BMW’s two-seat roadster, produced at a BMW plant in South Carolina, transforms for 2003 into an upgraded second-generation design featuring a racy exterior, larger engines and more equipment aboard. Even the name grows — from Z3 to Z4. The package size expands due to a longer wheelbase and broader track which forge a larger vehicle with more room in the ... Read More »
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2003 Chevrolet Malibu Mid-Size Sedan
Good driving characteristics, sharp styling and comfortable accommodations combine with attractive prices to make the Malibu sedan another bestseller for Chevrolet. Read More »
2003 Chevrolet S-10 Compact Pickup Truck
The complete assortment of Chevrolet's compact-class S-10 trucks for 2003 includes a two-door Regular Cab and Extended Cab with third rear-hinged door plus Crew Cab with four full-size doors. Read More »
2003 Audi A4 Sedan and Convertible
Audi’s A4 compact-class sedans and avant wagons emerged in 2002 with new generational designs that expanded the structure and stretches the wheelbase to forge a larger package with more cabin space for riders. Entry issue in the A4 series is the 1.8T sedan with a 1.8-liter turbo plant in FrontTrak format linked to a manual five-speed gearbox. In addition, Audi ... Read More »
2003 Acura RSX
Acura’s price-leader, a compact-class hatchback coupe, emerged in 2002 on Honda’s global compact platform as successor to the original coupe, Integra. It repeats for 2003 in two different flavors with the base RSX and high-performance Type-S edition. Both stock a twin-cam 2.0-liter four-in-line engine that employs Acura’s advanced i-VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) system with computer-controlled intelligence ... Read More »
2003 Audi A8 Large Luxury Sedan
Full-size flagship sedans from Audi revolve around a unibody structure derived from aluminum in a complex system designed to increase rigidity and pare weight. Add sheets of aluminum for roof, side panels, hood and trunk, and the resultant car in sedan shape weighs about 40 percent less than a steel-based equivalent, but it’s also 40 percent more stiff and rigid, ... Read More »
2003 Acura 3.2CL
3.2CL: Both CL models for 2003 — base 3.2CL and Type-S performance model — look sleek in wedge format with fresh exterior forms obviously inspired by shapes of classic Gran Turismo coupes out of Europe. The face changes with a new tipped-back grille trimmed in chrome that squeezes between composite lenses shielding xenon high intensity discharge (HID) headlamps. Monochromatic bumpers ... Read More »
2003 MDX Sport Utility Vehicle
Substantial upgrades go into 2003 models of Acura’s luxury sport-utility wagon. Debuting in 2001 with the unitized structure of a car plus car-like independent suspension elements and a strong V6 engine aboard, MDX for 2003 gets a V6 upgraded with a boost by 20 points to 260 hp. In addition, there’s a new five-speed electronic automatic transmission and drive-by-wire throttle. ... Read More »
2003 Audi Allroad Crossover Wagon
Audi’s designers tried to blend two seemingly disparate concepts of a curve-craving sports sedan with a mud-loving sport-utility vehicle — one a sleek pavement speeder that slinks snugly against asphalt, the other a boxy off-road machine hiked high in suspension to clear rough stuff on the trail. The vehicle produced by this mix is called allroad. It’s a cool scheme ... Read More »
2003 Audi TT Coupe and Roadster
Audi’s compact two-door machines appear as a slinky sports coupe or daring convertible roadster with roly-poly styling and curvy skin stretched tautly over exaggerated wheels. The FWD TT 1.8T employs a 1.8-liter turbo four of long stroke design with dual overhead cams and five valves per cylinder. It’s rated at 180 hp and connects to a five-speed manual transmission or ... Read More »
