by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 28, 2013
For a youth-oriented brand, Scion is getting up in years. And it plans to celebrate its 10th anniversary with not only the launch of the 2014 Scion tC sports coupe, but also with the limited-production Scion 10 Series models. Despite the strong demand for the new FR-S...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 28, 2013
Put on the defensive by the slow ramp-up of the maker’s battery cars, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn put on a confident face during an appearance at the New York Auto Show and promised this will be a “milestone year” for the Leaf electric vehicle. With the maker’s second...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 28, 2013
This could be a critical week for the Dodge Durango, the three-row sport-ute making its debut at the New York International Auto Show this week. Though based on the same platform as the wildly popular Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Durango has been the forgotten ute among...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
There aren’t many secrets in the auto industry, but Chevrolet pulled off a big one today, delivering the biggest surprise of the 2013 New York Auto Show with the unexpected unveiling of the new Camaro Z28 muscle car. The highest-performance version of the updated 2014...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
If you still think “cheap and cheerful” when someone mentions Hyundai, you obviously haven’t checked out the changes the Korean carmaker has undergone in recent years. And nothing symbolizes that more than the Equus, the maker’s big sedan that takes aim at some pretty...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
Infiniti is adding a third gas-electric model to its line-up with the New York Auto Show introduction of the new QX60 Hybrid. For those who still haven’t quite gotten a grip on the Nissan luxury brand’s new names, the QX60 is the badge the old JX35 is adopting as...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
Nissan has already delivered some big surprises with the fourth-generation Pathfinder ute it launched earlier in the 2013 model-year. It revealed another during the opening day of the New York International Auto Show. Long-averse to gas-electric technology, and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 27, 2013
Few models have been more important to Acura than its original crossover, the MDX, and the Honda luxury division clearly expects more big things from the three-row CUV it has launched at this year’s New York Auto Show. Based on an entirely new platform, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
Slow to embrace the first wave of hybrid power, German luxury makers seem to be in a race to see who can now add more battery-based models to their line-up. We saw a flood of new offerings at the Geneva Motor Show, earlier this month, including the first plug-in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
If you’re like most motorists, you’ve struggled to reconcile the numbers in those endless automotive ads with the actual mileage you’re likely getting day-to-day. The reality is that the current EPA fuel economy rating system doesn’t work, and American motorists are...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
It can be risky tinkering with success. The auto industry is full of stories about one-time hits that failed to connect with buyers after a big redesign – think the second-generation of the boxy Scion xB. So excuse the folks at Kia for being as nervous as they are...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 27, 2013
Kia has ridden a wave of new products to increased sales and market share and it hopes to build on that momentum with the third member of the redesigned Forte line-up – the all-new 2014 Kia Forte Koup SX – that debuted today at the 2013 New York Auto Show. The Koup SX...
