2010 in Review: My Worst Driving Experience

[svgallery name=”2011_Smart_Electric_NYC_pics”] By John LeBlanc Range anxiety. It’s a term you’ve probably heard about if you’ve been reading Wheels recently. It’s the stress electric-vehicles owners experience due to the lack of real-car range from their EV’s batteries, and the lack of proper recharging stations.

2010 in Review: Winners and losers of the past year

[svgallery name=”2011_Audi_A8L”] By John LeBlanc Between rapidly changing customer demographics, the global shift of economic power from the West to the East, and stricter fuel economy regulations on the horizon — to say the least — it’s been a challenging time if you’re in the business of making cars. As such, there’s been a real […]

2010 in Review: Worst Discontinued Car/2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser

By John LeBlanc The PT Cruiser was like a Mexican cockroach: you couldn’t kill the thing. On sale since the 2000 model year, how the compact wagon managed to survive four owners (Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Cerberus, and Fiat) with such poor build quality, wobbly handling, and a generally low-rent driving experience has always been a mystery […]

2010 in Review: Best Discontinued Car/2010 Volkswagen Passat Wagon 2.0T

By John LeBlanc The canceling of the current-generation, German-made Passat sedan and wagon in lieu of a new U.S.-made Volkswagen midsize sedan coming in 2011 (and more than likely a platform-sharing crossover) sets off two alarm bells for yours truly: first, expect the same low-cost over refinement strategy as in the new 2011 Jetta for […]

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