BY AARON ROBINSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGAN SEGAL Change! It was the hottest thing last year, and anyone selling it did good business in a soft market. Sure, the new Mazda 3 has more emotion, more refinement, and a bit more power, but otherwise it’s basically the same thrifty little corner darter as before. Summon the [...]
The Jetta shares much of its underpinnings with the Rabbit/GTI hatchbacks. It sits between the Rabbit and Passat in Volkswagen’s lineup. The Jetta is the only nonluxury German small sedan and wagon for sale in the U.S., and it offers a stiff chassis, sporty handling, and clean styling inside and out. The Jetta SportWagen—that’s VW-speak [...]
BY TOM LUDWICK Adieu Arnage: A special edition to celebrate the end of an era for the company’s four-door flagship. Bentley is readying a Final Series model of its Arnage flagship that it will show at the 2008 Paris auto show. In addition to being a final sendoff for the old-school sedan —due for cancellation [...]
BY TOM LUDWICK Mazda releases a few shots of its much-loved compact. The next Mazda 3 arrives amid lofty expectations. At Car and Driver we’re big fans of the current model. The 3 took second place in a comparison test of sensible four-doors, and the Mazdaspeed 3 has had a position on our 10Best list [...]
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 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 [...]
