Soccer moms never had it so good. Introducing the all new Mercedes R500. We just spent a week hauling people and stuff around in the slickest six-passenger vehicle on the market, and we figure this vehicle should be on everyone's…
Read More 2006 Mercedes-Benz R500: Six Passengers and a Six-Figure Income
We've already told you about ethanol-based E85 fuel-85% synthetic gasoline, made essentially from fermented corn. Certain vehicles available now can run on either this new E85 or the usual 87-octane gas we're used to; so-called 'Flex-Fuel Vehicles' (FFVs) have been…
Read More Flexible Future: Living With The E85 Flex Fuel Dodge Caravan
In truth, we're right now in the midst of the greatest resurgence of automobile performance since the late 1960s. Some obscure set of factors has finally re-converged to encourage a climate which enthusiasts find temperate; above fuel efficiency concerns, emissions…
Read More 2006 Saturn Vue Red Line: Sporty Style at Half the Price
Mazda has released details on the new CX-7 crossover SUV, a 2007 model which should be in dealerships this spring. Production of the CX-7 began last week in Hiroshima, Japan. Pricing will start at $23,750, making the curvaceous newcomer a…
Full disclosure: although we here at Roadfly.com get a good bit more track time than your average drivers-and we do drive a slew of high-powered hot-rods of all shapes and sizes over the course of a year-we really don't get…
Read More Heightening the Heartbeat of America: The 2006 Chevy Corvette
Three hundred and forty horses would seem to be enough in a two-ton sedan. So would 18" rims, a taut suspension, and grippy leather seats. In fact, you'd figure the standard Chrysler 300C would prove more than enough car for…
Read More 2006 Chrysler 300C SRT8: What if Rolls Royce Made a Musclecar?
Those wacky Japanese-thanks to them we get those neat t-shirts (you know, the ones that read "Super Happy Fun Boy!" or "Winning is for me #1!"), and that cool script that less-imaginative gaigin use to tattoo platitudes on themselves. We…
Saab has been something of a whipping-boy in the automotive press; paired up with BMWs and Audis and other sporty Euro-makes in comparison tests that the brand's basically predestined to lose. After all, Saab never really was about all-out European-style…
Read More 2006 Saab 9-3 Aero: Quirky for Quirky’s Sake-And Why Not?
We recently had occasion to spend a week driving a car we didn’t believe would still be around this far into the game. Not that we didn’t like the New Beetle-when unveiled, we were charmed right alongside the rest of…
Depending on your outlook on life, Jeep is either a pioneering symbol of Americana, or a devilish corporate tool of the netherworld. After all, the old 'General Purpose Vehicle' just about saved our bacon back there in a couple of…
