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The newest Chevrolet Sonic is a peppy, stylish, versatile and good handling RS hatchback with standard turbo engine, leather-trimmed seats and smartphone infotainment link -- all for a starting price tag of less $21,000. Better yet, the 2013 Sonic 5-Door RS has the top, overall, five-out-of-five-stars rating for passenger protection in frontal and ... (more)

The 2014 BMW M5 sedan hits the streets this August. Bimmer says four-door has been the standard for high-performance sedans since its release in 1985.

The one-of-one built 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake may never have been, except for a conversation between Carroll Shelby and car sales executive Don McCain.

Now that Peugeot has adopted a new badge strategy, the numbers on the back of their new cars will stay the same.

Aston Martin centenary celebrations continued in Germany last weekend when it used the occasion of the 41st ADAC Zurich Nurburgring 24 Hour to parade more than 100 cars at the Nordschleife.

Six cars worth a total of between A 75,000 and A 80,000 have been stolen from a garage in Glasgow's east end.

The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the right order for manufacturing.

Oh no, they just have a bit of a penchant for stuff that can fly. Remember the Reventon based on the old Murcielago? It was designed with a jet fighter in mind.

John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More Now, though, as hybrids and plug-in cars are slowly growing their share of the market, Prius sales have fallen--not just as a share of the "alternative powertrain" segment, but in raw numbers.

She's helped to protect our country's freedom, and now she's getting the keys to her own piece of freedom... A new set of wheels.

John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More Making a battery for an electric car is more like assembling microelectronics than the kind of auto-plant scenes we think of, involving huge steel stamping presses and battalions of automated ... (more)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has risen more than 40 percent so far in 2013, to roughly 14,000, thanks in part to the falling yen.

Spotted running hot laps around the Nurburgring, the next-generation Volkswagen Golf R looks plenty capable of occupying the top spot in the Golf lineup.

In heavy rotation for the new Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is a 30-second TV spot in which an RV passes a Japanese manufactured hybrid.

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In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

May is more than half way complete. Summer is inching closer and the time we spend outdoors will increase during the next few months.

Zoom Zoom is a great advertising tagline and it applies to Mazda . The 2013 Mazda3 I 5-Door Grand Touring was impressive.

My wife and I drive a perfectly good 2002 Nissan Sentra with 127,318 miles on it.