New SUV review: 2012 Range Rover Sport
By Eric Peters Well, this is a drag. The 2012 Range Rover Sport will offer a new 3-liter turbodiesel engine/eight-speed automatic combo capable of 33 MPG. Oh. Wait a sec. It just won’t be offered here. It’s a Euro-only deal. U.S.-bound 2012 Range Rovers do get a number of important improvements, though — including an [...]
New Car Review – 2012 BMW 1 Series
Turn a dream into your driveway By Eric Peters BMW’s 3-Series coupe/convertible is a car that many car lovers dream about. Most of these dreamers, unfortunately, awake in the morning to the harsh reality of the Three’s economic inaccessibility: A 335i convertible is a $52k car; the base model hardtop 328i coupe starts at almost [...]
2011 Corvette Grand Sport – What’s not to love?
By Eric Peters If you don’t like the Corvette, you probably don’t like cars. How can you not love a $49k (to start) sports car that can match moves with $100k exotics? And which for a bit more money — not all that much money, really — can take them to school and give them [...]
Diesel Deliverance: 2011 Audi Q7
By Eric Peters So, what’s the real-world mileage of Audi’s Q7 TDI diesel? I wish I could give you an exact number, but while I was trying to get the Q’s fussy trip computer to spit it out, I inadvertently cleared the memory. But, I can tell you this: The Q7 was dropped off on [...]
2011 Jaguar XK: You Won’t Regret it in the Morning
By Eric Peters Beauty can be more than skin deep — just take a look at the 2011 Jaguar XK. Heavily updated in all the right places — and left alone where it was already right — it’s now one of the smartest choices in its segment, in addition to being one of the easiest [...]
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