Wheels: Luxury Car Class Better Take Notice
Rapid advances in technology are undermining traditional notions of automotive luxury — and value. We have visited this theme before in this space. Traditional vendors of automotive luxury and performance have dismissed that assertion — my assertion -— as poppycock. It matters not that a Timex keeps time as well as a substantially more expensive watch, they argue. The people who buy Timex and those who buy Cartier are not the same...
Nuts and Bolts: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
Bottom line: Anyone looking for a well-made, reliable, well-equipped, fuel-efficient midsize family sedan should seriously consider the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited. Ride, acceleration and handling: It gets good marks in all three, with one caveat: The battery pack and permanent magnet motor add noticeable poundage. You feel that weight in curves. Head-turning quotient: I thought I would miss Hyundai’s departure from fluidic...
Wheels: Volvo XC60 Is Nice Car, but It Lacks Competitors’ Value
Money matters. A cursory glance at recent developments in the global automobile industry indicates as much. Mercedes-Benz, long among the world’s leading purveyors of luxury metal, saw its first-quarter profit double. GM and Ford, although doing much better than their performance of barely a decade ago, continued to struggle. Germany’s Audi and BMW are on a roll, largely thanks to a bevy of attractive, financially accessible models...
