Toyota's GT86 spin-offs for the United States market have hit a bit of a slump recently. Owners aren't the happiest bunch out there. They've hardly taken delivery of what's the sportiest cheap car out there and it seems like it's starting to feel about as much as it costs. 2013 Subaru BRZ The clever adaptive ECU they've used in the...
You have yourself a relatively new Audi Q5, it's a 2012 model, it comes with all the toys you want and it gives you the right feeling you need from it. There's a luxurious feel to the interior and there's a high driving position for you without needing to drive some enormous cumbersome SUV. 2012 Audi Q5 According to the...
Not everything coming from the news box these days is happy. You can console yourself with the season but you know it's going to take more than that. These bad news come from the British are Mini, or rather the British at Prodrive. They handle the Mini Countryman rally project and they've got bad news in double figures. After having...
According to the NHTSA several thousand Ford F-Series pickup trucks wearing 2011 and 2012 model years will be headed for a recall pretty soon. The problems that generated this action are due to a manufacturing issue that's not necessarily problematic in the real world, but misses to comply with some federal standards. Models affected by the recall are spread across...
I'll probably never forget the mess Toyota got into with all those unintended acceleration/floor mat and such problems but it does feel nice to see them constantly working on it. One of their latest efforts will be this just announced voluntary recall that concerns the 2011 Toyota Tundra pickup. There's a number of 51.000 Toyota Tundra trucks that are going...
The 2011 Honda Odyssey already had a recall this year and it was one of the weirdest ever, one I blamed on users more than Honda. Honda's previous recall was related to some wiper problems, but this time the 2011 Odyssey has trouble with the front windows. The problem is clearly related with the faulty front driver and passenger window...
