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Review 2009 Audi Q7 V12 TDI Diesel

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 [...]

Road Test 2009 Infiniti G37 Sport Sedan

BY ERIK JOHNSON

Redesigned for 2007, the second-generation Infiniti G35 sedan was good. Really good. Good enough to get all up in the faces of the competition and fall only to the benchmark BMW 3-series in its last comparison test. Good enough to have been invited to join us for a 40,000-mile fling. Good enough, in [...]

Test Hyundai Genesis 4.6 sedan

BY TONY SWAN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY

New cover, familiar text: The new book of Genesis: Not exactly a page turner, but lots of content.
Before we buckle up, we must first invoke a temporary vocabulary-restraining order: At no time will the term luxury sports sedan be used to describe this car. At least not by us. [...]

Review 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

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 [...]

Car News 2009 Honda Civic

BY STEVE SILER

Honda touches up its bestseller with revised styling and a couple of new trim levels.
Honda knows how to time things. Just as fuel costs have prompted Americans to say “Whoa, Mamma Joe!” on their personal appetites for fuel (i.e. they are downsizing their rides), Honda is ready to receive them with its fuel-sipping [...]

Hybrid Cars: List Of Real Drawbacks To Owning A Hybrid Vehicle

by: Alex Baumm
As oil prices continue to increase amid depleting supplies and rapid growth in demand, all economies globally are feeling the setbacks of the need to curtail excessive consumption of fuel.
For quite some time, research and development has been actively finding ways on how problems regarding very high demand could [...]

Dodge Chrysler 2.7L Engine Problems, Oil Sludge, Defects and Failure

by: John Stanley
From 1998-2000 2.7L Engines are prone to premature catastrophic engine failure due to a defectively designed Timing Chain Tensioner that Chrysler quietly redesigned. Unfortunately, many consumers have had to pay out of their own pockets for this while Chrysler avoids responsibility.
From 1998-2004 Dodge / Chrysler 2.7L Engines are prone [...]

New 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series

BY JAKE HOLMES

AMG’s latest release promises 661 horsepower and a top speed of nearly 200 mph.
Mercedes has finally divulged the official details on the SL65 AMG Black Series, and it’s even more impressive than our spy reports indicated.

History of The Chevy Chevelle

by: Edward Caffray
The Chevrolet Chevelle is a mid-sized car from Chevy, first rolling off the assembly line in 1964. It was manufactured from 1964 through 1977 and was one of General Motors most triumphant cars. Chevelle models ranged from easy on the pocket family cars to convertibles and powerful coupes. The Malibu [...]