First Drive: 2011 BMW X5

First Drive: 2011 BMW X5For 2011, the changes lie mostly within the engine room.
How will you know a new, 2011 BMW X5 when you see one? You probably won’t. The second-generation X5, introduced for 2007, has received its mid-cycle freshening, but even the most hard-core BMW fanboys will be hard-pressed to tell it apart from [...]

First Look: 2011 Audi A8 L

First Look: 2011 Audi A8 LAudi Goes Long and Brings Back W-12 for New Flagship Sedan

You can think of the new 2011 Audi A8 L as something of a road-bound Gulfstream jet for the jet set. No, the lengthy new Audi — which is set to land in Beijing next week as a star of [...]

First Look: 2011 Aptera 2e

First Look: 2011 Aptera 2eAptera’s great green hope moves even closer to production

Given the rash of fly-by-night electric vehicle start-ups, we understand if you’re at least a little skeptical of the new Aptera 2e. 200-mpg? 100-mile range? A $25,000 price tag? Is this for real?inline_mediumwraptextright0033042432/green/news/1004_2011_aptera_2eaptera-2e-front-three-quarters.jpgtrue
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2010 Lexus ES350

2010 Lexus ES350Everything about this car could be described as “polished and refined,” from the engine, to the suspension, to the interior appointments.
The main thing one needs to know about the Lexus ES350 is that it isn’t intended to be an enthusiast car. The average age of Lexus buyers is in their mid- to late-50s, [...]

Driven: 2012 Audi TT RS

Driven: 2012 Audi TT RSDollars versus sense.
Audi’s adorable little TT has a bit of an identity crisis. It’s so cute that you sort of expect it to be a Hyundai Tiburon for chic, gorgeous women with impeccable taste and generous budgets. Nothing against those kinds of customers — in fact, any such woman gains ten [...]