It’s just a tweaked version of Subaru’s new 2012 Impreza, but whoa. Take a look at the new 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek and you almost forget this is the car could catch repeat Subaru sales from owners of the Impreza Outback Sport five-door hatchback. Even with the 2011 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport’s available two-tone exterior [...]

With so many new models arriving in the coming year, there’s plenty to look forward to in 2012. We at Motor Trend already have our must-drive wish list jotted down (we’ll share our staff picks later). But forum user Rofl Wafflez wants to know which upcoming car you’d like to drive most in today’s Thread [...]

Admit it: Enthusiasts love to bench race. What better way is there than to quote the latest performance figures to prove which sports car is the fastest? Conversely test numbers can also enlighten those of us who can’t afford mega-dollars exotics about which cars may not be the best at merging at highway speed.
We rounded [...]

We bring you two video finds today; both shot on the same night at the same track. The racing appears to be hot at Palm Beach International Raceway in December.
In the first video, a “lightly modified” Nissan GT-R takes on the mighty Bugatti Veyron 16.4. The second video shows a modified Nissan GT-R going head-to-head [...]

For the first time since 2007, the Ford Motor Co. is reporting that its Ford brand has surpassed the two-million unit milestone in the U.S. The automaker is crediting its new small cars (namely the Fiesta and Focus) and the new Explorer for the sales growth.
Some of the attribution can be credited to the overall [...]

We like to keep a varied bunch of cars in our long-term test fleet. Some are more suited for the track and canyons, while others are commissioned for commuting duties. The following cars, however, were often picked for the long hauls, and they have they odometer readings to prove it. Topping the list is the [...]

There’s no denying that we get to drive some pretty sweet cars working here at Motor Trend, especially when you take our 2011 Best Driver’s Car competition into account, which featured a combined total of 82-cylinders, 5000 horsepower, and a combined value of $1.5 million, in a field that featured the likes of the Ferrari [...]

Though the roller coaster ride that was Saab’s slow and painful decent into bankruptcy has finally come to an end, the saga isn’t over just yet. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, Indian automaker Mahindra, a company that has had some troubles of its own — most notably its failure to break into the [...]

Though the United Auto Workers remains committed to its goal of unionizing all foreign-owned car factories within the U.S., the union is now reportedly turning its attention to the American plants of German companies Volkswagen and Daimler. According to Reuters, the UAW expects it will be easier to organize workers for the VW Group and [...]

General Motors is recalling some 4300 units of its 2012 Chevrolet Sonic after finding that some of the Sonics were missing front brake pads.
The Problem: Dealers discovered that some 2012 Chevrolet Sonics were missing either a front inner or front outer brake pad. If one or both of the front brake pads are missing, the [...]