Kia not abandoning its small car roots

Story by John LeBlanc Human nature demands improvement. This is why when given the opportunity to move their products upmarket, the people who run car companies jump at the chance like kernels of corn in a hot-air popper. You only have to look at the likes of Germany’s Volkswagen or Japan’s Toyota to see companies […]

2010 New York: Concepts

Conceptually lacking After shows in Detroit, Chicago, and Geneva, the Big Apple shindig had little excitement for those looking for the future of the car By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – Maybe it’s a sign of smaller development budgets in today’s still struggling auto industry. But the word “fresh” is hardly the word to describe […]

2010 New York: Subaru widens (literally) its WRX range

[svgallery name=”2011_Subaru_WRX_Sti”] By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – Before this week’s New York auto show, Subaru had already announced that the 2011 WRX would adopt its big brother WRX STI’s wide body styling. But the Japanese automaker surprised the assembled media here with a first time ever four-door sedan version of its former hatchback-only top-line […]

2010 New York: Big and small Nissan UVs arrive

[svgallery name=”2011_Nissan_Juke”] By John LeBlanc NEW YORK – During the first media day at this year’s New York auto show, Nissan unveiled two new utility vehicles at polar opposites of the Japanese automaker’s lineup.

2010 New York Preview: Are GM’s EN-V concepts the future or folly?

[svgallery name=”GM_EN_V”] By John LeBlanc As a follow up to last year’s two-seat Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility concept developed with Segway, Government Motors brought to last year’s New York auto show, the U.S. automaker has released details of a trio of new Electric Networked-Vehicles (EN-V) concepts for this year’s Big Apple show media days, […]

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