ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: We got to know the 2012 Honda Civic Si coupe real well when we rounded up seven performance cars starting under $ 30,000 last year.
As
road test editor Chris Nelson relates: «I've had three different people ask me recently which of these vehicles they should buy.
SENIOR ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: I have to admit, I can go for long stretches where I never once think of Mitsubishi Motors, and when I do, it may take me a second to not confuse it with Suzuki, which doesn't even exist anymore (at least as a maker of vehicles that find their way Stateside).
As
road test editor Eric Weiner noted in the last update, the German two - door made the trip to me from Gingerman Raceway via BMW roadside assistance and a flatbed.
ROAD TEST EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: This pickup is what Barney Ross from «The Expendables» would drive if he didn't have that sweet old ’55 Ford.
The 178 - hp, 1.6 - liter, direct - injected, turbocharged four - cylinder engine seems small and underpowered on the specification sheet, yet
as road test editor Christopher Nelson reports, «It feels like it has just the right amount of power.»
«No one would be embarrassed driving this car,»
says road test editor Chris Nelson, who ferried the Mazda to his parents» home near Chicago on its first adventure.
Watch as Autoweek
road test editor Jonathan Wong shares more details about the Cadillac ELR from the Detroit auto show floor.
Day One starts
with road test editor Chris Nelson outlining the itinerary and mapping our three road routes.
James Whitbourn is a former mechanical design engineer in the car industry, and comes to ABDC with a background as a former
road test editor for Wheels magazine and today writes for a host of websites and magazines including Wheels, Money Magazine and WhichCar.
And they echo another trend for these engines: When evo
road test editor Dan Prosser drove a 718 Cayman S for a recent group test, he noted that the car's lifetime fuel economy was under 20mpg.
Former Road Test editor Eric Weiner and I each got a few laps in the Miata Cup car at the tight, second - and third - gear M1 Concours in Pontiac, Michigan.
ASSOCIATE
ROAD TEST EDITOR BRAD CONSTANT: We've had many F - 150s come through the fleet, but to date this Limited trim is my favorite «regular» iteration.
At least these tires are predictable, letting
Road Test Editor Robin Warner abuse the car's great chassis and low adhesion into a series of slides for the crowd.
I told
Mrs. Road Test Editor that it's good for darting around traffic; she wondered why anyone would want to «dart around traffic.»
Autoweek road test editor Jonathan Wong takes us underneath the 2013 Ford F - 150 SVT Raptor to show us what sets it apart from the basic F - 150 — and then runs it through a rugged off - road course to demonstrate its all - terrain chops.
The Automobile Magazine award - selection week was unusually new and fresh this year, thanks in part to the involvement of our
new road test editor, Christopher Nelson, who came to us this summer straight out of Indiana University, in Bloomington, home of Nick's English Hut on Kirkwood Avenue — famous for Sink the Bismarck, the best college drinking game in the world.
«Driving the Model S is decidedly not like piloting a Nissan Leaf or an electric Smart,»
notes road test editor Christopher Nelson.
Once we get lap times out of the Ferrari F12, Porsche 911, and Corvette Stingray, Motor Trend associate
road test editor Carlos Lago and Pobst head out for some hot laps, where they discuss details like the Ferrari's fabulous - sounding 731 - hp naturally aspirated 6.3 - liter V - 12, the Corvette Stingray's high performance for its bargain price tag, and the unflappability of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.
There was Road & Track
Assistant Road Test Editor Shaun Bailey sitting on the steps of our Newport Beach offices with his head in his hands.
The $ 50K as - tested price isn't cheap, but it is less than I guessed
when road test editor Wong handed me the keys, so there's that...
Just a few years ago, this Dodge could have passed as a mid-size sedan, but
now road test editor Christopher Nelson says, «I don't think it fits and plays in this segment very well.»
«It doesn't try to be anything other than a midsize sedan, which is actually refreshing,»
concludes road test editor Christopher Nelson.
On single trips, no other driver was able to
best Road Test Editor Joe Bruzek's 43.5 - mpg average, despite once traveling over 500 miles on one tank.
Even with the air suspension, «the LS has nothing over the now - aging BMW 7 - series in terms of steering feel, wheel control, or in its ability to provide a ride that is comfortable yet tied down,»
offered road test editor Marc Noordeloos.
It paused in Ann Arbor just long enough for art director Matt Tierney to snap a few pictures
before road test editor Chris Nelson hopped in to rendezvous with me, exchanging the JX for the Four Seasons Mazda CX - 5.
It wasn't
until Road Test Editor Jonathan Elfalan and I took it through its paces at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway that we could let its new character shine through.