The best from Tokyo’s Motor Show

The 41st Tokyo Motor Show starts tomorrow and will run until 4 November. Not only will there be lots of car geeks, scantily clad models and wacky concepts – there will also be stunning cars that will soon be gracing our roads. Here is our pick of the bunch.
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Chevy’s Stingray from all angles

American muscle cars. There simply aren’t enough over on our fair shores, so to make up for this woeful shortfall, we thought we’d treat you to a gallery of Chevrolet’s 50th birthday present to the Corvette Stingray, first unveiled to the public in 1959.
And as would be expected, the 2009 version has more in the [...]

First Drive: 2010 Volkswagen Golf evolves the German hatchback

Outside of North America, the Golf has been Volkswagen’s bread-and-butter model for more than three decades, making the diminutive hatch one of the best selling global vehicles since its mid-Seventies launch as the Beetle’s successor. But in the States, it’s a totally different story. Except for a few brief periods when fuel prices spiked, the [...]

2010 Suzuki Kizashi drives brand out of basement, into fast lane

Shut your eyes and say the word “Suzuki” out loud. Unless you’re a moto-head or one of those rare Geo Metro fanatics (they exist, trust us), the image that springs to mind isn’t very nice. Odds are that the car your subconscious conjures is tiny, cheap and bizarre. It’s probably named something forgettable like “Aerio” [...]

A Harley Lands in America, by Way of Europe

THE 2009 Harley-Davidson XR1200 took me by surprise. Sure, I knew about its unveiling in 2006 at a European motorcycle show. But even that unusual setting for the debut of a prototype by the most American of bike makers did not prepare me for how different this Harley would be.
Now a production model as part [...]

10 great and safe rides for teens

Thinking about what’s the best car for your teen when he or she faces the real word of driving? Here are some suggestions:
Dodge Caliber
BASE PRICE: $17,090
With five-star front- and side-crash ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a hatchback body, the Caliber is among the safest and most flexible small cars on the [...]

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