Compact Car

Remember the Life Ball Mini Cooper S Roadster we showed you a little while back? Well, the charity auction's over, and the winning bid is in: €54,000. In America's Monopoly money fun bills, that's equivalent to $68,998. Well, at ...    Read more

In a page taken from Tony Stark's management handbook, Toyota president Akio Toyoda was candid when asked what vehicles he liked from the competition. Speaking to a group at his inauguration as Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the grandson of Toyota's founder Kiichiro Toyoda called out his favorite ...    Read more

Summoning its racing heritage from the 1960's, the John Cooper Works sub-brand from Mini has announced its lineup of 2013 models will boast a new engine, promising more power while sipping on less fuel and leaving a smaller carbon foot-print behind. The new-generation 1.6-liter four-cylinder twin-turbo engine is rated at ...    Read more

Eeveryone hates getting traffic tickets. Not only does the citation lighten your wallet, in some states your driving record will take a hit, while other states increase the price of your auto insurance. Now, thanks to Insurance.com's new "Uh-Oh! Calculator," you can see just how much that citation ...    Read more

This week began with the 2013 Ford F-150 shedding the camouflage that once covered the full-size light-duty truck's front-end. BMW's M branch, the performance wing of the German automaker, celebrated its 40th birthday on Wednesday and in honor of the milestone, we've compiled a list of the top five BMW ...    Read more

Former Ford CEO Harold Arthur 'Red' Poling passed away last Saturday at his home in Pacific Grove, Calif. at the age of 86. Poling helped navigate the Blue Oval boys through some turbulent economic times back in the 1980's and can also be attributed with saving the automaker from the ...    Read more

Americans, seeing the economy still in flux (and politicians worse than useless during election year) continue to keep a keen eye on gas prices. General Motors fuel economy engineers Ann Wenzlick and Beth Nunning recently took the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT for a typical workday drive to figure out the ...    Read more

Everywhere you look someone is gripping tightly to an iPhone, Android, or some other type of smartphone, because whatever the need, there's an app for that. As so, Hyundai announced it launched a refreshed version of Blue Link, an app that can control and peek into a variety of vital ...    Read more

Buick's petite Encore mini-ute is getting a bow-tied stablemate. The unfortunately-named Chevrolet Trax (a name that seems to draw in every "rad dude" reference from the mid-90s) is Chevrolet's European answer to the Buick Encore compact crossover, spoken in a French accent—when it makes its debut at the Paris Auto Show later this ...    Read more

This isn't your 2013 BMW 1 Series. The U.S. isn't getting the hatchback, as BMW met less-than-rave reviews the last time the automaker sold a three-door in the States. However, what you are looking at, if you squint a little, is the future of the BMW 1 Series coupe, ...    Read more

While many states have already outlawed texting, grooming, reading, and eating while driving, Rhode Island is taking distracted driving to a whole new level. Representative Peter Palumbo, a Democrat from Cranston, R.I., has presented a bill that would outlaw dogs from riding in the lap of the driver. If this ...    Read more

Just over five months after being introduced at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the first Dodge Dart has rolled off the assembly line and is ready to go on sale to the public. The very first Dart at Chrysler's Belvidere production facility in Illinois was dressed ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

The Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match may never happen, but the automotive equivalent of that superfight will begin this summer, as Cadillac has just announced availability and pricing for its all-new 2013 ATS sports sedan. It's a vehicle Cadillac has designed from the onset to ...    Read more

Anatole "Tony" Lapine, the former design chief behind iconic Porsche vehicles like the 924, 944, and most notably, the 928, passed away at his home in Germany last week less than a month before his 82nd birthday. Lapine, seen above second to the left, over looks a new design with ...    Read more

Somehow, the term "Playstation generation" has stuck on us Gen Y folk. And somehow, Scion has boldly attempted to emblazon itself as the brand of young people, handing out indie hip hop sampler CDs at car shows and offering Bazooka subwoofers as dealer-installed options. It wasn't too big a leap for ...    Read more

The neon-bright Ford Focus ST is the sporty Focus enthusiasts have been waiting on for months now. And now that its starting price has been announced, Ford hopes they'll be lining up dealerships with the same enthusiasm. And the figure you've all been enthusiastically anticipating is: $24,495, before destination, ...    Read more

Should Mitsubishi bring back the Mirage, a compact vehicle last seen on roads stateside a decade ago? If you're unsure, you're not alone, as the execs over at Mitsubishi's American headquarters are contemplating the same thing right now. Mitsubishi has already decided it will begin selling the Mirage north of ...    Read more

The 2013 Dodge Dart is set to enter production later this week in Illinois as Chrysler's first vehicle to sit on Fiat underpinnings. When the Italian automaker acquired its struggling American counterpart back in 2009, Fiat swore it would share its knowledge of small car engineering. Now, it appears the ...    Read more

Last year might have been the toughest on record for Japan's three major automakers, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. A strong yen partnered with the horrific natural disaster that struck Japan in March of 2011 crippled the three aforementioned automakers and all have only recently recovered. Honda was the last of ...    Read more

General Motors managed to sell more vehicles than any other automaker on planet earth in 2011 and now its CEO, Dan Akerson, is getting paid. Sort of. Last year marked Akerson's first full year at the helm of GM, and now he gets to cash in on a $7.7 million ...    Read more

The 2013 Ford Escape comes with three engines, all of which the EPA says will get at least 30 miles per gallon or better. The smallest engine is a 1.6-liter four-cylinder Ecoboost turbo, which produces 178 horsepower. Ford says it gets 5 more mpg than the previous model, at 33 mpg ...    Read more

Motor Trend this morning released the thirteenth episode of Wide Open Throttle on its YouTube channel, starring Jessi Lang and her review of Acura's new ILX, and guess what? Trolls abound! We'll be honest here: This video doesn't have the flashy edits, exotic locales, or booming soundtrack of Motor Trend's ...    Read more

General Electric boss Jeff Immelt made no secret that the world hasn't been as receptive to electric vehicles as forecasters first thought, but he doesn't expect sales to stay down forever. Even with the disappointment surrounding EV sales, Immelt told Automotive News that his company would continue to invest in ...    Read more

At the request of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the United States government has decided to extend the comment period on distracted driving regulations that would affect what technology makes it into new vehicles. The deadline was originally set to expire today, but thanks to the extension automakers have until ...    Read more