-What It Is: Handily, Volkswagen has taken most of the guesswork out of deciphering just what the Golf R400 is and put it right there in the name. It’s an all-wheel-drive Golf with a worked-over 2.0T engine churning out somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 horsepower. READ MORE ›› –
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– For the last five decades, the toughest question for any buyer of a high-end sports car has been: “How do I not end up with a 911?” To describe Porsche’s most famous product as a default choice is a faint-praise damning of what has become the world’s most iconic sports car. But it’s also an acknowledgment that to get a car as capable and well-rounded as a 911, you
-The advent of a second child in a couple’s life can mean many things: the demise of romance, the start of sibling rivalry, and the purchase of a three-row SUV. As the latter has all but usurped the minivan as the most popular kid-schlepper, the Honda Pilot has risen to become a go-to choice for frazzled parents. Rarely seen without at least one magnet displaying allegiance to a school or
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– It’s now possible to buy a new Chevrolet Volt for 15 percent off. That means you can walk out paying less than $35,000 a car that silly, impatient people spent 41 grand on just a short while ago. – – After five model years, America’s first plug-in hybrid is getting one last Memorial Day sendoff before the cheaper, quicker, and more efficient 2016 Volt arrives this summer. Through June
-The Ram Rebel 1500 is not the brand’s response to the Ford F-150 Raptor. Nor is it a competitor for the scandalously lifted, mega-tired, hard-core rigs that can be caught prowling sand dunes or posing on the SEMA show floor. No, despite its defiant name, the Rebel is a wholly cooperative vehicle. Essentially a Ram 1500 outfitted with off-road duds, the Rebel packs the same towing and cargo-hauling capabilities and
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– Takata is recalling defective airbags in nearly 34 million cars—double what the automotive supplier originally recalled over the past year—as it remains befuddled over the cause of the issue and woefully short of capacity to fix one of the largest auto defects of all time. – – In an agreement with the Department of Transportation, Takata said it would expand recalls of its passenger-side frontal airbag inflators to all 50 states, a