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Tag: Automatic
2018 Hyundai Accent Automatic Tested: More Is Less
– The Hyundai Accent is not the cheapest new car you can buy; that honor has belonged to the Nissan Versa for years now. Nor is it the roomiest subcompact—that would be the Honda Fit—or the most fun to drive in its segment, an honor we’d bestow on the Mazda-built Toyota Yaris iA. But while […]
Ford’s 2019 Ranger unveiled with automatic emergency brakes
After a few years away (at least in the US) Ford’s midsize truck, the Ranger, will return for the 2019 model year. Just unveiled ahead of the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, it’s one of two new models that Ford is releasing that includes automatic emergency braking. Other driver assists like lane […]
2018 Mazda 3 2.5L Automatic Sedan – Quick Test
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2018 Mazda 3 2.5L Automatic Sedan Tested: Still a Contender
– What It Is: Mazda’s aging, yet still excellent, compact 3 sedan. Also available as a hatchback, the attractive, fun-to-drive 3 earned a spot on our 10Best Cars list for several years after its most recent redesign. Although the 3 eventually ceded its position to newer models, Mazda’s incremental updates have helped the car defy […]
Toyota Yaris iA, Mazda CX-3 sales show crossover formula isn't an automatic win
While 2017 was another watershed year for crossovers, in one interesting case, a crossover had its lunch eaten by its sedan counterpart. In the past year, Toyota sold nearly 36,000 Yaris iAs, a sedan that is identical to the foreign-market Mazda2 in everything but Toyota’s ugly front bumper. In the same time frame, Mazda sold […]
2018 Honda Odyssey Nine-Speed Automatic – Quick Test
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Automatic Kick-In
The engineer of the Amtrak train that derailed during its inaugural run Monday near Olympia, Washington, killing at least three people and injuring 72 others, didn’t manually engage its emergency brake before a dozen passenger-filled cars were flung off the tracks, officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the derailment […]
This Week In Trailers: Automatic Unearthed, David Bowie: The Last Five Years, That’s Not Me, Bomb City, Catcalls
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
Investigation reveals that semi driver, not automatic braking, saved child from collision
Earlier this week we brought you a dash-cam video of a harrowing near-collision between a child who darted out into traffic on a busy country road and an approaching semi. It was thought to be an illustration of the effectiveness of Volvo‘s autonomous Automatic Emergency Braking technology. Turns out, the miraculous miss is down to […]
