Author Archives: Katherine

Scouting new cars at the 2009 Geneva show, we came across BMW’s Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo and began to wonder. They’ve X6-ized the 5 Series wagon and created a what? We were puzzled. Second thing that happened: We had … Continue reading →

A cool breeze blows in off the Atlantic and rustles palm fronds lining Ocean Boulevard. It’s a red light. I’d take this moment to look out at the ocean, but I can’t see over the low wall that holds back … Continue reading →

The FT-86 has caused a big stir for Toyota since its introduction at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show. Now we hear that Toyota is also working on a slightly smaller (and milder) sports car, one that’ll be some $5000 less … Continue reading →

We’ve seen the mock-up, the rolling show car, and we’ve known its going into limited production for almost a year. But for the first time in its long process of development the Aston Martin One-77 is being driven in anger, … Continue reading →

Now that Buick has a refreshed reason to exist in a post-bankruptcy General Motors, the brand isn’t sitting still with its products. Take, for example, the redesigned Buick LaCrosse, which only went on sale about nine months ago. GM is … Continue reading →

GMC’s “Professional Grade” tagline works best when it’s being used to upsell truck shoppers into Sierras instead of Chevy Silverados, but even wider mass-market success comes from snaring folks who couldn’t care less about payload. And while the Yukon has … Continue reading →

No one ever said that evolution is pretty. Take the best-of-breed BMW M Division product: the E30 M3. Little more than a homologated race car, the first generation M3 was potent, nimble, and with its small displacement 2.3-liter inline-four fed … Continue reading →

There is only one Audi TT RS in the entire United States right now. And here we are, hurling the black coupe down the front straight at Willow Springs Raceway at 132 mph. We’ve been invited out to the sunny … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe, but the Mini brand just turned 50. Nevermind the huge gap in new model production until BMW bought the pint-sized automaker in the early 2000s, but the name Mini as we know it has been around … Continue reading →

Renault’s home auto show in Paris this Fall will mark the beginning of a new styling direction for the brand, and that means a new concept car. The DeZir is the first major project under new design vice president Laurens … Continue reading →