A gas station is nobody's idea of a nice place to visit, which is one of the reasons why German cars, with their commodious gas tanks, are so appealing.
So the news that the Audi A3 TDI, the pint-sized member of the Audi lineup, could motor for close to 600 miles before it drained its 14.6 gallon tank, made it immediately appealing.
Another appealing feature of German cars is the availability of MORE
Apr 26, 2010 12:01 PM ET
Infiniti is the luxury brand most likely to be overlooked.
Created in a rush in an effort to beat Lexus to the market in 1989, it suffered immediately from a weak dealer network and a widely-ridiculed advertising campaign, and then from a lack of capital and a truncated product line.
Little by little, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has been trying to strengthen Infiniti by infusing it with exclusive models to lift it MORE
Apr 19, 2010 1:24 PM ET
As I was studying the Monroney label for the 2010 Genesis coupe, a piece of information caught my eye:
The car's color was called Tsukuba Red. A quick Google search revealed that Tsukuba is the name of a racing circuit, not in Korea where the Coupe is made, but in Japan.
That seemed odd, since relations between Korea and Japan have been frosty, dating back to Japan's 35-year occupation of Korea that MORE
Apr 13, 2010 12:12 PM ET
Combine a hot car company, Hyundai, with a hot segment, compact crossovers, and you get the 2010 Tucson. Calling the Tucson scalding would be an overstatement, but it threatens to upset its size and weight class just the way the Hyundai Sonata has overturned the established order in midsize sedans.
Hyundai got its foothold in the U.S. first by offering exceptional value, and the Tucson succeeds there. In a class that MORE
Apr 8, 2010 11:46 AM ET
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Apr 1, 2010 8:00 AM ET
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