by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
Anyone attempting to measure the damage from a series of ads produced by Ford Motor Co.’s Indian ad agency showing women bound and gagged and tossed in the trunk of one of its Figo hatchbacks only had to catch the opening remarks by the carmaker’s global marketing...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 27, 2013
Take a good look. If you like what you see, you’ll have time to start saving your pennies. A half-year after the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf made its debut at the Paris Motor Show it has finally rolled into the U.S., VW unveiling the ever-popular hatchback at...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 27, 2013
Like an army on the march, Toyota is moving ahead with one of its largest product offensives ever, rolling into New York with the new iteration of the its most popular utility vehicle, the 2014 Highlander. The new version of the midsize Highlander is designed to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 27, 2013
Making 475 horsepower, enough to launch from 0 to 60 in just 3.3 seconds, you might be excused for calling the new Porsche 911 GT3 a German muscle car. But the new two-seater is designed to deliver both track performance and on-road manners. Making its North American...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
For such a small car, Audi has a lot riding on the success of the all-new A3 sedan that got its debut during a media sneak peek prior to this week’s New York International Auto Show. The 2015 Audi A3 is targeting a downsized segment that could become one of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 27, 2013
Making its formal debut at the New York Auto Show, the Jeep Cherokee replaces the maker’s old Liberty model – and brings back a nameplate that decades ago helped touch off America’s love affair with sport-utility vehicles. The name may be retro, though the design is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
There was a time when new offerings from Britain’s Land Rover rolled out at a glacial pace. Perhaps it’s global warming but the maker is rapidly ramping up its rollout schedule. With the wildly successful launches of the Evoque and Range Rover remake behind it, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
You better look quick. Jaguar is billing its new XKR-S GT as its fastest production model ever – and with only a handful planned to roll off the British maker’s assembly line, it doesn’t expect them to be around for long. “This is our most track-focused car yet,”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
It’s been a good year, so far, for Cadillac. The new ATS compact took honors as the North American Car of the Year and, along with the equally new XTS, Caddy sales have shown the sort of momentum General Motors’ flagship brand it hasn’t seen in years. Yet, the real...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
Ford Motor Co. is saddling up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that original “pony car,” the Mustang. And it’s going to get plenty of help, with 50 different companies planning to join in for the celebration by producing a wide range of products meant to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
If we said the new 2014 Odyssey minivan sucked, Honda might just take that as a compliment. The updated Odyssey Touring Elite model debuting at the New York Auto Show will introduce a new feature likely to have significant appeal to family buyers – the first in-car...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 26, 2013
It’s a big week for Buick, General Motors’ “near-luxury” brand using the New York International Auto Show to roll out a pair of redesigned models critical to reviving Buick’s faltering momentum. The show features both the redesigned LaCrosse and updated Regal, the...
