Park Avenue Ultra ripples with energy due to a mechanical supercharger used to extract more-than-normal power from a six-cylinder engine. Read More »
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2004 Buick Rainer Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Rainier's agile nature and smooth ride quality are the result of a rigid ladder-frame chassis with one-piece steel rails running the length of the wagon. Read More »
2004 Audi A8L Full-Size Luxury Sedan
Consider the new A8L flagship sedan from Audi of Germany: It's a kinetic work of automotive art, chiseled from aluminum with a space frame structure stretched to extravagant length and an elegant cabin decorated in glossy hardwoods and supple leathers and filled with limousine luxuries. Read More »
2004 Buick Rainier Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle
Ride with us as we steer a Rainier, the new sport-utility vehicle from Buick, up a winding mountain road to Rainier, the ice-capped cone in the state of Washington. Read More »
2004 Acura TSX Compact Sports Sedan
TSX fills a new parking space in Acura's garage, fitting in size and price between the larger 3.2TL mid-size luxury sedan and that race-bred ripper of a compact hatchback coupe, RSX. Read More »
2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor Mid-Size Crossover Sport Utility Vehicle
Lots of twisty roads, yet it's no contest for the new Endeavor sport-utility wagon from Mitsubishi because this vehicle -- organized to direct all engine power not to the rear wheels as would a conventional truck-based SUV but to the rollers up front that also steer -- quickly demonstrates an easy-to-drive attitude with uncommon agility. Read More »
2003 Toyota Corolla Sub-Compact Sedan
It's appropriate that this car is introduced halfway between Japan and the US in Hawaii as Corolla has tire marks on both continents. First arriving here in the midst of the gas crises of the 70s, it became the answer to the bloated barges from Detroit. But few would consider that it would eventually surpass the Model T and the VW Beetle as the single most produced car model of all time. Read More »
2003 Honda Accord Mid-Size Four-Door Sedan and Two-Door Coupe
After five years atop best-seller charts with products based on the sixth generation of designs from 1998, Honda's mid-size Accord series rolls out in completely new format for 2003 models. Read More »
2003 Toyota Matrix Compact Sedan
Hawaii is over run with small sedans and pickups, and vehicles like the Matrix fit right into the local lifestyle. With more and more of us aspiring to a tropical way of life, perhaps this could be the ideal vehicle, providing comfort, versatility, sportiness and all-wheel drive safety, all at an affordable price, along with economical and ecological driving behaviors. Read More »
2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 Mid-Size Sedan
The Passat W8 - Passat's top-of-the-line model - becomes Volkswagen's flagship car in North America and, defines its position with a combination of power, standard amenities, and German engineering. This is the first 8-cylinder powered Volkswagen offered anywhere and the Passat W8 is just the start of VW's attempt to move its Volkswagen brand uptown. Read More »
