Category: Compacts
Test driven: 2013 Toyota Corolla S
While the current Corolla is more than ten years old, only having a few styling updates here and there, it still sold over 24,000 copies last month. At that number it still outsells much of its competition despite off...
2025 Kia K4 Sedan: Our First Look
At the New York Auto Show, Kia pulled the cover off their all-new 2025 K4 compact sedan, replacing the Forte in their lineup. The fourth generation of their compact sedan competing against Corolla, Civic, Sentra a...
Test Drive Review: 2016 Scion iM manual and CVT
The new 2016 Scion iM is one of two important new products for Toyota's youth brand, and we got to test both a manual and CVT automatic. You can think of the new Scion iM as a Toyota Corolla five-door hatch, as th...
Motoring Minute: 2015 MINI Hardtop 4 Door
Just a few months after the introduction of the of the new MINI Hardtop 2 door, a 4 door version has been unveiled, more traditional than the previous Clubman model. This makes the MINI Hardtop 4 door 6.3 i...
Under The Hood: 2017 Kia Soul! Turbo
The Kia Soul Turbo's 1.6-liter Gamma turbocharged engine is a new higher output powerplant found in other Hyundai and Kia products this year like the new Elantra Sport and Elantra GT as well as in the Kia Forte5 just ...
Under The Hood: 2022 Toyota Corolla 2.0
The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine in the 2020-2022 Toyota Corolla has internal code name M20A-FKS and marketing name “Dynamic Force”. The DOHC 16-Valve features dual variable cam timing and relatively high 13.0:1...
Road Test: 2016 Volkswagen Beetle R-Line Convertible
The Volkswagen Beetle has in its lifetimes been many things; an economy car, a luxury car, and now an icon. Given the latter it now has the status that enables it to be a boutique car with some level of exclusivity su...
Motoring Minute: SEMA Show 2014 Kia & Hyundai Teaser
While the sport import genre has slowed a bit in the last decade, Kia and Hyundai have breathed new life into the custom culture in their own way. At the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Kia will have a large showcase...
First Look: 2016 Mini Convertible
On the more affordable side of the boutique drop-top segment, the LA Auto Show saw the debut of the all-new 2016 Mini Convertible which brings open air goodness to the latest generation. As the first Mini convertib...
Quick Drive: 2018 Hyundai Elantra Value Edition
With the 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT what you get is like most five-door sport hatch compacts in class, an upgraded base model that's packed with more goodies and niceties than you will find in the four-door sedan on whic...
