Ford’s hit new crossover, the Ecosport, should be a contradiction on wheels. It looks like an SUV and is as tall as an SUV, but it has a compact footprint. It has generous room inside but manages…
I’m a fan of multipurpose vehicles like Volkswagen’s Touran. You can load it up to the brim with people, cargo and bigger, bulkier objects, easy to get in and out of on a typical market day weekend…
The Chevrolet Sonic is one of the more distinctive subcompacts in the market.…
Small car fans, rejoice. Honda has taken the wraps off an A-segment vehicle that can perform well in the city and on the highway, with that proper Honda driving feel. With the City and Jazz moving up…
Whenever the Nissan Sentra is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is a taxicab or a dowdy entry-level compact sedan. All that is changing now that the Sylphy, the Sentra’s presumed successor in the keenly…
While my generation grew up on Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Nissans, Hondas and later, Hyundai, Fords and Kias, on the other side of the world, Volkswagen has ruled for almost half a century now.…
Choosing small no longer means having to tolerate a dismal drive. Ford was not content to plant just any wheezy engine and lazy four-speed in the Fiesta hatchback. It’s instead equipped with Ford’s most advanced technology, lending…
The Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini) aims to become the world’s largest automaker and is targeting global sales of 10 million vehicles a year by 2018. Of these 10 million, 800,000 will bear the…
The third-generation Nissan X-Trail that selected Asia-Pacific motoring journalists test drove in Kyushu, Japan, last month not only looks very different from the outgoing model, it also has a raft of new, advanced technological features that Nissan…
When Toyota unveiled the FJ Concept vehicle at the 2003 North American International Motor Show, almost 20 years after production of the original FJ40 Land Cruiser utility vehicle ended, everyone was shocked that Toyota, such a conservative,…
