Crossovers/CUVs
Mulally chooses Escape Hybrid for D.C. road trip
Ford CEO Alan Mulally has made the politically correct decision for his return trip to Washington DC this week and is skipping the company jet. In fact, he’s skipping the airport altogether and hitting the road in an Escape Hybrid. It seems like it would have been better to grab one of the brand new [...]
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Garage: BMW X6 XDrive 35i
You know things have gone awry when BMW now offers three different flavors of non-cars, all of them antithetical to the Bavarian brand’s classical claim to fame. The X6 is the latest addition to the range, joining the X3 and X5, and BMW is calling it a Sports Activity Coupe, creating an acronym that’s oddly [...]
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Hyundai announces Blue Drive efficiency strategy, Sonata hybrid in 2010
Hyundai has decided not to wait until 2020 to get its fleet average fuel economy up to 35 mpg, aiming instead for 2015. That will provide several advantages for the Korean manufacturer, including earning credits for being ahead of the curve. Perhaps more importantly now that Democrats are controlling both Congress and the White House, [...]
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Spy Shots: Saab 9-3X crossover-thingy caught
More spy shots of Saab’s upcoming XC70-challenging 9-3X have just surfaced from Sweden. This offroadier 9-3 wagon SportCombi derivative has a raised suspension, “skid-plates” and extra cladding, plus jumbo exhaust tips to give it a more butch look. Looks like the Outback craze continues unabated. As we’ve told you before, the 9-3X will differ a [...]
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Spy Shots: Honda Accord crossover/wagon caught
Spy pics of a new Honda CUV have surfaced, wearing the U.S-market Accord nose, the Euro Accord Tourer’s hatch and a AllRoad-esque ride height. The wagon is rumored to be a development mule, but despite the taped-on fender flares and added length, the body doesn’t look half-bad.
This new model could fit in between the CR-V [...]
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LA 2008: 2009 Audi Q5 makes its North American debut
Although we’ve already seen the Audi Q5 in a variety of forms after its initial unveiling in Beijing this past July, the four-ringers decided to finally show off their cute ‘ute in North America for the first time at the LA Auto Show. The compact(ish) CUV is packing the award-winning 2.0-liter TFSI gasoline engine putting [...]
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LA 2008: Kia’s Soul-ful debut
Kia put on quite a show today, prancing out a slew of new Souls at the LA Auto Show. Expected to drop as an early 2010 model in late ‘09, the new boxy Soul will go head-to-head with the equally-new Nissan Cube for the affections of ex-xB buyers here in the States. While the Cube [...]
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Patent filed for DOA Tribeca-based Saab 9-6X
It takes no stretch of the imagination to look at the freshened Subaru Tribeca and see a stillborn Saab 9-6x. The grille and the headlamps may be slightly different from what a Saab version of Subaru’s biggest crossover would wear, but if you park your Tribeca next to a 9-5, you’ll notice the resemblance immediately. [...]
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LA 2008: Hyundai approves HED-5 i-Mode for production
We first saw Hyundai’s rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is a 2.0L gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine that Hyundai plans to roll out in production machines [...]
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Buy a Pacifica, get a PT Cruiser for a buck!
Here’s an interesting way to clear some unwanted inventory: offer a crazy-sounding deal on two new cars, like buy one car and get the second for just $1. That’s the pitch at a suburban Chicago Chrysler dealership that promises a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser demo car for just $1 if you happen to purchase one [...]
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