2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition: How low is too low?

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Volkswagen, Diesel, Long-Term Garage

2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery

My daily driver is lowered. Really low. Like damn-near-touring car low. Almost every car I’ve owned over the last decade has benefited from some kind of suspension setup that dropped its ride height. Traversing speed-bumps [...]

Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 8.30.10

Review: 2011 Toyota Avalon

It may be engineered for your grandparents, but the latest Avalon has more than a “jet-smooth ride” going for it.

Spy Shots: 2012 Porsche Boxster wired up outside the ‘Ring
The next Boxster is set to debut late next year, but development of the new mid-engine drop-top is already underway and there could be [...]

More BMW M3 Tiger Edition photos surface

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, China, BMW, Luxury

BMW M3 Tiger Edition for the Chinese market – Click above for high-res image gallery

BMW’s new Joy ad campaign looks to have made it to China with the M3 Tiger – or as one Autoblog commenter called it, “the M3 by Ed Hardy.” Part of the continued celebration of [...]

Report: Muller in talks with three automakers about Saab 9-2 revival

Filed under: Saab, Spyker

Eduard Gray’s Saab 92010 Sixten concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Saab has already talked up its hopes for entering the forthcoming 9-2 in a future installment of the World Rally Championship. But before it can, the 9-2 needs to exist. And before that can happen, Automotive News reports that Saab [...]

Report: Opel expanding outside of Europe, headed for China, Australia

Filed under: China, Opel, Australia, South America

According to the latest reports, Opel will be taking its name, not just its cars, to at least four new markets around the world. Standard practice has been to rebadge Opels as one of General Motor’s other brands in countries outside of Europe, but company heads believe it’s time [...]