BY JENS MEINERS
This 500-hp monster is the strongest commitment to the diesel engine yet.
Some folks are writing off the diesel. The future, they say, lies in electric vehicles, with hybrids as the transition technology. Diesel fuel is expensive, they continue, and there is the further popular conception that diesels are not “clean.” In reality, a [...]
BY STEVE SILER
Nice, but could there be a worse time to launch a Hummer pickup?
That’s right. In spite of skyrocketing oil prices having an inversely proportional effect on Hummer sales in the United States, the brand’s global sales are at an all-time high. This can be attributable to Hummer’s newfound market penetration and accompanying sales [...]
BY AARON ROBINSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD PRINCE
A car nobody needs hits a track nobody knows for a ride nobody will forget.
Just past the curve in which Bruce McLaren bought it, and right before the corner where Niki Lauda had his face burned off, we realize the truth: General Motors must still be mad about our [...]
BY STEVE SILER
Maserati takes us to Mozart’s hometown to play a 4.7-liter symphony.
For most of the last 45 years, Maserati has been a presence, but hardly a dominant force in the market. In sports cars, for example, Ferrari and Porsche have overshadowed Maserati’s best. In terms of luxury sedans, which Maserati has built off and [...]
BY STEVE SILER
Chevrolet Traverse becomes the fourth and perhaps best card in GM’s game-winning hand in the crossover game.
Saving the best for last may not have been GM’s intention when it finally introduced the fourth and final version of its acclaimed Lambda full-size crossovers, which also include the Buick Enclave, Saturn Outlook, and GMC Acadia, [...]
BY JENS MEINERS
Porsche refers to it as a new generation, even though the internal chassis code 997 remains unchanged. We see it as more of a mid-term facelift with some significant technological changes. Notably, the water-cooled flat-six engines get direct-injection technology, and a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission replaces the previous five-speed Tiptronic automatic while the shift-it-yourself [...]
