Brands - Car Reporters

The Next Name to be Part of the Pickup Crowd

8Nov

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Mercedes-Benz

The Next Name to be Part of the Pickup Crowd

The truck lineup we have in the US is as strong as it’s ever been and the names we see are familiar. Every so often we have a newcomer to the group that gives us something a bit different, but many times that newcomer isn’t able to last very long because of the competition or because they are a sub brand of a company that already has a strong truck following. Lincoln and Cadillac have both attempted to bring us pickup trucks that were to be luxury models with the guts to get the job done, but truck customers preferred their Fords and Chevys to these other names. (more…)

The Longest Argument in American Sports Cars

4Nov

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Chevrolet, Ford

The Longest Argument in American Sports Cars

One of the longest rivalries that we’ve seen on the automotive market takes place between the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. These two sports cars have being going head to head since the 1960s and have been argued over for several decades. There hasn’t been a clear winner in years and with these two cars going at it, there still might not be a clear victor over the other. (more…)

4Nov

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

Bugatti

The Car You Want to Know About

Even though a vast majority of those of you who read this article will never get the opportunity to drive this car, we all want to know more about it. The car in question is the new Bugatti Chiron which is the successor to the Veyron and a fitting way for Bugatti to continue to be a leader in the world of speed, elegance and pure sport luxury in a car that’s tops the chart at more money than most of us will ever make in a lifetime. The Chiron will show up with a massive 8.0-liter W16 quad turbocharged 1,500 horsepower engine that certainly grabs your attention, but there’s much more to this car than just power. (more…)

2017 Cadillac CTS: Power in the Luxury Segment

28Oct

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Cadillac

2017 Cadillac CTS: Power in the Luxury Segment

Cadillac has a habit of being an amazing performer in the market of luxury vehicles, especially since they basically remade their entire look and feel. The CTS has served several purposes for Cadillac and now that the brand has the CT6 as the flagship model the CTS can settle in and be what it’s supposed to be; an amazing performance luxury car that makes all others question their own position in the luxury market. (more…)

27Oct

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

Porsche

The 718 Cayman is a Thing of Beauty

Porsche has made it known that the 718 engine will be used in a variety of ways, but that doesn’t mean that the vehicles will suffer at all for using this smaller engine in fact the use of the 718 setup is meant to give the Porsche lineup even more fun and allow us to once again admire how well Porsche can do with making the absolute most benefit from the engineering that they use in their vehicles. With that in mind, the Cayman and Cayman S for 2017 will carry the 718 engine and are ready for us to enjoy them. (more…)

26Oct

By Rocco PennNo Comments

Ford

The Perfect Off-Roading Truck

Isn’t it time for you to be able to head off road and have the excitement that comes with reaching far off locations? If you want to have a great vehicle to take on the trails and into the wilderness as you blaze your own version of the trails you need something tough, rugged, capable and powerful to get the job done. Most of us admire the Jeep lineup of vehicles, and they are certainly awesome off road machines that have been designated as some of the most impressive on the market, but there may be another vehicle that you want to have for the off road adventures that will give you what you need. (more…)

2017 Subaru Outback: More than what You See

25Oct

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Subaru

2017 Subaru Outback: More than what You See

For years the Subaru Outback has been mired and admired by the thought that it wasn’t a real SUV. Much like Pinocchio, the Outback has many features of an SUV, but it also has the size and shape of a wagon. While this vehicle screams out “I’m a real SUV” it seems to still be a vehicle that we’ve admired for many years as it has built a nearly cult following of shoppers who love to drive the Outback and won’t choose anything else. This could be because of exactly what you get when you drive this beautifully confused vehicle. (more…)

2017 Volkswagen Passat: Standing Alone in a Crowd

20Oct

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Volkswagen

2017 Volkswagen Passat: Standing Alone in a Crowd

The midsize car segment has been littered with models for many years that have come from a variety of places. You see models from American, Japanese and Korean brands that are made to give you a fantastic menu of vehicles to choose from, but there is one lone European model that’s part of the mainstream midsize car segment, the Volkswagen Passat. This is a car that offers you the driving manners you’ve been looking for and the features that make it one of the most impressive midsize cars on the market today. (more…)

19Oct

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

BMW

What did BMW bring to Paris?

BMW has been working on the X2, we know this because spy shots have been shared on many different automotive websites, but they chose to bring a concept model of the new X2 to the Paris Motor Show to give us a look at what will be their next luxury compact crossover model. This SUV came in bathed in a red-orange paint with gray cladding on the sides to give it a dramatic look and the appearance of an SUV up front and a sports coupe in the back to make the X2 ad combination vehicle that you want to pay close attention to. (more…)

Volkswagen Shows off the Concept Version of the New Beetle

18Oct

By Rocco PennNo Comments

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Shows off the Concept Version of the New Beetle

That’s what most have chosen to call this new concept car because the Volkswagen download file is titled “Beetle” but there hasn’t been an official announcement of the name. The simple reality is that this new concept car will be the first vehicle built on the new Modular Electric Platform from Volkswagen called MEB. This car showed up at the Paris Auto Show to give the beleaguered brand a new drive and a new direction to change the course of their own history. Volkswagen is so excited by this new model they’ve said it will revolutionize the industry in the same way the Beetle actually did over seventy years ago. (more…)