Archive for the 'Cars' Category
2008 Ford Taurus X 4DR Wagon Review
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Ford likes the Taurus name so much that it used it on both a sedan and its new six-passenger crossover, the 2008 Ford Taurus X. In many ways, the Taurus X is a much more sensible car than a massive SUV. It’s more maneuverable, gets plenty of power from its 3.6-liter V-6, and its lower [...]
2008 Cadillac CTS Review
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Currently, the cheapest Cadillac is the best one you can buy. The all-new 2008 Cadillac CTS, at the bottom of the Cadillac lineup, builds in great performance and superior cabin tech. If it had better emissions performance, it would truly hit the trifecta.
2008 Scion xD Review
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Scion’s marketing people like to refer to the new 2008 Scion xD as a “Little Deviant,” portraying it as car for those who refuse to follow the crowd. The xD’s exterior styling does break the mold of the rounder Scion xA that it replaces. Its large, facemask-like front end gives it a stocky, aggressive profile, [...]
2007 Saturn Aura Review
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The 2007 Saturn Aura really wants to be a European sport/luxury sedan, but its attempts fall short. It has a fairly beefy high-tech engine and paddle shifters for its six-speed automatic, which make up the sport part of the equation. However, its unruly drive train delivers more power than the car can handle. Although not [...]
2007 Nissan Maxima Review
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Looking back on 2006, we realize we have spent a good deal of our drive time this year courtesy of Nissan’s all-purpose VQ35 V-6 engine. We started the year off in the 2006 Nissan Murano, negotiated the April showers in the 2006 Infiniti M35, took our summer vacation in a 2006 Nissan Quest , whipped [...]
2007 Volkswagen Eos Review
Saturday, August 11th, 2007More than any car to have motored through the CNET garage this year, the 2007 Volkswagen Eos elicited enthusiastic interest from fellow motorists. Whether this attention is down to Volkswagen fans being more effusive than someone lusting after, say, a BMW M6, our car’s cheery Eismeer Blue paint, or the simple fact that with the [...]
