http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:27:18 -0500 Car Reviews -- Get the consensus and opinions from TheCarConnection and from around the Web on your favorite car. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/bentley_continental-gt_2010 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/bentley_continental-gt_2010 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:38:00 -0500 2010 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT/GTC STYLING | [8 out of 10] Car and Driver: "visual nirvana" Edmunds: "makes the Benz look even more like a frumpy Solara" Automotive: "more distinctive than that of those other more imposing, less elegant carriages" The 2010 Bentley Continental line of coupes and convertibles continues to grow with ...
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]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037816_driven-2010-bmw-activehybrid-x6 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037816_driven-2010-bmw-activehybrid-x6 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:05:00 -0500 BMW's X6 "Sports Activity Coupe" is a car of contradictions. Our review of the 2009 BMW X6 range called it "an oddity: a sport-utility vehicle designed to have a coupe-like shape." For 2010, BMW has added a new model that may polarize people even further. It's the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6, the first production hybrid from the maker of ultimate ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037821_raising-the-gas-tax-auto-execs-push-an-unpopular-solution http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037821_raising-the-gas-tax-auto-execs-push-an-unpopular-solution Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:00 -0500 We've been here before. The government mandates more fuel-efficient vehicles across the board, yet the American public continues to gravitate toward what's big and powerful. Barring this era of greater responsibility and restraint, which might pass like a fleeting fancy with the recession, why not pick the bigger or more powerful car, we ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037476_cash-for-clunkers-smackdown-white-house-takes-on-edmunds http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037476_cash-for-clunkers-smackdown-white-house-takes-on-edmunds Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0400 When Edmunds.com released its report on the Cash-for-Clunkers program on Wednesday, saying it cost $24,000 for each vehicle that wouldn't otherwise have been sold, it must have expected pushback. It may not have anticipated, however, a sharp retort from the highest office in the land: the White House. But that's what it got yesterday, via a ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037307_super-gaff-o-matic-biden-reveals-entire-fisker-lineup http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037307_super-gaff-o-matic-biden-reveals-entire-fisker-lineup Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:00 -0400 Vice President Joe Biden, known for repeated instances of foot-in-mouth disease, unwittingly spilled the beans on Fisker Automotive's plan for a Delaware-built, three-vehicle family of plug-in hybrids. Fox News reports that Biden told press gathered in Wilmington, Del., that Fisker would eventually build 100,000 plug-in hybrid sedans, coupes ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036546_first-drive-2010-volkswagen-polo http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036546_first-drive-2010-volkswagen-polo Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0400 Is it 1973 all over again? Volkswagen is amping up for a fuel-economy battle with Honda and Ford, right here in America, with a new hatchback. Only this time, some of the names have changed, and so have the rules. Come 2011 or so, it's the VW Polo readying for a fight with the Honda Fit and Ford Fiesta. The fuel economy sea-changes and ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037170_2010-volkswagen-golf-tdi-first-drive http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037170_2010-volkswagen-golf-tdi-first-drive Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400 Follow us on Twitter: @highgearmedia @carconnection @therealma @greencarreports and join our Facebook fan page Now that you've read all about the 2010 Volkswagen GTI, we've turned our attention to the next steps down the performance ladder at VW. Don't judge just yet: with the 2010 VW Golf and Golf TDI, Volkswagen's not dropping completely off ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036969_fusion41-social-media-campaign-pits-2010-ford-fusion-owners-against-each-other http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036969_fusion41-social-media-campaign-pits-2010-ford-fusion-owners-against-each-other Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:39:00 -0400 If you own a 2010 Ford Fusion, have three gung-ho friends and would like have Ford pay off the rest of your car payments and give your whole team free gas for a year, then the Fusion41 campaign might be for your. The Blue Oval brand is looking for eight Fusion or Fusion Hybrid owners to make four-person teams for the contest. Once the teams ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036392_lexus-prices-2010-gs-and-ls-sedans http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036392_lexus-prices-2010-gs-and-ls-sedans Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:14:00 -0400 The 2010 Lexus GS and LS sedan lineup looks a lot like it did in 2009. A few minor interior and exterior appearance updates, some new technology and a new Sport Package for the LS are about all that changes. Fortunately for fans of the GS, the prices have stayed the same, too. The LS sees minor price rises on the short wheelbase ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036283_toyotas-answer-to-deadly-floor-mats-zip-ties http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036283_toyotas-answer-to-deadly-floor-mats-zip-ties Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:31:00 -0400 In a move almost too strange to be fiction, Toyota is apparently advising its Toyota and Lexus brand dealers to zip tie loose floor mats to the seats in the 3.8 million vehicles affected by the recent safety recall. Of course, it's phrased much more eloquently than that. "We have reviewed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036007_2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-high-mileage-achiever-everymans-interior http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1036007_2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-high-mileage-achiever-everymans-interior Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:33:00 -0400 40 miles per gallon. That's what we at TheCarConnection.com just saw in a week's worth of driving--driving in which we really made a point to treat the Fusion Hybrid much like any other car. And when we actually tried to drive economically, following the excellent hybrid system display when we could, we were able to get nearly 50 mpg. As we ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035998_2010-north-american-car-of-the-year-short-list-revealed http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035998_2010-north-american-car-of-the-year-short-list-revealed Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:37:00 -0400 It's that time of year again: time to decide the North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACOTY). This time around, our own Executive Editor Marty Padgett is one of the jurors, and we're bringing you the insider's perspective on the process, as well as looking to hear what you have to say on which car and truck should be picked as the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035963_honda-skydeck-concept-coming-to-tokyo-motor-show http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035963_honda-skydeck-concept-coming-to-tokyo-motor-show Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:45:00 -0400 Hybrids are becoming increasingly common in compact and mid-size sedans, and even in some SUVs, but so far, hybrid minivans haven't caught on. Honda may be hoping to change that with a new concept called the Skydeck. Though it's still just a design study according to Honda, it does show that the company's IMA hybrid system is easily adapted ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035939_2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-honest-to-goodness-40-mpg-mid-sizer http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1035939_2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-honest-to-goodness-40-mpg-mid-sizer Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:07:00 -0400 While Toyota and Honda have laid claim on most of the lofty fuel economy figures in the 40-mpg and above range in recent years, Ford now has serious bragging rights in its 2010 Fusion Hybrid. The 2010 Fusion Hybrid slots closely behind the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Honda Insight and Civic Hybrid in Combined miles per gallon and actually ..]]>