9-3 and make their flagship a more viable competitor with the Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series.  Designed when General Motors owned Saab, the 9-5 shares its platform with the Buick LaCrosse. But company officials are quick to say that's where the similarity ends. For example, the 9-5 has its own powertrains and …

Review: 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander 3.0 GT S-AWC

By Chris Haak
Mitsubishi has been having a tough couple of years in the US market.  Last year, when the overall light-vehicle market was down 21 percent, the three-diamond company’s sales tanked more than twice as fast as the overall market, with a 45 percent drop.  This year, when the rising tide is supposed to be lifting all the boats, Mitsubishi’s US sales are basically flat.
There are two bright spots in Mitsubishi’s sales figures, though:  the Lancer compact sedan and the Outlan…

Review: 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander 3.0 GT S-AWC

By Chris Haak
Mitsubishi has been having a tough couple of years in the US market.  Last year, when the overall light-vehicle market was down 21 percent, the three-diamond company’s sales tanked more than twice as fast as the overall market, with a 45 percent drop.  This year, when the rising tide is supposed to be lifting all the boats, Mitsubishi’s US sales are basically flat.
There are two bright spots in Mitsubishi’s sales figures, though:  the Lancer compact sedan and the Outlan…

2010 BMW 328i Sedan, an AW Drivers Log:

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CHERYL L. BLAHNIK: If you’re a car enthusiast, how can you not like this car? OK, well maybe I’m a little biased because ever since I was in high school, I wanted a BMW 3-series BMW.

Review: 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport

There’s a great playground in Berkeley, near the Rose Garden, that has a two-story tall twisted and banked concrete slide down the side of a hill, of the sort that cities would never build again in our modern liability-freaked danger-averse era. Blissfully unaware of this, the local kids use torn-up cardboard boxes to reduce their [...]

Review: 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport

There’s a great playground in Berkeley, near the Rose Garden, that has a two-story tall twisted and banked concrete slide down the side of a hill, of the sort that cities would never build again in our modern liability-freaked danger-averse era. Blissfully unaware of this, the local kids use torn-up cardboard boxes to reduce their [...]

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