Filed under: Coupe, Sedan, Performance, Government/Legal, Design/Style, Luxury Perhaps more than most, Mercedes-Benz has proven to be remarkably adept at platform sharing, pulling and pushing at their various architectures to create new models. Take, for example, the marque’s E-Class chassis, which in addition to sedan, coupe, convertible and wagon variants,... 

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Hatchback, Honda, Australia, Off-Road, Racing Honda took a Mugen-powered Jazz (better known as the the Fit here in the U.S.), sent it to Italy to be engineered for rallying by JAS of Milan, then flew it to Australia to be prepared for Oz’s 2012 rally series. Honda’s been competing in the series with Civic Type R... 

Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Design/Style, Fiat When a carmaker announces a European-exclusive limited edition, we often feel upset. Sometimes we even get irate. And then there are the instances like this one when we just chuckle and nod. Not that there’s anything exactly wrong with the Fiat 500 “America.”... 

Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Sedan, Hyundai According to research by Edmunds.com, the $19,711 average transaction price of the 2012 Hyundai Elantra is besting that of its chief rivals, the Toyota Corolla by $1,500 and the new Honda Civic by $500. The great big cherry on top of that sundae for Hyundai? Elantra sales were up more than 40 percent last year. The... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Etc., Toyota Toyota has let slip a few additional teasers for the company’s FT-Bh concept headed to the Geneva Motor Show in March. As you may recall, the vehicle is an engineering study designed to evaluate what kind of emission reductions can be accomplished in the city car segment without resorting... 

Filed under: Etc., Chrysler, Rumormill Word has it Chrysler is looking to establish a base of operations in downtown Detroit in a move that would strengthen its “Imported from Detroit” image. The company is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a short hike from downtown proper, but reports say the automaker has signed a lease for 20,000 square feet in... 

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Dodge, Racing Dodge, or rather SRT (we’re still getting used to it being its own brand), has been busy teasing us with the new Viper that will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely done flaunting the performance capabilities of the old model. Only... 

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Porsche, First Drives, Luxury A Soft Top Worthy Of The Best 911 Ever Gran Canaria is a volcanic nexus of disconnected associations, a bit of everything from a bit of everywhere. Geographically and geologically, this third largest of the Canary Islands belongs to Africa. Climatologically, it belongs to the Macaronesia Ecoregion.... 

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Recalls, Safety, Honda Honda is recalling some of its previous-generation Odyssey minivans due to potentially faulty gas-filled struts on vehicles equipped with a power rear liftgate. A total of 45,747 vehicles are affected by this recall, all of which are from the 2008 and 2009 model years. According to the official release from the... 

Filed under: Spy Photos, Wagon, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Volvo Some automakers try their damnedest to keep their new products under wraps until they’re good and ready to show it to the world. (And of those, some succeed more than others.) Others, meanwhile, steadily leak out photos and details – through official channels or back ones –...