In this ‘Classics Revealed’ episode, TFLcar finds out where the 2013 BMW M6 draws its root – its grandparents. Take a look at an original German spec 1984 BMW M 635 CSi that started it all. We also take a look at a 1988 M6, which marks the first year the M6 arrived on the [...]
Nathan Adlen files this video report from the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. This time he has his eye on LaFerrari, Veyron, Maseratis, Aston Martins, and Bentley. Nathan also discovers an unexpected aspect to the Shanghai Auto Show – Motorhomes. These mobile homes were displayed both indoors and outside. Most were from familiar brands: Mercedes-Benz and [...]
If you wanted a wind blocker/deflector for your four passenger convertible just a few years ago, you had to pay for a very expensive dealer accessory or turn to the aftermarket. The 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible offers it as a convenient and (at $500) a more reasonably priced option. This deflector neatly folds for easy [...]
Lexus turned the luxury car market upside down in America when it introduced its big LS 400 luxury sedan in 1989. Suddenly, it seemed as if you were a sap if you bought a Cadillac or Mercedes instead of the LS, especially in trend-setting places such as Beverly Hills—although Lexus had no luxury car track [...]
The 2013 Honda Accord is one of the world’s most popular family sedans. It is also one of Honda’s best selling cars. With decades of sales success, the Honda Accord has long history of hauling families around America and thus cast a long shadow. Is the brand new 2013 Honda Accord Sport up to the [...]
Being the fastest Hybrid vehicle is a bold claim. Yes, the upcoming Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 hyper cars also have hybrid drivetrains and near 1,000 combined horsepower? They also cost more than a million dollars. In the meantime, Infiniti M35h sedan rules over all hybrids at the drag strip. Can it beat all competition [...]
The revamped 2013 Toyota Avalon sedan is a far cry from the first Avalon, which debuted for 1995 as a stretched, roomy version of the Toyota Camry with a front bench seat (remember those?) and a column shifter. Toyota called it the “most American of Toyotas,” and it was sort of a Japanese Buick. The [...]
The 2013 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is slightly revised with a smaller battery and a larger trunk. The Korean made hybrid gets an impressive 35 MPG in the city and 40 MPG on the highway. That’s very good for what is essential a spacious and roomy family sedan. Perhaps more importantly the new 2013 Hyundai Sonata [...]
These cars featured at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show are not necessarily the best, but they are cool. Nathan gets to wander the show and speculate as to which vehicle(s) might be interesting for North American consumption. Not only that, but he gets to see vehicles that China gets that, for some reason, we don’t. [...]
We all know that Texas loves their pickup trucks, but so does Denver? Ford defines the ‘Denver Region’ as the state of Colorado, Utah, lower Idaho, and northern Wyoming. This is a largely rural territory with a total population of approximately 9.0 million, and around 3.7 million of those concentrated within two large metro areas [...]
While crossovers and trucks are generally enjoying a very successful sales year (see most successful three-row crossovers), the same cannot be said for the full size sedan segment. One explanation could be that most of the sedans are in the middle or at the end of their life cycles. Of course, the other guess is [...]
The new 2013 Buick Encore is the automaker’s first small crossover vehicle. It comes with front- or all-wheel drive and has luxury, nimble handling, four-door hatchback versatility and decent fuel economy. The Encore also has just adequate open-road acceleration from its small, turbocharged and intercooled four-cylinder 1.4-liter engine. It’s fairly heavy at 3,180-3,309 pounds, so [...]
The 2013 Shanghai Auto Show is a massive affair with dozens of pavilions and hundreds of new cars. China is now the world’s biggest car market so every car maker wants to get a foothold in this lucrative market. To help establish their brands the car makers shine up their new cars and put their [...]
There is no doubt that the main stream three-row crossover segment is the fastest growing in the United States right now. Just look at the table below. All but one of these large crossovers are showing monthly and year-over-year growth, and some are growing by huge bounds. The redesigned 2013 Nissan Pathfinder has more than [...]
