The leader in hybrid luxury, Lexus now crosses the bridge from luxury full-size vehicles to the compact segment. Their new family of compact SUVs (or CUVs in modern parlance), dubbed the NX, will be available with three power trains: the NX 200t turbo, the naturally aspirated NX 200 (with front or all-weather drive) and the highly efficient NX 300h hybrid. […]

Kia has been on a roll ever since Peter Schreyer took over design direction of the once vanilla-flavored Korean automaker. No wonder after their recent surging success they’ve elevated him to President of Kia Motors and Chief Design Officer of the entire Hyundai Motor Group — the first non-Korean to hold the position. With his bold […]

Just like almost every other auto manufacturer in the world, Mercedes-Benz understands the crucial transition to going small. While the luxury aspect of the brand continues to grow larger and larger, new segments are opening up below the expanding waistlines that offer Benz a chance at a new market. It was such a world that […]

Although Canon and Nikon seem to rule the prosumer photography universe with an iron digital fist, don’t tell that to Pentax-Ricoh. The Japanese manufacturer has now updated their top of the line point-n-shoot to do battle with the previously mentioned giants. Their new Rico GR compact camera features a superb 16.2MP APS-C sensor, making it […]

Cars making their woldwide debut at the Beijing Motor Show next week are beginning to make their leaky appearances on the web, among the first of which is Audi who has unveiled another possible iteration of its Q3 compact SUV. This time the Q3 boldly boasts the Four Ring’s vaunted “RS” badges, which means this […]

When we went to the launch of the 2012 Scion iQ last month, during part of the presentation they took us into a small room and showed us a 3D film — fully  immersive, complete with bubbles that came out when the iQ goes to the car wash and high powered wind. During the ride […]

Although the first all new Scion to hit the US market since the tC way back in 2004, the iQ is hardly new. In fact, it’s been zipping through crowded cityscapes in Europe and Japan since 2008, the year it won Car Of the Year in the land of the rising sun. But it is […]

When the first VW Golf GTI initially sprung from the laboratories at Wolfsburg, Volkswagen had no idea it had invented an entire new class of automobile. In the 35 years since, the VW Golf GTI has become a legend, the standard to which all other sporty compact cars judge themselves. To celebrate this anniversary GTI35 […]