President Obama's draft budget for 2012 hasn't made as many headlines as it might've due to the current Middle Eastern political turmoil, but tucked away inside the $3.7 trillion dollar document is something that should interest electric vehicle fans. The budget contains funds for a $200 million grant program that will allow communities across the...
The Basics: The 2011 Honda Insight has a silhouette looking a lot like that of the Toyota Prius. That's no mistake; it's the shape carved to cut through the air with the least resistance. Yet the design allows hatchback practicality, and Honda manages to incorporate an impressive degree of design detail for such a low-priced vehicle. A...
The Basics: The Q5 broke into a new market segment for Audi when it was introduced two years ago, to take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLK and BMW X3. The Q5 wowed us with its excellent interior design and cohesive style—and now for 2011 the Q5 gets a more fuel-efficient turbocharged four-cylinder engine and eight-speed automatic...
The 2011 Lexus RX 450h isn't a model you should pick if you want to show the world you bought a hybrid. It's seemingly anonymous, and a variation of a vehicle that's already about as ubiquitous in suburban boutique mall parking lots as they come. And if that's not enough, it can be difficult to tell the hybrid RX 450h from the gas-only RX 350...
The Basics: The 2011 Lexus RX is a sleek crossover wagon that plays it safe—and comfortable—in most respects, and that's one of the keys to its longtime popularity. Sized at the larger end of the two-row crossover class, the RX 350 and RX 450h share the familiar shape that spawned this entire class of vehicles back in the late 1990s...
The Basics: It's fair to say Land Rover's place at the luxury table is derived from a single vehicle: the Range Rover. Not every dining experience is a five-star affair, though, and the Range Rover's somewhat ethereal positioning and pricing leave plenty of room below for good peasant fare. That's the more common place where the 2011 Land Rover...
The Basics: Picture the future--no, not the near future, not the long-term future, but the grey area in between tomorrow's headlines and science fiction. There, crossovers dominate the face of the earth. In that dystopia, an army of all-wheel-drivers will uniformly obliterate any exciting new vehicles in their path, turning the roads into one gray...
The Basics: Chevrolet’s front-wheel-drive Impala brings a classically comfortable ride and big value to the table, but the 2011 model can't compete with the likes of the Ford Taurus, Toyota Avalon or Hyundai Azera in refinement. The Impala sends a message, with bland styling inside and out. The outdated appearance plays through its street...
The Basics: Choosing on-road performance over hard-core off-road capability, the 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport is smaller, sleeker, and more defined than its larger brother, the Range Rover. It's still more capable than you'd expect when the pavement ends, but you'll pay for the paved-road handling with a rougher ride. Though it's a thoroughly...
President Obama's draft budget for 2012 hasn't made as many headlines as it might've due to the current Middle Eastern political turmoil, but tucked away inside the $3.7 trillion dollar document is something that should interest electric vehicle fans. The budget contains funds for a $200 million grant program that will allow communities across the...
The Basics: The 2011 Honda Insight has a silhouette looking a lot like that of the Toyota Prius. That's no mistake; it's the shape carved to cut through the air with the least resistance. Yet the design allows hatchback practicality, and Honda manages to incorporate an impressive degree of design detail for such a low-priced vehicle. A...
The Basics: The Q5 broke into a new market segment for Audi when it was introduced two years ago, to take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLK and BMW X3. The Q5 wowed us with its excellent interior design and cohesive style—and now for 2011 the Q5 gets a more fuel-efficient turbocharged four-cylinder engine and eight-speed automatic...
The 2011 Lexus RX 450h isn't a model you should pick if you want to show the world you bought a hybrid. It's seemingly anonymous, and a variation of a vehicle that's already about as ubiquitous in suburban boutique mall parking lots as they come. And if that's not enough, it can be difficult to tell the hybrid RX 450h from the gas-only RX 350...
The Basics: The 2011 Lexus RX is a sleek crossover wagon that plays it safe—and comfortable—in most respects, and that's one of the keys to its longtime popularity. Sized at the larger end of the two-row crossover class, the RX 350 and RX 450h share the familiar shape that spawned this entire class of vehicles back in the late 1990s...
The Basics: It's fair to say Land Rover's place at the luxury table is derived from a single vehicle: the Range Rover. Not every dining experience is a five-star affair, though, and the Range Rover's somewhat ethereal positioning and pricing leave plenty of room below for good peasant fare. That's the more common place where the 2011 Land Rover...
The Basics: Picture the future--no, not the near future, not the long-term future, but the grey area in between tomorrow's headlines and science fiction. There, crossovers dominate the face of the earth. In that dystopia, an army of all-wheel-drivers will uniformly obliterate any exciting new vehicles in their path, turning the roads into one gray...
The Basics: Chevrolet’s front-wheel-drive Impala brings a classically comfortable ride and big value to the table, but the 2011 model can't compete with the likes of the Ford Taurus, Toyota Avalon or Hyundai Azera in refinement. The Impala sends a message, with bland styling inside and out. The outdated appearance plays through its street...
The Basics: Choosing on-road performance over hard-core off-road capability, the 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport is smaller, sleeker, and more defined than its larger brother, the Range Rover. It's still more capable than you'd expect when the pavement ends, but you'll pay for the paved-road handling with a rougher ride. Though it's a thoroughly...
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