Midsize Car Reviews

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

It can handle everything but the laundry. The brand-new EX's elegant overall styling clearly reveals the car's familial influences. more

Hummer's "baby" H3 SUV finally gets a power boost in the form of three more cylinders. more

The family car gets a dramatic redesign, larger engines, and a lot of attitude. more

Mitsubishi's fat-fendered flyer has grown up and lost some of its charm, but in the process, it's become a much better car. more

The XF looks a lot like a Lexus GS in profile. That's no bad thing, but the XF hardly provides the drama that you'd expect from the brand that created the original XJ in the 1960s. more

First drive! There's little doubt that the Impreza and the WRX are better cars than their predecessors, but since when should a Subaru look and drive like a Toyota - and an ugly one at that? more

In a sea of anonymous boxes, here's an SUV with real personality. But it comes at a price. more

During a recent 10K training run, my buddy Jim, who prefers his cars to come from Germany, his wine from France, and his running shoes from Japan, still was incredulous as he recounted driving a V-6-powered Saturn Aura rental in San Francisco. "Joe," he said, more

In online forums, the new Altima coupe has been dubbed "the poor man's Infiniti G35." Nissan, not surprisingly, is happy to promote that moniker. "The G35 is a great-looking car," company representatives remind us. Yes, but more important, the G35 is a great c more

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that some 28 million Americans play golf, a figure that represents more than nine percent of the overall population. Aside from families with children, is there any other subsegment of society whose needs figure as pre more

What do you think of when you hear the name Hyundai? Value for money? Great warranty? Lots of equipment? Lexus-rivaling interior? more

For a very long time, the Passat sat on the sidelines of the American family-sedan playing field. It was seemingly content, in mid-1990s fourth-generation guise, to dangle its optional, gutsy VR6 engine in front of Volkswagen devotees and to snag a few four-cy more

This new Avenger won't be rewriting any rules for the mid-size class. At best, it's an alternative with a uniquely American accent. more