Posts Tagged ‘rear doors’
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Meriva concept.We finally wound our way over to Opel's booth to check out the newest take on the compact MPV concept. The Meriva's small footprint would lend itself well to the urban confines Opel expects the majority of buyers to be based out of, and t......
Melbourne 2008: Holden Coupe 60 shocks showgoers
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above to view over 40 high-res photos of the Holden Coupe 60We're elated when an embargo doesn't break or official images don't somehow manage to find their way to the wrong people ahead of time, because then we're totally surprised by things like this: the Holden Coupe 60. Unveiled today at t......
VanTastic: 2009 Ford E-Series upgrades
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Just as Ford's F150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for decades, their E-Series (née Econoline) vans have also been sales champs since before the dawn of the 1980s. A strong presence in the trades delivers forty percent of the full-size van market to the E-Series. Ford's addi......
Geneva ‘08 Preview: Opel/Vauxhall Meriva Concept rendered
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click above for a high-res shot of the Opel/Vauxhall Meriva concept.We've already seen a rough sketch of the new Meriva concept from Opel/Vauxhall, but after a rendered image began leaking out onto the interwebs this week, GM's European division decided to put out a new image and a more extensive pr......
Chicago 2008: Ford Transit Connect arrives in the States ready to work
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
click above for a high-res gallery of the Ford Transit ConnectLots of businesses and even regular folk have a need for a vehicle with plenty of space inside to carry stuff that isn't necessarily incredibly heavy. For those applications, something like a full-size van is just overkill and results in ......
Clarkson considers the MINI Clubman “a toilet”
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
For all of his popularity and sceptered isle wit, it's probable that Jeremy Clarkson hasn't kept anyone from buying a car they really wanted. Which is a good thing for MINI and those folks looking at a Clubman, because Jezza has this to say about it: "About as desirable as a packet of dung or a can ......
Redesigned Mazda5 coming to Bologna Motor Show
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
click above image to view more pics of the redesigned Mazda5The Mazda5 seems to be a few quarts short of Zoom-Zoom juice compared to the rest of Mazda's lineup. It just has never seemed able to generate the same excitement from customers as the brand's other cars. Perhaps that's because it's fundame......
Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki Palette vs. Daihatsu Tanto
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we're cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows.click above image to view just how much legroom this truly mini vans have
Pity poor Suzuki. Japan's vast market for mini vehicles has been......
SEMA 2007 Preview: Jeep Wrangler JT
Sunday, August 19th, 2007
click above image to view new high-res pics of the Jeep JTJeep first unveiled the Wrangler JT earlier this year at the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, and we got our first up-close look in June at Chrysler's proving ground. Jeep created the JT from a four-door Wrangler Unlimited by sealing off th......
First Drive: 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
click above image to view high-res gallery of the 2008 Dodge Grand CaravanThe minivan is dead, so says GM and Ford. They've all but given up on the sliding-door people movers. But where two-thirds of the Big Three see a dead end, Dodge sees an opportunity. And so do Toyota, Honda, Kia and Hyundai, w......