Is Chevrolet Planning a Compact Rear-Drive Coupe? Sales Numbers Say ‘Nope’
General Motors wants to use a model name once applied to a compact, rear-wheel-drive sports coupe, and has the trademark filing to prove it. The automaker applied to trademark the name “Chevrolet Code”...
View ArticleAsk the Editor/B&B: What Should This Power-Loving Reader Buy?
TTAC reader Gerard Van Ginkel writes: I love your reviews. I drove the Golf R last week and it was nice but it didn’t compare to my RS4. I was wondering, of all the cars you have driven recently,...
View Article2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport: More Dash, and a Small Spoonful of Flash
Hyundai set out to make its Elantra hotter, and it’s happy to report that the sedan’s output now tops 200 horsepower in newly unveiled Sport form. The 2017 Elantra Sport brings a third engine choice to...
View Article2016 Mazda3 Wins Comparison Test, All The Losers Win Bigly In The Real World
Enthusiast praise for the Mazda3 began before the current-generation compact Mazda arrived in late 2013. Previous iterations benefited from hugely positive reviews. “We’re going to love the 3 once it...
View ArticleHere’s What an Ex-Volvo Designer Did For Poor Old Lada
Times are still tough in Russia, and your average Moscovite or St. Petersburgian doesn’t want to risk buying a new car — unless it’s a vivid, modern new Lada. Lada, the much-maligned butt of Western...
View ArticleThird Shoe Drops: Boatload of 2017 Honda Civic Hatchbacks Spied
The third addition to the Honda Civic lineup was recently spotted at a UK port, providing a glimpse of a vehicle we’ve only seen in prototype guise. The Honda Civic hatchback shown at the Geneva Motor...
View ArticleVolvo Readies Small Car Revival, Trademarks V40 Name in U.S.
Volvo is determined to make a splash in the U.S. small car market when the next-generation 40-series cars arrive, and it’s already laying the groundwork. The Swedish automaker filed a trademark...
View Article2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo Dashes IDx Dreams
Nissan is filling in all the unfilled niches today. The automaker unveiled a turbocharged variant of the sensible and unexciting Sentra today at the Miami International Auto Show, promising a...
View ArticleNo One Wants Your Worthless Small Car, and Its Retained Value Shows It
Is there a tiny pinpoint of light that can stir some meager hope in the heart of the compact and midsize passenger car segment? No, no there isn’t. Even as sticker prices for these vehicles rise and as...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2017 Subaru Impreza 2.0i
Sometimes a manufacturer churns out a base trim that — all things considered — might just be the primo choice for that particular model. Here’s an example. A few weeks ago, Ace of Base looked at a base...
View ArticleNo Fixed Abode: The Low Spark Of High Performance Compacts
Imagine a world without war. More specifically, imagine a world without the horsepower war that has dominated the automotive landscape over the past fifteen years. It’s easy if you try. The Corvette...
View Article2017 Mazda 3 5-Door Grand Touring Review – It’s The One To Have, Not The One...
American consumers acquire more than 200,000 new compact cars every month. Only 4 percent of those cars are Mazda 3s. Compact car buyers are far more likely to drive away from a new car dealer in a...
View ArticleFiat Outsells Mini, Scion In Canada
Canadians already bought the Honda Civic in droves, so it would make sense that another unloved car, the Fiat 500, would do well in a country that favors smaller, more European vehicles, right? Sort...
View ArticleWill GM Bring Us A Diesel, Manual Station Wagon?
The Chevrolet Cruze hatchback that’s sold in virtually every market except the United States still won’t be coming to America – but we may have the chance to get a Cruze wagon, if Automotive News has...
View ArticleKia Procee’ds With New Cee’d. Puns Are Not Our Forte.
The new Kia Cee’d may have a stupid name, but everything else about the car looks pretty attractive. Well, maybe not the grille. They also refrained from releasing any specs at all alongside these...
View ArticleHigh Gas Prices Mean Happy Days For Honda Civic
Pop quiz; what do increased production, lots of cash on the hood and high gas prices mean for Honda dealers? Lots of Civics moving out the door. Civic sales are up 45 percent in the first two months of...
View ArticleDodge Dart Gets “Aero” Package To Break 40 MPG
Looks like the Dodge Dart will apparently break 40 MPG adjusted in the end…but you’ll need a special option package to do it, just like its chief domestic rivals, the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze. We...
View ArticleNissan Hikes Price Of Unpopular Cube
One of the most popular cars in our TWAT talks is the Nissan Cube; the much maligned, slow-selling compact is looking like a shoo-in for our ignominious honor, but Nissan seems to think that a price...
View ArticleCain’s Segments, November 2013: Compact Vs. Mid-Size Cars
Four months ago, when we last looked into the U.S. compact car sales battle, the Toyota Corolla (including the Matrix hatchback offshoot with which Toyota combines Corolla sales figures) was the class...
View ArticleComparison Test: 2017 Honda Civic Hatchback vs. 2017 Mazda 3 5-Door – Grins...
Until recently, American car shoppers generally treated hatchbacks with a level of disdain normally reserved for that fetid cheese you forgot about in the back of the fridge. It made sense; most of...
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