Michael Perkins

Longer, wider and heavier, the 2012 BMW 6 Series somehow manages to avoid looking like any of the three. Serious styling atte...

With little to prove and lots to love, the little BMW 1 Series has had a harder time than you’d think. People scoff at what t...

Quick, it’s your last chance to own one of the most overpriced, underpowered convertibles in history. Perhaps that's a bit ha...

The issues with the Eclipse have always been power and price. The 4-cylinder options have always been underpowered – except w...

It’s okay, you can admit it: You missed her, didn’t you? With Mazda essentially not offering the MAZDA5 for the 2011 model ye...

With a new trim this year for the venerable Cayman, a lot of 911 owners will be quite upset. Porsche has always been protecti...

Don’t believe the reviewers – the 911 is neither a fine wine nor cheese. It’s a car. And it’s a good car at that, but then it...

Ignore the Santa Fe at your own peril – it’s a formidable but seemingly invisible entry in the compact crossover class. Not t...

BMW seems reluctant to fuss much with the winning formula it's concocted with its new MINI, instead opting for small changes ...

Aston’s smallest, most agile and most popular model gets two new trims for 2011, the S and the special-edition N420. They’re ...

The Aston Martin DBS was originally positioned as an all-new car, a replacement for the Vanquish that bowed out in 2006. No o...

When Lotus decided to build the Evora, it said it was because no one was offering a comfortable, practical, midengine superca...

Softened and consolidated, the Elise is showing its age. Usually that means outdated design and lackluster performance, but t...

Psychologists call it “overcompensation,” an attempt to cover up rising feelings of inadequacy. On this side of the water we ...

Now in its second year of production, the Lexus HS 250h sails into 2011 with nary a change but some color adjustments. Appare...

The Challenger got creamed in 2010 comparison tests, and Dodge seems to have taken it to heart. Amongst a long list of compla...

Perhaps Suzuki was embarrassed. When you come to market with a vehicle essentially named “Harbinger,” people expect you to br...

It’s hard to hate the smart fortwo. With good intentions and a solid tech background from parent company Daimler-Benz AG and ...

Despite its reputation for being an updated 350Z, the Nissan 370Z was a near-complete redesign. For 2011, there’s a new rear-...

The xD has managed to sneak past us unnoticed for the most part, like a thief who steals pie cooling on the windowsill in the...

Volkswagen Jetta lovers may rejoice, for it’s not too late to acquire the last of the fifth-generation models. Yes, the Jetta...

The much-maligned Porsche Boxster takes a big leap toward canonical acceptance for the 2011 model year with the release of th...

The party is officially over for the Honda Element. The quirky crossover showed up in 2003 and apart from a slight refresh in...

The Mazda RX-8 can rightfully be called an “accessible exotic,” with its funky rotary engine, suicide doors and handling that...