Comedian Chris Rock’s 1999 homily “No Sex in the Champagne Room” wisely
observes, “Cornbread: ain’t nothing wrong with that.” The same could be said for
Nissan’s compact crossover, the Rogue. As a vehicle, it’s fine. It’ll be
replaced next year, with production starting in Smyrna, Tennessee. About a year
later, Nissan also will start producing Rogues in South Korea—some will be
shipped here to supplement the Tennessee supply.
There...
While Volkswagen's European division is gearing up for the all-important world
premiere of the brand-new Golf Mk7 at the Paris Motor Show, half way around the
globe, the company's South American arm lifted the covers of the redesigned Gol
hatchback and its sedan sibling named Voyage.
The Gol, which is the Portuguese and Spanish word for 'goal', is the
best-selling car in South America since the mid-1980s, with more than 5 million...
As it turns out, Nissan will split production of the new Rogue crossover between
its Smyrna plant in Tennessee, USA, (starting from next year), and the Renault
Samsung Motors factory in Busan, South Korea, (beginning in 2014).
Analysts believe that Nissan will benefit from a weak Korean won and recent
free trade deals.
The French-Japanese firm said it will invest US$160 million (€130 million) to
add 80,000 units of the...
Big engine + little vehicle = marketing pay dirt. Jim Wangers helped prove this
theorem when Pontiac jammed a Bonneville 389 into a little Tempest way back in
the "Mad Men" era, before the safety and emissions bogeymen crashed the car
party. BMW is dusting off this formula by bringing the tiny, strong-selling
global subcompact 2013 BMW X1 to the U.S. market and wedging its beloved
300-hp/300-lb-ft turbo-six under the hood. No other market...
The Volkswagen Jetta’s long-awaited changeover from the current
inline-five-cylinder engine to a turbo four will happen in 2013 for the 2014
model year, the company’s U.S. product czar Rainer Michel told us this week.
Soon after, Michel says, the engine will land in a 2014.5 model-year Passat.
This confirms the timing we heard earlier from a different—and
has-to-stay-nameless—source.
Here’s the scoop on the engine changeover. The new...
Way back in 2006, customers could walk into a U.S. Audi dealership and choose
between an A3 five-door hatchback, an A4 Avant, an A6 Avant, and the A6-based
Allroad. Even with journalists' best efforts, wagons and hatchbacks still aren't
flying off the lots like pfannkuchen. First the Allroad disappeared, and now the
A4 and A6 Avants and the A3 hatchback are going away next year. But luckily for
those buyers who aren't SUV-inclined, Audi...
The BMW 328i Luxury's logbook had finally cooled down after a disappointing
trip to the local road course when something else happened: the weather heated
up. Between surviving one choice mishap and dealing with sweltering
temperatures, our BMW has had a rough month.
The month of June started with the BMW sitting on injured tires. The BMW's
stock tires are Goodyear EfficientGrip RunOnFlats, a special tire chosen by BMW
to increase fuel...
Within the past year, both the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape—two 800-pound
gorillas in the compact-crossover segment—have been completely redesigned. (The
Toyota RAV4, a multiple comparison-test winner, will get a reboot soon.) But
with no full do-over on the docket just yet for its handsome but ho-hum Equinox,
Chevy clearly still had to make a move. Honda has never offered a V-6 in the
CR-V and the 2013 Escape went exclusively four-cylinder...
Following the UK debut of the TRD GT86 at last month's Goodwood Festival of
Speed, we now have new photos and additional information on what is being
described by Toyota as the "ultimate road going evolution" of the brand's rear
wheel drive sports coupe.
First unveiled in Japan at the Tokyo Auto Salon early in 2012, the Toyota
Racing Development (TRD) GT86 is scheduled to go on sale in Britain as special
edition model in the beginning...
The standard, 138-hp Hyundai Veloster overpromises and underdelivers. Its
tame, unexceptional dynamics contrast with the wild styling and the curious
three-door package. Yet even as we abandoned our hope for a Korean revelation
during our first drive of that car last October, we remained optimistic that
Hyundai would take a mulligan with the upcoming turbocharged model.
Even before turning a single wheel in the Veloster Turbo, however,...
