Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Audi, First Drives, Luxury Proof That Less Of Some Things Can Equal More. It’s been fascinating to sample Audi’s new greener edition of the EA824 V8 in all of its various incarnations. Our first crack at the new TFSI powerplant with cylinder-on-demand was in Audi’s own 513-horsepower S8, and we then [...]
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Videos, Dodge, First Drives Meeting The Best Small Car Dodge Has Ever Made Chrysler has managed an impressive turnaround since the dark days of 2009. After carpet-bombing the market with a spate of new or refreshed models, the automaker saw its retail sales jump a whopping 43 percent in 2011, helping [...]
Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Audi, First Drives, Luxury Performance With Poise As reaction settles down to news that Audi has scooped up Italian bikemaker Ducati right from under the nose of Mercedes-Benz for a cool billion, we can now get back to the four-wheeled performance Audi does best. And there are few better ways I [...]
Filed under: Crossover, Ford, First Drives Don’t Call It A Comeback In the music industry, a band’s third album is typically make-or-break. You start with the debut album, introducing the general public to the band’s polished works, then comes the sophomore record, which proves whether or not the band can keep its fan base happy [...]
Filed under: Budget, Europe, Hatchback, Peugeot, Diesel, Quick Spins Euro Hatch Icon Reclaims Some Of Its Mojo The challenge of small, efficient and clever hatchbacks catching on with the American masses is a long story that shows infrequent signs of becoming less challenging. The bottom line is that most U.S. consumers feel such vehicles are [...]
