Archive for August, 2007

Honda with a New Accord

Honda recently released the vitals on its 2008 Accord, which hits showrooms Sept. 12. We’ll have some early driving impressions in the blog next week, followed by a full review in the Automobiles section of The Times. Until then, here are some early returns.
Completely redesigned, the Accord will come as a sedan and a coupe, […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

2008 Infiniti G37 Coupe

Competition is good. If people didn’t challenge each other the world would be void of things like the Oreo cookie or Pepsi Cola. Neither of these mainstay products are original. Oreo is a copy of the Hydrox sandwich cookie (true, look it up). Pepsi, of course, was born to go up against Coke. Let’s […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Car review: BMW X6 Scooped

Yes, BMW’s X6, caught here virtually disguised before arriving in concept form on BMW’s stand at the Frankfurt motor show, ushers in a new motoring acronym. In BMW talk it’s an SAC – that’s Sports Activity Coupe. The sleek and low four-seater – sleek and low for an off-roader, that is – is Munich’s most […]

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Car review: New BMW M3

Take a pen, start with the nib at the bottom left corner of the page. Gently drag the pen diagonally from bottom left to top right and you have a quick and easy graphic representation of the price differential between the standard BMW 3-series and its habañero cousin the M3 coupe over the last four […]

Friday, August 17th, 2007