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Honda has revealed the refreshed 2013 Civic at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it has definitely delivered on the promised upgrades. While this is a mild refresh, the 2012 Civic does feature new sheet metal on sedan models, including revised front and rear fascias. The actual crash structure in...Read More»

Subaru is broadening the appeal of its rugged Forester compact crossover for 2014—by adding more ground clearance, an X Mode off-road setting, more comfortable seating and interior materials, and upscale options such as a power liftgate, Harmon Kardon premium audio, and adaptive cruise...Read More»

Bigger is better, right? If that’s what you think, especially regarding sensible family vehicles, Hyundai may have saved the best of its all-new 2013 Santa Fe lineup for last. At the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai officially pulled the wraps off the three-row versions of the new Santa Fe...Read More»

Last week, Chevrolet revealed some extensive changes to its full-size Traverse crossover for 2013. But its official debut—and our first look at the vehicle up close—was here at the New York Auto Show. Just as early pictures suggested, there aren't any major changes to the exterior...Read More»

Chevrolet's current Impala feels a bit like an afterthought in GM's passenger-car lineup, but that's soon due to change; the new 2014 Chevrolet Impala unveiled at the New York Auto Show The new sedan is officially the tenth generation of the Impala, although the nameplate has been applied to some...Read More»

Especially if the exterior of the refreshed 2013 Ram 1500 (formerly Dodge Ram) is the first thing you see, you might wonder what's new—save for maybe a front-end touch-up and a new grille. But here, first impressions are deceiving. On the inside, the 2013 Ram 1500 gets a much-improved design;...Read More»

Though many have found the production versions of the Subaru-Toyota joint sports coupe to be somewhat less thrilling than hoped, the 2013 Subaru BRZ is certainly the better of the two, aesthetically speaking. These live images show it carries the staged, studio-shot presence through to reality as...Read More»

Fiesta-based, powered by a punchy three-cylinder turbo 1.0-liter engine, and seating five (assuming they're family or very good friends) the Ford B-Max Concept is the new new thing in tiny MPVs. It's also an exercise in design, with its magical disappearing B-pillar built into the doors. As you can...Read More»

Take a first look here at the new 2011 Hyundai Elantra, as it's likely a car you're going to see much more of. The Car Connection is in sunny San Diego, fresh off a daylong drive of the new Elantra...and while we can't yet talk about the driving experience or how its features operate, we've been...Read More»

The 2012 Ford C-Max may still be more than a year from showrooms in America, but the new seven-seat MPV took to the hills of Provence last weekend at the hands of High Gear Media. We're back from driving the C-Max and its European cousin, the C-Max--it's a long story, but the European MPV we get...Read More»

  We're done with today's first drive of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. And while the copy elves are toiling away at a full review, you can still get the basics on the new front-drive sedan coming from VW in the fall. The new Jetta, in case you haven't heard, is a thorough reworking of the current...Read More»

We're just back from our first drive of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. And before we get to the full review--how it handles, how it looks, how it feels and fulfills its mission--we have some eye candy for you. Shooting the Jetta wasn't so simple today. Leaving San Francisco in a grey shroud, I couldn't...Read More»

We've been on a Mustang roll: earlier this week, TheCarConnection brought you Vanilla Ice's take on the new Mustang 5.0, and on Monday we drove V-6 and V-8 Mustangs, coupes and convertibles. That's on top of the huge pile of Mustang stuff from all the outposts of High Gear Media's empire of car Web...Read More»

It's been teased in brief sketches and computer-generated renderings, and now the 2011 Infiniti M is here--almost. These are the first live shots of the car, revealing its svelte new design in its truest form so far. For the new generation, Infiniti’s designs have injected the M with a...Read More»

The 2010 Lexus HS 250h is barely out and about, and already Lexus is preparing for an even more compact hybrid. The concept for the new car, called the LF-Ch, hit the floor in Frankfurt today, and these live photos show what it's like up close and personal. As in the studio shots revealed about a...Read More»