2009 Jeep Commander 4X4 Limited Review
By Roger Boylan 06.03.2009 The minute I saw this boxy behemoth, I knew it was a Jeep. No surprise there: I'd known for days that one was on the way from the good folks at the...
With Hummer Going to China, What’s Next for the Brand?
By Chris Haak 06.02.2009 As we noted earlier today, Bloomberg has learned that GM has sold its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Ltd., a Chinese...
General Motors Declares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
General Motors Corporation, once the world's largest automaker and (at least for the time being) the largest automaker in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...
Report: Porsche Nearly Declared Bankruptcy in March
By Chris Haak 05.26.2009 My, how the mighty have fallen. The self-promoting "most profitable automobile company in the world" that owns a controlling interest in Volkswagen...
2010 Toyota Prius: First Drive Over 60 Miles Per Gallon
By Chris Haak 05.26.2009 Ask nearly any American to think of the word 'hybrid' in any context - including outside of the scope of the auto industry - and odds are that they'll...
2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe: First Drive
By Chris Haak 05.22.2009 Earlier this year, during the auto-show circuit, Mercedes-Benz first displayed its all-new 2010 E-Class Sedan. The previous E-Class was Mercedes'...
How I Almost Drove a Tesla Roadster – But Didn’t
The Tesla Roadster, now ramping up its production, isn't quite as hard for journalists to get a test drive in as it had been a year ago, but it's still a pretty good...
2009 Nissan Xterra S 4×4 Review
In its first generation, the Nissan Xterra continued the body-on-frame, Hardbody/Frontier pickup-based tradition that the original Nissan Pathfinder began from 1986 through...
2009 Nissan Sentra 2.0 SL Review
By Chris Haak 05.19.2009 Nissan's entry in the compact segment has long been overshadowed by competitors from Honda (the Civic) and Toyota (the Corolla), and after the launch of...