Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Convertibles, Mazda, First Drive
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Mazda MX-5.
Just as it appeared that winter was finally drawing to close here in Michigan, one of the definitive summertime cars turned up on our doorstep — the Mazda MX-5 Miata . Somewhere back in the middle […]
Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Buick
The Buick Reatta a design flop? That’s what a University of Michigan professor told The Wall Street Journal recently. Really? The Reatta is the one car that he could find to pick on as an automotive design flop? Sure, the high-tech coupe was overweight and underpowered, overpriced and under-appreciated. But a […]
Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Convertibles, BMW
BMW’s 1-Series does not smirk at you and say “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.” No, this small Teut is easy to deride on appearance; one look has you hating it because it’s not beautiful while so many of its past brethren have been classically handsome. Whether it […]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Supercars, Acura, Honda, Rendered Speculation
AutoExpress is just as interested in the styling of the next NSX as the rest of us are, so they pressed a digital artist into action to ‘chop the shots of the car running on the Nurburgring. What they’ve come away with isn’t nearly as bad as […]
Filed under: Trends, Etc., Tech
This is the kind of photo Rich Truesdell will teach you to create
We’ve actually talked about doing this ourselves before, at least internally here at AB HQ. Giving some practical pointers on basic photography theory for new bloggers trying out their DSLR skills for the first time. Basic stuff like composition […]
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Etc., Videos, Dodge
The 2009 Dodge Ram is still a couple months from hitting the showroom floor, but we got a chance to check it out during a visit to the Chelsea proving grounds at the Chrysler media event. While we can’t tell you how the new Dodge Ram drives, we are pleased […]
Filed under: SUVs, Marketing/Advertising, Kia
Hey, remember that Kia ad where the salesman recreated a scene from Flashdance? That was pretty funny. Or the European Kia viral with the tennis-playing aliens? Strange, but definitely unforgettable.
Yeah, well, forget them both. And forget all the other humorous ads Kia has created in the past, because the Korean […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Japan, Toyota
While high gas prices have had less of an effect on Japanese automakers than their American counterparts, the soaring price of commodities like steel have stung just as badly. Toyota is considering raising the prices of its vehicles in response to those higher commodity prices, at least in its […]
Filed under: China, Volvo
An eternally unanswerable question seems to be whether or not Ford is actively shopping around Volvo for a buyer. Just this week we reported that Chinese automaker SAIC and some Russian investors had expressed interest in purchasing the Swedish carmaker from Ford, but today we learn from a source within SAIC that […]
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Hyundai, First Drive
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Hyundai Genesis
Unless you’ve been living in a mine deep in the hills of West Virginia, Hyundai’s newest addition isn’t coming to you as a surprise. Around these offices, we’ve been anticipating the rear-wheel-drive Genesis platform and its offspring of luxury sedan and […]