Review : Volkswagen GTI 20th Anniversary Edition
Nov 8, 2003
By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: Volkswagen GTI 20th Anniversary Edition<br> ENGINE: 1.8-liter turbocharged four<br> STICKER PRICE: $23,800<br><br> Sometimes it's hard to believe that Volkswagen's hot little pocket rocket, the GTI, is 20 years old. But it is. Here I am, driving number 2946 of the special edition 20 ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII - Review - Whoosh
Sep 18, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS WEEK 38 - (c) 2003 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII Admit it. If you're any kind of car enthusiast, you've had the fantasy of having a race car as your daily driver. Thirty years or more ago, with enough money, it might even have been possible. Sports prototypes were technical ... Continue reading
2003 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner Double Cab 4x2 V6 - Review
Sep 11, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Toyota's compact pickups have been the standard by which all others are judged since the genre achieved popularity in the 1970s. And, while compact pickups seem to be falling from favor with some manufacturers, Toyota still has a strong commitment. The Tacoma line is responsible fo ... Continue reading
Aug 29, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS To many people around the world, ``Volvo'' is nearly synonymous with ``wagon.'' After all, Volvo has been building wagons for fifty years, starting with the PV445 Duett in 1953. And Volvo is the wagon leader, import or domestic, in the U.S. today, with around half of the market. Of ... Continue reading
Aug 28, 2003
2003 Infiniti FX45<br> Base price: $44,225<br> EPA mileage: 15 city/19 highway<p> By Des Toups The Infiniti FX45 is all sport, no utility, and it works so well precisely because it does not pretend to be both. This bobtailed wagon fails woefully at mainstream sport-ute tasks: It seats just four comfortably, has less ca ... Continue reading
Review: Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII
Aug 27, 2003
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO…it’s like two cars in one. By Bob Gordon As I got out of the silver Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII I had just parked in front of a local teen hang-out, a group of young men and women looked at me not with distain or the loathing that teens can lay on an old dad type, no even though I did n ... Continue reading
Review: 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible
Aug 26, 2003
By Carre Joyce Gordon The New Beetle convertible and I were both looking damn good, top down (only the car’s), my skin glowing in the summer sun, and a smile beaming from ear to ear because I was driving such a cute car. I pulled up to a stoplight and found myself next to a male friend driving in his 1993 Bonnevi ... Continue reading
Aug 12, 2003
2003 Ford Thunderbird Base price: $40,355 Price as tested: $41,890 EPA mileage: 17 city/23 highway By Des Toups The Thunderbird is a far better machine than Ford has been given credit for -- poised, gutsy and well-built -- and even after two years on the market, it still turns heads at every stoplight. What's amazing i ... Continue reading
Aug 11, 2003
JUST A BRITISH TAURUS, OR A NEW CLASSIC? By Marc J. Rauch, Exec. VP & Co-Publisher I remember once seeing a new Jaguar XKE in the early 1960s, when my family lived in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. Seeing an XKE parked on the street in that neighborhood was a momentous event. It was the topic of discussion in school ... Continue reading
Aug 11, 2003
WHATTA CAR! By Marc J. Rauch, Exec. VP & Co-Publisher Essentially, there are four steps to falling in love with the GTI, and frankly, they’re the same four steps to falling in love with every Volkswagen and Audi vehicle. Step 1: You get in the car ad sit down. There’s something about every VW product that j ... Continue reading
2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION - Review
Aug 11, 2003
THE CROTCH ROCKET WITH 4-WHEELS By Marc J. Rauch, Exec. VP & Co-Publisher The long awaited and highly touted Evo finally made landfall in North America, and it’s everything Mitsubishi said it would be. However, I must admit, it took two different tests drives for me to find that out. The first test drive was duri ... Continue reading
Review -2003 SUZUKI AERIO & AERIO SX - Review
Aug 11, 2003
THEY’RE SPUNKY! By Marc J. Rauch<br> Exec. VP & Co-Publisher Suzuki’s continued status, as one of the other Japanese brands, is really quite regrettable, especially for consumers who need a sensible economical alternative and want something a little different. The perfect case-in-point is the Aerio. While s ... Continue reading
2003 Lincoln Aviator Kitty Hawk Edition Review
Aug 3, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Lincoln hit a home run with its full-sized Navigator. If it wasn't the first full-sized luxury sport-utility, the Navigator was the one that seriously jump-started growth in the class. It also jump-started Lincoln sales. How to follow such a success? With more of the same, of cours ... Continue reading
2003 Saab 9-3 Vector Sport Sedan Review
Jul 11, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS Have Saab cars changed since the car-making portion of the company was absorbed by General Motors a few years ago? Yes. Has it been a change for the worse, with Saabs, previously known for their unique character and quirkiness, made into little more than badge-engineered Opels? Not ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2003 Lincoln LS Premium Sport
Jul 7, 2003
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS In common with most luxury automakers, Lincoln has a problem a few years ago. The customers who made Lincoln successful in the past few decades, for the most part, reached the age where they were not going to buy another car. Younger luxury car buyers, ``younger'' here meaning anyo ... Continue reading
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