Video: Which Spyder is the fastest? EVO finds out [UPDATE]

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Videos, Porsche

At first glance, pitting the Porsche Boxster Spyder against the Audi R8 Spyder is a bit like throwing a trout in a five-gallon bucket with a piranha. After all, the big Audi boasts over 100 horsepower more than the baby Porsche. Throw in the fact that the R8 puts its [...]

Chicago: 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT delivers lightness, functionality

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Hatchback, Hyundai

After driving the 2013 Elantra GT out on stage here in Chicago, Hyundai executives immediately focused on one of its new five-door’s core values: lightness. You see, the GT is the lightest C-segment hatchback in the United States, weighing 151 pounds less than a Mazda3, 175 pounds less than [...]

Chicago: 2013 Beetle TDI debuts as Volkswagen’s sportiest diesel

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Coupe, Volkswagen, Diesel

Volkswagen unveiled an oil-burning variant of its new, but not New, Beetle at the Chicago Auto Show today and under the hood is the automaker’s familiar turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine sending power to the front wheels.
Despite developing just 140 horsepower, its torque rating of 236 pound-feet will help [...]

Chicago: Kia Track’ster concept is a self-contained 250-hp AWD track star

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Hatchback, Kia

It’s not like we needed any more reason to like the Soul, but Kia went ahead and debuted the Track’ster concept at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show anyway. The Track’ster is a three-door, all-wheel-drive, 250-hp version of the cute and quirky urban Soul that we hope gets green lights [...]

Kia Track’ster concept is a self-contained 250-hp AWD track star

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Hatchback, Kia

It’s not like we needed any more reason to like the Soul, but Kia went ahead and debuted the Track’ster concept at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show anyway. The Track’ster is a three-door, all-wheel-drive, 250-hp version of the cute and quirky urban Soul that we hope gets green lights [...]