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The Lexus CT200h Is Dead: Hybrid Hatch Won’t Return for 2018
– The Lexus CT200h has reached the end of the line. Lexus said the hybrid hatchback won’t return for the 2018 model year, at least in the United States; it’ll continue to be sold elsewhere for the foreseeable future. The CT first arrived in 2011 and has been Lexus’s smallest and least expensive offering for several […]
2017 Toyota Corolla iM Automatic Tested: Room-Temperature Hatch
– Those paying attention will recognize this snappy-looking compact hatchback, sold overseas as the Toyota Auris, as the same car that made its U.S. debut badged as the 2016 Scion iM. Soon after the iM appeared in showrooms, the Scion brand was snuffed out, so it has been absorbed into the bosom of Mother Toyota […]
How a 2015 Volkswagen Golf R kick-started my hot hatch life
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to own a hot hatch? Ever looked at a high spoiler with envy? Does the fantastic sound of a popping exhaust turn your head? Seriously, who hasn’t? Having all of that in something unassuming (for the most part) and practical? Could be perfect. You can do […]
Utah poll: Evan McMullin leads Orrin Hatch in potential Senate matchup
George Frey/Getty Images A new poll revealed that former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin would defeat incumbent Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch in a potential matchup in a US Senate race, Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV reported. The poll by JMC Analytics and commissioned by The Centrist Project, an organization that is recruiting candidates for public office […]
2017 Honda Civic Hatchback CVT Tested: Hatch to the Max
– With the 10th-generation Civic, Honda brought back much of what American fans of the storied compact loved through the years, as well as added a few new wrinkles—hello, Type R! But as excited as we are for America’s first ever Civic Type R, it’s the return of the hatchback body style to the lineup […]
2018 Buick Regal Debuts with Slick Styling, Torque Vectoring, and a Hatch!
– Buick’s new Regal and the Audi A4 seem set on a collision course. It has been a long time—maybe ever—since we could have typed any sentence that buoyed a Buick into the same conversation as Audi, but the all-new 2018 Regal works hard to ensure this is no false equivalence. For proof, check out […]
Renault Zoe e-Sport Concept is a hot hatch for the EV crowd
Nicolas Prost wants a new company car. At the Geneva Motor Show, the Renault e.dams Formula E pilot drives a bright blue hatchback onto the stage, with Renault Senior VP of Electric Vehicles, Gilles Normand in the passenger seat. The two exit the car, and Prost demands to hear the specs. 0-62 mph in 3.2 […]
Zoe, Is That You? Renault’s EV Hatch Gets a 456-HP Racy Makeover
– The Renault Zoe hatchback, a low-powered all-electric runabout, has about as little in common with Formula 1 cars as a Ford Fusion does with its NASCAR counterpart. But a racy-looking new concept version of the Zoe at the Geneva auto show highlights the little EV’s performance potential by connecting it with Renault’s efforts in the Formula E […]
Audi updates the RS3 hatch to sedan specs, but we still aren't getting it
As great as the upcoming Audi RS3 sedan looks and sounds, we’re still a bit jealous of the Europeans and others who get the five-door Sportback version. And now even more so, because for 2018 the RS3 Sportback is being updated to match the specs of the RS3 sedan that debuted last fall at the […]
