Midsize Car Reviews

The groundbreaking whale was reliable and drove well, but it sure looked weird. more

Ann Arbor - In the mid-size sedan market, where the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord are the 800-pound gorillas in the room, many smaller nameplates try to position themselves as sportier, more flavorful alternatives. With its new Ralliart model, the Mitsubis more

Ann Arbor - Subaru is finally offering an STI without the cop-magnet, boy-racer livery. The wing, the gold wheels, and the matching brake calipers are gone, as is the rally blue paint, which is replaced by a more sedate white or gray. A power moonroof, new lea more

Palo Alto, California With its new GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook twins--along with the forthcoming Buick Enclave--GM is right on target in the family-size-crossover category, a segment that's skyrocketing now that fuel economy, the efficient use of space, and more

Nissan tiptoes into the hybrid segment with a bargain price and technology borrowed from Toyota. more

Pelting across the dusty Moroccan outback, we pushed our Land Rover LR2 into three figures whenever the broken tarmac allowed. This was not as risky a business as it sounds, since the landscape had something of West Texas about it, with endless horizons and b more

San Francisco - With gasoline prices again taking residence in the national consciousness and demand for small cars rising, the already-blazing competition in the compact segment is heating up. Fortunately for Nissan, it had already gone back to the drawing bo more

Saint-Genis, France - It's always nice to get a gift from your rich German uncle. Mercedes-Benz has handed off a 215-hp, turbocharged and intercooled, 3.0-liter diesel V-6 to the Chrysler Group, which has stuffed it under the hood of the 300 sedan. With 376 l more

More sophisticated lines and better materials underscore the Altima's relentless march upscale. more

The Chrysler 300 was the first Detroit sedan in a long while to really set the country on fire. At the same time, it also introduced a new concept: Chryslers, apparently, don't have to be mediocre. more

There's a great scene toward the end of John Frankenheimer's epic movie, Grand Prix, where James Garner, as the troubled racing ace Pete Aron, drives slowly through the crowded paddock at Monza in his rental car before the season's final round. The fact that h more

After some floundering with the second-generation Q45 and the Nissan Maxima-clone I35, Infiniti came out with the G35, and that sport sedan--very much in the vein of the BMW 3-series-- reestablished the brand's enthusiast credentials. Now comes a new G35, and more

I'm in Zambia, Africa, in South Luangwa National Park. I'm bringing up the rear of a caravan of eight Jeep Wranglers that are being directed, one by one, down a steep river embankment and over the boulders of the riverbed below. The seven Jeeps in front are mo more

In 1995, we took delivery of the new-to-America Land Rover Discovery for a Four Seasons test. It was a distinctive, rugged-looking SUV with exceptional off-road ability but poor body control, flawed ergonomics, and limited cargo and passenger space. Even worse more

WOLFSBURG For 2007, Volkswagen has added 0.4 liter--little more than a twelve-ounce soda can--to the displacement of the base Touareg's 3.2-liter V-6. The extra piston displacement bumps output to 276 hp and 266 lb-ft (increases of 36 hp and 37 lb-ft), while t more