2010 Ford Mustang: Near Enough is Not Good Enough
I’ve just had a few days in the new Shelby GT500. It’s a pretty impressive piece — fast, loud, and blessed with the best steering ever in an American car. It has its faults, though. The brakes don’t feel man enough, the ride is borderline harsh, and the rock-hard Goodyear Eagle F1 tires leave it [...]
First Drive: 2010 Porsche Boxster Spyder
Tossed out the window — no, out the open cockpit, actually — are the radio, the air con, conventional door pulls, and more. Porsche says the result is a weight savings of 176 pounds over the Boxster S, making the new Boxster Spyder, at a claimed 2800 pounds, the lightest model in the maker’s production-car [...]
First Drive: 2010 Hyundai Tucson
It’s only been five years since the Tucson first went on sale, but a lot has happened since then. The crossover segment has exploded, now with dozens of vehicles to choose from, while the traditional SUV segment is on the wane. The Tucson went on sale in the middle of this transition, as a crossover [...]
First Test: 2010 Audi S5 quattro Cabriolet
If any engine puts the final nail into the coffin of the mainstream V-8, it’s the new 3.0-liter supercharged V-6 in Audi’s 2010 S5 Cabriolet and S4 sedan. Rated 333 horsepower and 325 pound-feet, it’s 20 horses shy of the 4.2-liter V-8′s power number and its match on twist. We got a quick sampling of [...]
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