Minivan/Van Road Tests
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Minivan
You can almost hear the yelling over the loudspeaker: "Ding, ding, ding--the winner and still champion..." Yes, the Honda is still the... more |
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Long-Term Arrival: 2007 Kia Rondo EX
Truck Trend adds a 2007 Kia Rondo EX to its long term fleet. more |
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Travel Test: The Sportsmobile Lopes 55 Dodge Sprinter
With no trailer swinging in its wake, the Lopes 55 was free to flow with the traffic racing toward Las Vegas, then north into Utah. Its... more |
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First Look: 2009 Chevrolet Express And GMC Savana 4500 Cutaway Van
General Motors' latest workhorses are all-new for 2009. The Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana 4500 commercial cutaway vans are engineered to... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2007 Kia Rondo
Williams took the Rondo on a roundtrip run from Los Angeles to San Francisco to "load up a soon-to-be college grad with all her clean... more |
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Travel Road Test: Chevrolet 3500 Van
Road-Trekking Motorhome: Luxury Meets Four-Wheel-Drive Utility. Home & Park Motorhomes of Kitchener, Ontario, has married the creature... more |
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First Look: 2009 Volkswagen Routan minivan
The 2009 Volkswagen Routan minivan seems very much a German-influenced Town and Country. more |
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Long-Term Update: 2006 Kia Sedona EX
After racking up 30,000 miles, we drove the Sedona to Glendale Kia for its final service stop. more |
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2008 Kia Sedona Awarded 'Top Safety Pick' by IIHS
Already having earned a five-star crash safety rating from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety... more |
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2008 Honda Odyssey Pricing Starts at $25,860
The significantly-updated-for-2008 Honda Odyssey minivan goes on sale today with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price1 (MSRP) starting... more |
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2008 Toyota Sienna Is Only Family Van To Offer All-Wheel Drive
The 2008 Sienna is powered by a 266-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine, making it one of the most powerful family vans available, as well. more |
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Long-Term Update: 2006 Kia Sedona EX
Anyone who argues that minivans aren't as useful as SUVs should take a gander at the mileage on our Sedona. more |
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BMW Expands Sportvan Project
BMW is reportedly planning vehicle based off its 3 Series-called F3-though the company's board hasn't given it the green light, yet. more |
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Ford S-Max named 2007 European Car of the Year
Here's some good news for Ford: its S-Max earned the 2007 European Car of the Year award. A panel... more |
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Road Test: 2004 Dodge Sprinter
Taking the Sprinter to the track provided a chance to test its towing utility and its usefulness as a weekend apartment and all-around... more |
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Exclusive: Rethinking Minivans from Around the World
International auto shows have introduced a round of attractive new vans that, sadly, won't come to this country more |
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First Drive: 2005 Honda Odyssey
Honda's current Odyssey blew everyone out of the water when it was introduced as a 1999 model. more |
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Sneak Preview: 2004 Toyota Sienna
Everything but the Kitchen Sink more |
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2004 Nissan Quest 3.5SE and 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited vs. 2003 Honda Odyssey EX L-RES
Suburban Warriors: Two groundbreaking minivans take on the benchmark to solve the transportation riddles of the modern family more |
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2004 Nissan Quest 3.5SE and 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited vs. 2003 Honda Odyssey EX L-RES
Suburban Warriors: Two groundbreaking minivans take on the benchmark to solve the transportation riddles of the modern family more |
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First Drive: 2004 Toyota Sienna
Everything but the kitchen sink -- Can the Sienna's innovation level, feature content, and less boxy look reduce anti-minivan stigma? more |
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First Drive: 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited
Assimilating the competitions' best features to challenge segment leaders more |
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First Drive: 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited
Assimilating the competitions' best features to challenge segment leaders more |
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Family Ferries: Dodge Grand Caravan eX vs. Honda Odyssey vs. Kia Sedona EX
A value-priced Korean newcomer takes on America's best seller and the Japanese class standard more |
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Family Ferries: Dodge Grand Caravan eX vs. Honda Odyssey vs. Kia Sedona EX
A value-priced Korean newcomer takes on America's best seller and the Japanese class standard more |
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Posted May 5 2008 08:24 AM by Mark Williams
Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some... more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted April 11 2008 02:33 PM by Allyson Harwood
While it would make sense for cars, trucks, and SUVs to be painted in simple colors like "red" and "blue," that's never the case. Automakers use their own brand-specific paint mixes, and each one gets its own name.... more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted April 11 2008 03:38 PM by thomas_voehringer
Some trucks and SUVs have huge blindspots. Here's a technology that overcomes them. more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted April 18 2008 12:09 PM by Melissa
My sunny Friday mid-morning drive yielded a lot of eye candy and beater-classics on the open road. Take a look at what caught my eye this wonderful morning. more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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