2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 8 Feb 2012 | 07:39 am

After having us over to drive its raging new M5 last September, BMW is now aiming to show just how efficient their F10 5 Series can be with the occasionally silent and rage-free ActiveHybrid 5. Wherea...

2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI: January 2012 8 Feb 2012 | 07:17 am

Stellar fuel efficiency is still the name of the game when it comes to our long-term Volkswagen Jetta TDI, as it's averaging well over its EPA-estimated 30 city and 42 highway miles per gallon in our ...

Chevrolet in movies over the years 4 Jan 2012 | 07:35 pm

First Ride: 2012 Tesla Model S Beta 8 Oct 2011 | 11:36 pm

Tesla had a big weekend. Some 1,500 Model S hand-raisers and their +1s descended on the company's recently acquired NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA to see where their $5,000 deposits have gone. The event, ...

2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 8 Oct 2011 | 11:28 pm

The auto show transition seemed to happen in a flash. One year, automakers were jockeying for dealer traffic with high horsepower, rear-wheel-drive retro rides, and the next year, each one of them ush...

2011 VPG Autos MV-1 8 Oct 2011 | 11:13 pm

A round of applause broke out as Marc Buoniconti, former linebacker for The Citadel, ascended the ramp of the very first VPG Autos MV-1 to roll off the assembly line inside AM General's plant near Sou...

2011 Hyundai Equus Ultimate 14 Sep 2011 | 03:26 am

Our 2011 Hyundai Equus long-termer continues to pile on the miles in the effortless fashion that one expects of a premium sedan. August's main outing was a weeklong stint in the Outer Banks of North C...

2011 BMW X3 xDrive28i 14 Sep 2011 | 03:16 am

Despite enchanting few critics along the way, the all-new 2011 BMW X3 has been helping its German parent clean up on the sales charts. Like the rest of the premium crossover segment, the X3 has been ...

Fisker Surf shooting brake wows Frankfurt Show 14 Sep 2011 | 03:02 am

Ahead of its official unveiling at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Fisker Automotive bosses had us up to a studio in Munich for a thorough advance viewing and info download on their second model, a sho...

2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 31 Aug 2011 | 11:56 pm

We've given Volkswagen a fair amount of flack for the 2011 Jetta – and justifiably so. All the things we held dear in previous generations – high-end materials, solid driving dynamics and that general...