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2013 At A Glance

Best Bang for the Buck: New Car Reviews

• 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club Edition You know what this car is all about: It’s the MX-5 we all know and love. This one, though, is the club edition. Club racer? No. There’s a …
• 2013 Volvo C30 Polestar Edition Consider this the sensible, upscale alternative to your boy-racer hot hatches. Starting at $27,000, the T5 doesn’t generate as much power as its distant Ford Focus ST and …
• 2013 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 The 2013 Mazdaspeed3 is an understated piece of machinery. No extra doodads or thingamajigs. It just drives. No frills, but definite thrills in this 263-horsepower brute. Who says …
• 2013 Buick Verano Buick is pulling out all the stops in attempting to shed the built-for-septuagenarians image it cultivated for a good two decades. Color us impressed: This new Verano has …
• 2013 Kia Optima SX Limited Who doesn’t love a car with this much spunk? With 274 horsepower and all the comfortable amenities included in this Optima, you can drive and ride in speed …
• 2013 Scion FR-S Scion’s newest model, the FR-S, finally graced our office with its presence. So, how is it? In a word, brilliant. This car lives up to every expectation, and …
• 2013 Acura ILX 2.4L An Acura-ized version of the Honda Civic sedan might be new to the American market, but really it’s nothing groundbreaking. Canadians could first buy an Acura EL some …
• 2013 Ford Mustang We recently tested another of the seemingly limitless flavors of Mustang that Ford has to offer. This time, we were treated to a V6 convertible with the Mustang …
• 2013 Chrysler 200 Limited Chrysler’s mid-sized competitor is a bit long in the tooth. When Fiat took over, it made a serious attempt to move the brand’s vehicles forward into competitiveness and …
• 2013 Mazda CX-5 Mazda has launched an all-new model for 2013: the CX-5 crossover. This is Mazda’s smallest SUV, and also its first vehicle to be built from the ground up …
• 2013 Dodge Dart Limited The Dart is the new small car from the Chrysler brand, replacing the much-maligned Caliber. There’s no hatchback version, and it shares blood with a compact car from …
• 2013 Acura RDX We recently tested this 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech, which is Acura’s newest luxury SUV. It’s surprisingly fast, fairly comfortable (though too stiffly sprung), isn’t very ugly, and …
• 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max AWD This R/T is big, fast, and mates a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 to a five-speed automatic transmission and drives all four wheels. The engine is not the 6.4-liter monster …
• 2013 Mazda CX-5 We tested another of Mazda’s new CX-5s, this time with a manual transmission. It felt good to have three pedals in a new SUV; Rowing your own gears …
• 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco The Malibu, a staple of Chevy’s lineup for generations, is receiving a total redo for the 2013 model year. The first one to come our way is powered …
• 2013 Honda Civic EX-L They say the Civic is the new Accord. This front-wheel-drive Civic sedan with navigation system is easy on the eyes, easy on the environment, and easy on the …
• 2013 Honda Accord Sport This Accord has four doors and a stickshift. Being the Sport line, it also has a few ticks more thrust than the rest of the four-cylinder lineup. Power …
• 2013 Cadillac XTS4 Platinum Flagship. That’s the word that comes to mind when you’re greeted by this behemoth. Nearly as long as a Ford Expedition and as luxurious as you could want, …
• 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS The historic sporting brand caught a lot of flak when they succumbed to the call of high profit margins and sales volume offered by the SUV market. Their …
• 2013 Lexus RX350 Not much can beat the luxury of a Lexus. This SUV is pretty darn close to hybrid-worthy status for those drivers who have long highway commutes, with its …
• 2013 Infiniti IPL G Convertible The IPL line is the Infiniti brand’s foray into a higher-performance niche. This car’s V6 engine is familiar enough—you’ve seen it in Z cars and non-IPL G coupes—but …
• 2013 Mazda CX-9 This is the biggest Mazda in the company’s current fleet, and perhaps their biggest vehicle ever. With three rows of seats, a 3500-lb. towing capacity and fuel mileage …
• 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 Roadster Opulence and speed. This drop-top Benz has both, and it’s got gizmos up to the gills. The sunroof even has a “Magic Sky” feature: The glass acts like …