All Production cars articles – Page 22
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Driven: Honda CR-Z
One-mile rear seatThis latest interpretation also offers a 2+2 seating package (though not in the US market). It has been misunderstood by much of the media but it's actually a great feature; an essential part of this car's appeal. For a start, it makes the CR-Z stand out: it's not ...
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Driven: Honda CR-Z
The Honda CR-Z has been a long time coming. Although the concept debuted in 2007, as a project it's been kicking around Honda for over 10 years. Since the first Insight was launched in 1999, there have been numerous stop-start projects to produce a hybrid successor to the much-loved CR-X ...
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Driven: Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Stepping into the C200 Sport test car, one notices how the basic interior architecture is notably different from the previous model, which was soft and flowing in character. This is more 'blocky', with flat surfaces that echo some of the old W202 C-Class in the shape of the binnacle hood, ...
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Driven: Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Just over 25 years ago, in November 1982, Mercedes Chief Designer Bruno Sacco introduced his new 'baby' 190, codenamed W201. Billed as the new compact Mercedes, it was a successful model that lasted a full ten years until being replaced by the first C-Class (W202). This model - the first ...
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Driven: Volkswagen Passat CC GT
Elegant and refined. Forty years ago these two words would not have been used to describe the Beetles bought in droves by the counterculture in the US; a symbol of the hippy movement and the definitive people's car, designed at a time when Germany sought to put people in motion. ...
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Driven: Fisker Karma
The interior has almost no switches at all. Instead all of the main interior functions - including the audio, climate control and navigation system - are accessed by the touchscreen display.
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Driven: Fisker Karma
Even top-flight car designers are usually not known for their business acumen. So Henrik Fisker's announcement that he would build the "the world's first luxury plug-in hybrid" was met with some cynicism as he stood next to his Fisker Karma concept at the 2008 NAIAS in Detroit. Three years on ...
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Driven: Mitsubishi i
Inside, the cab-forward interior benefits vastly from the rear-mid-engined configuration and the long 2550mm wheelbase. Four average sized adults can easily sit in comfort (on seats covered with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified hypoallergenic fabric - a first for a Japanese car) whilst enjoying the view out of the large side ...
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Driven: Mitsubishi i
We first reviewed the diminutive Mitsubishi 'i' when it was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Motor show and, while we were pleased with the overall design of the car, we were disappointed that Mitsubishi had chosen not to export the innovative vehicle to other markets. But with the popularity of ...
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Driven: BMW 6 Series convertible
Every large BMW coupe - from the E9 3.0 CS, through the shark-nosed E24 6 Series, Claus Luthe's beautiful E31 8 Series, right up to the outgoing, Bangle-era E63 6er - has had an exoticism beyond every other car in the brand's range. We drove the latest from the most ...
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Driven: Delta Motorsport E-4
The Delta Motorsport E-4 is the outcome of three years of research, design and development that is key to a new generation of British ingenuity.
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Driven: Delta Motorsport E-4
However the car’s frontal aspect falls on the side of conservative - its DRG carries very little in terms of graphic to help set a recognizable face for the car. The Tesla-esque nose, with the bumper rounded in both plan and section, and the drawn back, twin chamber lights is somewhat generic and weakens the car’s identity when viewed in anything other than from the front three-quarter, where thos
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Driven: Audi S5
Driving the S5 out of London in slow moving traffic on a warm Friday evening, it was interesting to observe other drivers' reactions to the car. A new BMW M5 jostled to get a closer look, several Audi TT drivers nonchalantly pulled up alongside to cast a glance at the ...
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Driven: Audi S5
Audi has a long heritage of producing big four-seat coupés, going back to the original Audi 100 in the late 1960's. The new A5 is an interesting new addition to the range that doesn't have many direct competitors. The BMW 3-series coupé is the most obvious, as is the softer ...
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Design Contest: Local Motors and Shell announce 'DRIVEN' [w/video]
Local Motors, the open-source car design community, has announced its latest competition. Working in collaboration with Shell Oils, the DRIVEN contest is an acronym for Design of Relevant and Innovative Vehicles for Energy Needs.
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Driven: Kia Picanto
The first-generation Kia Picanto was one of the cars that helped promote Kia from the lower half of the second-division to somewhere near the playoff places. Its combination of great value, five-door practicality and vaguely cutesy - if thoroughly unremarkable - design found it many a home on the driveway ...
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Driven: Ford Focus
The previous two generations of the Ford Focus have consistently been near the top of the European best sellers list over their combined 13-year life spans, but this new car has even greater responsibility. This is the first Focus designed - from the outset - for European, American and Asian ...
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ArticleDriven: BMW X6
Why do people like some cars and dislike others? There are all sorts of reasons for sure, but there aren’t so many cars that one both likes and also dislikes. The BMW X6 takes this a stage further in being a design that is likable and unlikable for the same reason
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Driven: Renault Fluence Z.E.
Just over two years ago, Carlos Ghosn shocked the world at the Frankfurt motor show by unveiling four fully electric Renault concepts and committing the company to being a leader in EVs.
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Driven: Citroen DS3
Modern of the moment aestheticThe use of graphics, color breaks and decals give the DS3 its modern feel that separates it from the Mini.