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Honda has released details on its Acura RL, flagship of the Acura brand. Sheetmetal-wise, the 2011 RL's new snout is less bulbous than that of its predecessor. New 18-inch alloys are perched in the wheelhouses and house special technology to quiet road noise. No other cosmetic changes have been made.The ...    Read more

Dress for Success helps women find employment and gives them one dress for an interview and second when they accept a position. Volkswagen recently announced it has donated three brand new Jettas to be sold on Gilt to raise money for the charity. The three Jettas up for sale ...    Read more

Audi has finally teasing the press and enthusiasts and released details on its A6 luxury sedan. Like the A8, the new A6 utilizes a form of Audi's steel and aluminum space frame architecture (which reportedly cuts weight by nearly 15 percent). Outside, the A6's form resembles a scaled-down A8, although ...    Read more

Luxury automaker Jaguar will be issuing recalls on its XJ flagship due to issues with the windshield wiper arm. As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says, "the front wiper arms to spindle fixings were not torqued to specification during manufacturing." The result is that the securing nuts might ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it will be opening an investigation into complaints that owners of the Honda Accord Hybrid are experiencing braking problems and unintentional acceleration issues. The unintended acceleration was reported back in July 2005, when an Accord Hybrid driver said her vehicle sped ...    Read more

We've known that Chrysler's rebuild would be a slow, and at some points, painful, process. It appears the foundation has been laid, however, for a future C-segment Dodge that shares a platform with the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. The platform is known internally as the Compact Wide architecture (C-EVO) and is ...    Read more

Well, this is interesting. General Motors has announced that its premium Buick LaCrosse sedan will get a mild hybrid starting with the 2012 model. Called "eAssist", the system is an evolution of the belt-alternator-starter -- or, as GM puts it, "light electrification" -- system previously used on the likes of ...    Read more

Oops. Someone (we're not so crass to name names, but it definitely wasn't us or our sister sites!) broke the embargo on the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Elantra. Thus, we can finally show you the 2011 Hyundai Elantra ahead of its debut later this week at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto ...    Read more

General Motors puts another feature in its mpg hat as it announces the official numbers of its upcoming Chevy Cruz Eco trim. The compact will get 28/42 mpg city/highway with a six-speed manual transmission. Those numbers drop to 26/37 mpg if you choose the Cruze Eco with the six-speed automatic ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz plans to pull the covers off the performance tuned variant -- the 2012 CLS63 AMG -- at next week's 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. As is the case with both the new 2011 CL63 AMG and S63 AMG, the engine chosen for the CLS63 AMG belies its nameplate. It ...    Read more

Chrysler has released pricing information on its entry-level 200 sedan. The 200 sedan -- formerly known as the Sebring -- will carry the same starting price as its mechanical twin, the newly refreshed 2011 Dodge Avenger: $19,995. Meanwhile, the Town & Country gets a $4135 hike from the 2010 model, ...    Read more

Hyundai showed an apparently staged startled PR rep with the upcoming 2011 Elantra with only a bit of sheetmetal exposed on Twitter. The pictured four-door sports decently sized alloy wheels and boldly flared wheel wells behind a Hyundai PR rep. The U.S.-market Elantra will be produced in Alabama but ...    Read more

At a European press event held in Munich last week, Volkswagen showed off one 2011 Jetta that wasn't entirely stock. According to Autocar , the display vehicle was powered by a 3.6-liter V-6, coupled with both VW's seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and 4Matic all-wheel-drive system. Sound familiar? Apart for ...    Read more

New reports are coming in the autosphere suggesting that General Motors is reportedly preparing to pump $190 million into a facility in Lansing, Michigan, to build the "baby Cadillac" ATS. Though the phrase "small Cadillac sedan" may invoke flashbacks of the Cimmaron or the Saab-built, European-exclusive BLS, the ATS will ...    Read more

We left the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Ride and Drive scratching our heads. First, we did not test production models of the sedan. Instead, we drove prototypes “closest to being production models” according to the Hyundai staff, explaining some of the fit and finish issues discovered by the press. We, for ...    Read more

Fiat has announced that its first Chrysler product will be a compact Dodge sedan. This will be interesting. The platform is known internally as the Compact Wide architecture, or alternatively as C-EVO, and features a front-wheel-drive layout using four-cylinder engines. It rides on a MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear ...    Read more

We had a blast test-driving the turbocharged Hyundai Sonata earlier this month. In 2009, Hyundai surprised the car world when it announced dropping all six-cylinder engines on its sixth generation Sonata. Skepticism turned to astonishment when the 2011 Sonata’s inline-four engine, with its 200 horsepower and 186 lb-ft of torque ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz recently revealed that the pricing of its revamped CL sedan will start at $114,025. That particular price point puts buyers behind the wheel of an all-wheel-drive 2011 CL550 4Matic. Despite the 550 nomenclature, the CL550 is powered by Mercedes-Benz's new twin-turbocharged, direct-injection 4.6-liter V-8. Power is rated at 429 ...    Read more

Is America ready for a $60,000 Hyundai vehicle? That's how much the Korean automaker has priced its Equus full-sized sedan. According to Hyundai, the luxury sedan will be priced at $58,900 in Signature trim.Still, the Equus' pricing is closer to midsize luxury sedans than full-size luxury four-doors. A Mercedes-Benz E550 ...    Read more

“Ride and Drive” events are when automotive journalists and reporters test-drive a specific automaker’s latest vehicle. While similar to car shoppers’ “around the block” stints at the local dealerships; unlike car shoppers, you have hours with said vehicle, which gives you greater opportune time to discover what you like – ...    Read more

According to a GM's NHTSA filing, model year 2009-2010 Chevrolet Impala sedans may have issues with their front seatbelt anchorages. Some of the seatbelts may not be properly secured to the lapbelt pretensioner. This could lead to the seatbelts not restraining occupants as intended in the event of an accident, ...    Read more

Well, that was fast. Earlier we posted some teaser shots of the Chrysler 200, which replaces the Sebring. Now Chrysler posts the whole kit and kaboodle exterior.All of the new images seem to focus on the exterior of the 200, which attempts to pull away from ...    Read more

Courtesy of Dodge's teaser webpage, here is the first official picture of the new model's redesigned interior. It's an admittedly poor photo, which was surely intentional, but it gives up a few important details. Namely, that the new design is a significant departure from the old, fairly unglamorous cockpit. ...    Read more

The current Nissan Versa hit U.S. showrooms in 2006, with the sedan variant following in 2007. The 2011 model carries a $10,740 base price. Both cars are currently powered by a choice of a 1.6- or 1.8-liter engines worth 107 and 122 horsepower, respectively. Nissan has sold 76,736 Versas through ...    Read more

The midsize 200 is scheduled for the Chrysler lineup sometime next year. Generating buzz now is important, and the teaser shots show potential in the wake of the first set of 200 photos. Up front, the Motor Trend Staff see the headlights get tube-light accents but the changes don't appear ...    Read more