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Review: 2009 Smart ForTwo - Undone by a Dud of a Tranny
2009 Smart ForTwo – Click above for high-res image gallery The Smart ForTwo isn't for shy people. Even though Smart USA has sold about 30,000 of these tiny two-seaters in the U.S., the little rollerskate attracts a lot of attention. On the road or in a parking lot, the ForTwo is a conversation piece, and people will come up and talk to you. Some will tell you about the Smart they saw in Europe. Others will ask if it has the guts to make it onto the highway. Most will assume it gets great gas mileage (it doesn't). But one thing's for ... Read more →
Review: 2010 Toyota Prius a miser with new moves Sam Abuelsamid
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery When car buyers think of hybrids, the name that most often springs to mind is the Toyota Prius since it was the first really ...
Review: 2010 Audi A3 TDI, diesel with a healthy dash of sport Sam Abuelsamid
Audi A3 TDI – Click above for high-res image gallery Audi started its big push for clean diesel here in the U.S. market this spring when its big Q7 TDI finally went on sale. While the Q7 TDI ...
First Ride: 2009 Zero X electric motorcycle Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the 2009 Zero X electric motorcycle Is the world ready to swap its gas-burning cars and trucks for electric vehicles? It's an interesting question, to ...
Review: 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid Sam Abuelsamid
2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid - Click above for high-res gallery At the LA Auto Show in November, Ford unveiled the updated 2010 Fusion and its hybrid stablemate to considerable fanfare. When we got ...
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