First Drive: 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee

[svgallery name=”2011_Jeep_GC_pics”] Returning to a grander Jeep More refined on-road and off-, can Jeep’s latest Grand Cherokee win back lost fans By John LeBlanc SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – It’s back to the future with Jeep’s new 2011 Grand Cherokee. Specifically, Chrysler’s off-road brand wants to party like it’s Nineteen-Ninety-Nine. That’s when its second-generation midsize SUV […]

The Crank: Ford’s New Age 2011 Explorer not all that new

By John LeBlanc After a series of unmitigated sales flops (2005 Freestyle; 2008 Taurus X; 2009 Flex,) the “all-new” 2011 Explorer will be Ford’s fourth crack in the last decade at a midsize crossover based on the old Volvo S80 chassis from the last millennium.

The Crank: Nissan EV only selling to the oldies

By John LeBlanc Here’s a good one: Instead of the young, hip buyers that you would think an electric-vehicle would attract—you know, the types of customers who are busy spending time updating their Facebook account and plotting ways to get Mom and Dad to pay for their next iPhone app—Nissan is saying that the average […]

The Crank: is China’s latest Buick our next Skylark?

By John LeBlanc Like the debut of the Russian VW Polo, the release of a foreign market car gives away a new model coming our way. In this case, it’s the release of images of the Chinese-market Buick Excelle GT, a compact sedan that the Government Motors demi-luxury brand will sell in North America sometime […]

First Drive: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Coupe

[svgallery name=”2011_Ford_Shelby_GT500_hirez”] How much is that Shelby in the window? While the rest of Ford’s 2011 Mustang lineup gets all new mills, the topline Shelby GT500 makes do with tweaks. Is it enough? By John LeBlanc CALABOGIE, Ont.—If not as big a money maker as his onetime racing car rival Enzo Ferrari, affixing 1960s’ American […]

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