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July 07, 2015 AUTOS

Purported 2016 Toyota Prius Specs, Photos Leak Out

– “TOYOTA fourth-generation Prius Exposure! Hybrid, PHV Two Kinds of Style for the Choosing,” reads the Google Chrome–translated headline from AutoNet, a Taiwanese website claiming to have specs and details on the 2016 Toyota Prius. As with any leak, but especially those parsed via browser-based translation software, take everything you’re about to read with a Taiwan-sized grain of salt (only one kind of style for the choosing, sorry). According to the report, and as

July 07, 2015 AUTOS

Taking Wing: We Prowl L.A. in a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing and a 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S

– The slow, clockwise churn of the North Pacific Gyre is what gives Los Angeles its famously fine climate, producing as it does the two dominant weather patterns that the bored meteorologists here just call onshore and offshore. The onshore winds wafting in from the chilly waters of the Santa Moni­ca Bay bring the morning fogs, the afternoon breezes, and the moderate temperatures that make this otherwise arid basin an

July 07, 2015 AUTOS

2015 Volkswagen Beetle Review: Cuteness Curbed

–Overview: Despite tracing its lineage to a beloved counterculture icon of another era, the contemporary Volkswagen Beetle has almost nothing in common with its revered ancestor besides its rounded contours. Resemblance to 1998’s front-drive revival version has also been diminished, thanks to the most recent makeover, which chopped the Bug’s top and added rake to the windshield, diluting the cuteness quotient. Like the original, and the revival, the latest Beetle

July 07, 2015 AUTOS

2015 Mazda 5 Tested: 5’s Alive, But Not for Much Longer

-Overview: The Mazda 5 has its class—the mini-minivan with proper sliding doors—all to itself in the U.S. The model was first introduced to America roughly a decade ago as a roomier cousin to the contemporary Ford Focus and Mazda 3, and it was redesigned for 2012 with new sheetmetal, an updated interior, and mechanical tweaks that included adding one forward gear to the since-discontinued manual transmission. READ MORE ›› –