Tag: Compact
Test Drive: 2016 Volkswagen Golf SEL
The 2016 Volkswagen Golf comes to us with a host of tech updates on top of all that was new with the 2015 model. And this is good, because the Golf lost a vital engine option in the 2.0 liter TDI due to the Dieselgate...
Test Drive: 2016 Fiat 500C Abarth
Frenzied was the atmosphere when we got news the 2016 Fiat 500C Abarth would come to us for a week long test. It didn't disappoint on our mountain back roads, offering up a pugnaciously fun driving character and a bit...
Test Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI
The 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI is all-new this year, known as Golf VII or the seventh-generation. It's available in both a five-door hatch as our SEL is here as well as the SportWagen model. Built on the all new MQB ...
Test Drive: 2015 Honda Fit
The Honda Fit is all-new for 2015, improving on a design which was already quite popular as the brand's entry-level model in North America. Its new design is evolutionary, retaining much of its familiar styling and pa...
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...
Special Report: Toyota kills Scion brand
Toyota announced today that their Scion “youth brand” would come to an end as of the 2016 model year. Low sales and lack of interest one the part of the buying public were the number one factors. Launched by Toyota...
SEMA Show 2015: Hyundai Concepts Preview
Hyundai believe it or not has become a powerhouse at the SEMA Show for their well produced concept vehicles, enlisting the help of well known tuners who go all out. Renowned tuner John Pangilinan, takes the 2016 Tu...
Road Test: 2015 Honda Civic Si Sedan
The Honda Civic Si in its current form has been with us for some time but received generous styling updates for the 2014 model year which come to the 2015 model as well. These included a new hood and fender design ...
Reveal: 2017 Nissan Sentra NISMO
At AutoMobility LA (formerly known as the LA Auto Show), Nissan unveiled their latest performance product in the 2017 Sentra NISMO in the heart of Los Angeles industrial backstreets. The new Nissan Sentra NISMO sta...
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...
