2008 Car Reviews

Have Japan's rally rockets grown up enough to battle BMW's turbo all-wheel-drive 3-series? more

Pontiac's 361-hp Aussie rock star meets its twice-the-price Bavarian twin. Has GM finally built a bargain BMW? more

Chevy gives its retro wagon the SS treatment. A turbocharged, direct-injection four coupled with launch control help whisk this HHR to 60 mph in as little as 6.3 seconds. more

It's the shifter, stupid. more

The 2008 Lotus Exige S 240 is a totally different car. Sure it only stops a little quicker and hardly looks different, but this Exige is packing an extra 20 hp! more

A Leatherman on wheels. This dressed-up Land Cruiser can replace a fleet of vehicles. more

We embark on a 650-mile journey through the Wild West to find out if the Smart lives up to its name. more

Subaru has a new weapon for battling the back roads, and unlike the more pedestrian WRX, the STI hasn't lost its mojo. more

Six hundred ponies, a thousand pounds of downforce, and absolutely no drama whatsoever. Driving a school bus fast has never been so easy. more

The GL550 is the in-your-face luxury SUV that the GL450 should have been all along. Its big grille fronts a powerful V-8 that it uses to turn massive wheels. more

Zero emissions, zero cost ... for now. Chevy is lending a fleet of fuel-cell-equipped Equinoxes for testing purposes in major cities. more

Nissan first promised us an all-new GT-R sports car back in 2001. We've driven the car that finally comes to America in summer 2008. more

The tree huggers' least favorite species. The Tundra of SUVs catches up to its truck sibling, adding some features of its own. more

Saturn enters foreign territory. more

What's in a name change? The interior and exterior have been fancified, but we know there's still a Five Hundred under there. more