14 Jan

Police Shootout: Ford Crown Victoria, Chevy Caprice Burst off-Road on Roadkill

No one ever desires to be chased by a fleet of cop cars, but when you found yourself in that position, which vehicle would you least desire to have in pursuit It’s an age-old question (one we asked last year in our cop car shootout): Which law enforcement vehicle is healthier in terms of chasing down bad guys To determine, Hot Rod’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan buy a couple of retired Ford Crown Victoria and Chevy Caprice full-size sedans and do what they do best in this week’s Roadkill. For the needs of this episode, the Roadkill crew bought two examples of what they call the suitable used cop cars currently available on the market: the 1994-1996 Chevy Caprice 9C1, and 2003-2011 Ford Crown Victoria P71. The Chevy is...
12 Jan

We Hear: Lighter, More Aggressive BMW X6 Coming in 2014

BMW’s X6 is an oddity, but it’s a successful oddity: the coupe-like crossover will survive to a brand new generation, and we’ll see the brand new version of the SUV with new looks and a lighter curb weight early in 2014. The X6′s distinctive body-BMW calls it a Sports Activity Coupe-makes it something of a spot product within the Usa (BMW sold nearly seven X5s to each X6 last year), but it’s enough of successful in international markets like China and Russia to warrant a brand new version. Autocar reports that some big changes are afoot, starting with the X6′s look: it’ll be more aggressive, perhaps borrowing some visual cues from the 4 Series coupe concept from earlier this year. It’ll sit atop the X5 platform as usual, albeit a...
12 Jan

Links for 2010-05-12 [del.icio.us]

The ultimate Peugeot buying guide Peugeot has produced the very best-looking and most well known cars of the past twenty years. Its hatchbacks have sold particularly well and remain amongst probably the most looked for used cars at the Auto Trader website.