Chicago: 2012 Mopar Jeep Compass True North points… north?

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Crossover, Jeep, Design/Style, Off-Road

Mopar didn’t leave Jeep out of the customized fun here at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Based on the Compass, the 2012 Mopar True North boasts a two-inch suspension lift from Rocky Road Suspensions and 16-inch matte black wheels wrapped in BF Goodrich All Terrain tires. Other [...]

Report: Next Toyota Avalon to best Fiat 500’s fuel economy?

Filed under: Sedan, Hatchback, Toyota, Fiat

The Fiat 500 is 139 inches of A-segment fury, with a heaping dose of cute and a dash of fuel efficiency. In fact, the manual transmission-equipped cinquecento averages 33 miles per gallon in mixed driving, which is better than most things on the road.
Impressed? Toyota isn’t. The Detroit Free Press [...]

Chicago: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible is your toupee’s worst nightmare

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Convertible, Performance, Ford

Slather on an extra glob of Gorilla Glue adhesive, as the 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible is going to seriously strain hairpieces. Like its GT500 Coupe sibling, introduced late last year at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the drop-top is fitted with a supercharged 5.8-liter V8 making [...]

Chicago: 2013 Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute pays homage to sporty compacts of yore

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Sedan, Dodge, Design/Style

There’s a lot of history wrapped up in the 2013 Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute. For starters, it’s supposed to commemorate 75 years of Mopar, which, in case you’re wondering, stands for MOtor PARts, Chrysler’s in-house go-fast aftermarket division.
Second, the GTS Tribute harkens back to the Dart of [...]

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 [...]