As the most practical variant of the German company’s next-generation best-seller, where better for a first, overseas test of the 2013 BMW 3 Series Touring than a trip to the European ski fields. CarAdvice grabbed the keys to the ...
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The Audi A1 Sportback 1.4 TFSI Sport is, as you’d hope with a badge that features the word ‘Sport’ not once but twice, the sportiest version of the German brand’s smallest car. It’s also the most expensive, ...
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The next-generation BMW M3 sedan has been snapped by CarAdvice’s spy photographers while traversing snow-covered roads while undergoing winter testing. Seen for the first time in white paint rather than the black of previous ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort and Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 You’d be forgiven for thinking the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 is a car aimed at cashed-up members of the Greens Party, but what BMW ...
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Driving the entry-level BMW 520d GT,it feels like the Germans have produced a quirky French car.While Mercedes-Benz delivered the swoopy CLS-Class,and Audi followed with its wedgy A7 Sportback,in 2010 BMW created a taller,hatchback version ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort and Interior 4.5 Quality & Design 4.5 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 3.5 Few nameplates say ‘executive express’ quite as succinctly as the BMW 550i. For ...
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SEATTLE — This city has a noble notion of itself at the leading edge. Its jets, coffee, computers, environmental activism and philanthropy have all been celebrated for remaking the globe. Now Seattle wants to change not just the ...
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Long a favorite among our subscribers, the Subaru Forester has been affordably priced and practically packaged—just what many buyers need in a small SUV. Admittedly, we were concerned about what the 2014 redesign would bring. ...
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The Ford Focus ST has blown onto the hot-hatch scene. Will it cause a hurricane to rip through the rock-solid Volkswagen Golf GTI and Renault Megane RS265? Words: Jez Spinks. Photos: Chris Brasher. Hands up if you still think you can only ...
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The FPV GT RSPEC is the car Ford Performance Vehicles should have released when it introduced the supercharged Miami V8 in mid 2010. It would be easy to assume this limited edition car is nothing more than a regular FPV GT Falcon with ...
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Automakers routinely loan vehicles to media outlets for evaluation, leaving magazines, newspapers, and websites trusting that the cars are production representative. It turns out, so-called press cars can vary, as can their test results. ...
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Consumer Reports' headquarters is 115 miles from our test track, or about 35 miles longer than the measured range on our Ford Focus Electric. When I was assigned to drive our test car from our New York headquarters back to the Connecticut ...
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Consumer Reports has found that the emergency interior trunk escape lever on the 2013 Lexus ES and GS can easily snap off during use, potentially leaving a trapped occupant without any way to escape. From the 2002 model year on, all cars ...
Our complaints about the current Honda Civic are well documented. Despite its pedigree of past outstanding small cars, the current model is too noisy, has an unrefined ride, and unimpressive fit and finish. It falls well short in our ...
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The Volkswagen CC is like buying designer clothes at ready-to-wear prices. It looks really good, and you look good in it. But don't expect it to score aces for practicality. The CC is a "four-door coupe," another way of saying a sedan ...
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