Behind the Wheel

First Drive: 2010 Lexus HS 250h

Mon, 25 May 2009 20:51:36 +0100

Is the first hybrid-only Lexus poised to become the next Prius? Newport Beach, California is perhaps the perfect place to introduce the 2010 Lexus HS 250h, the company's first hybrid-only vehicle. After all, the coastal town combines the two qualities that Lexus itself hopes to blend with its new car. It...

Exclusive US Road Test: 2009 Alfa Romeo MiTo

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:38:59 +0100

UK-based Automotive Traveler reader and aspiring automotive journalist Leigh Nethercot gives us an inside look at what it's like to own Alfa Romeo's recently introduced MiTo subcompact, which might be the first mainstream Alfa Romeo to reach our side of the pond since the 164 in 1995. There are only two...

First Drive: 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:10:38 +0100

To drive the new 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 you need to be all of three things. First, not in the least bit shy, second, short--we'll get to that later and third, rich--that goes without saying. The design has been refined to include flared nostrils for air intakes at the front while...

Muscle Car Wars: Truth in Advertising

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:37:26 +0100

When is a muscle car shootout really a shootout? Jalopnik exposes the truth. As long-time readers of the Automotive Traveler blog already know, we're all about producing our own original features, making our own observations and drawing our own conclusions, and less about short snippets referring visitors to re-written press releases...

First Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:56:52 +0100

At last, the highly anticipated Chevrolet Camaro is within our reach. Since its concept debut three years ago at the Detroit Auto Show, the new Camaro--based on the lines of its 1969 predecessor--has been one of the most talked about, and highly publicized, vehicles to come to market, and it...