In the most eagerly awaited drive of the year, we give our verdict on Ford’s new supermini.
At last, the wait is over. Ford’s new Fiesta has arrived, and Auto Express is first to drive it! In a world exclusive, we’ve driven and tested the first example of the supermini to hit UK soil so we [...]
By Tim Pollard
Seat has unveiled the hot hatch and green eco warrior of the Ibiza range. The sinner is the Ibiza Cupra, the saint the Ibiza Ecomotive – and they arrive less than six months since the range was launched.
Seat Ibiza Cupra: the lowdown
The Ibiza Cupra has a 176bhp 1.4 TSI twin-compressor engine; it’s the [...]
It makes sense that the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution would grow up.
Its core audience was youthful when it first arrived 16 years ago as a tribute to Mitsubishi’s legendary Rally car. And now, those teenagers are in their 30s, have decent paying jobs, a family and a sense of style. The previous Evo was only [...]
It’s the kind of spectacle that could happen only in Detroit. With the street in front of the exhibition halls closed off by police, cowboys loaded bales of hay onto Dodge trucks. Then, as they maneuvered a small herd of cattle down the street, two new Rams burst through the pack.
It’s all scripted, of course, [...]
The wraps have come off the ultimate Aston Martin. This stunning machine is an all-new supercar from the famous British firm that will go on sale late next year, taking the company into uncharted territory carrying a £1.2million price tag and power from a 7.0-litre V12 engine.
More expensive than the Bugatti Veyron, the newcomer will [...]
Cheaper than the 911, cooler than the 924, less Middle Age Crazy than the 928, Porsche’s 944 was the ticket for upwardly mobile enthusiasts in the ’80s. When it debuted here in 1983, folks put down $1,000 deposits to get on the waiting list.
Porsche traditionalists criticized the 944’s 924 origins, its water-cooled/front-engine configuration and Volkswagen-derived [...]
The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, sold in the United States as the Rabbit, gets its formal debut at the Paris motor show in early October. Meanwhile, VW’s engineering corps is hard at work in the U.S. southwest testing prototypes of the next GTI version of the new car.
Insiders report that the next GTI will pack a [...]
The new Honda Fit has been on sale in Japan since the end of last year, but don’t complain about the United States having to wait until next month to get the new car. After all, the first Fit was in production for the better part of five years before it hit our shores in [...]
General Motors is giving us a better look at its new small car, the Chevy Cruze, which is on tap to replace the Cobalt in mid-2010.
Three photos have been released ahead of the Cruze’s live unveiling in October at the Paris motor show. The car’s appearance is based heavily Chevy’s new global design language, which [...]
IN FLEET: July 17-25
AS-TESTED PRICE: $90,190
DRIVETRAIN: 405 hp @ 6,500 rpm, 369 lb-ft @ 3,500 rpm
OUTPUT: 4.8-liter V8; AWD, six-speed manual
CURB WEIGHT: 4,905 lb
FUEL ECONOMY (EPA/AW): 13/11.3 mpg
SENIOR EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: As much as I like performance SUVs, I don’t quite understand this Cayenne. It’s certainly deluxe, given its $90,000 price, leather and Alcantara interior, [...]