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2013 Chevrolet Malibu Mid-Size Sedan

2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco

Now for 2013 Chevrolet Malibu scores yet another complete redo inside and out -- it uses a front-wheel-drive platform designed in Europe, wears a sleek aerodynamic shell and brings an expanded-width passenger compartment dressed with fine materials and top-quality switchgear. Read More »

2012 Subaru Impreza Compact Sedan and Hatchback

2012 Subaru Impreza Compact Sedan

Impreza has been redesigned in a fourth generation of models for 2012, which conform as a 4-door notchback sedan and 5-door hatchback. Collectively, these new vehicles are stronger, more powerful and more serious than any previous Imprezas, and they look streamlined slick dressed in sleek new packages. Read More »

2012 Nissan Sentra SE-R Compact Sedan

2012 Nissan Sentra Compact Sedan

Beneath its sleek painted shell, the souped-up front-wheel-drive Sentra conceals special suspension tweaking with sport-tuned struts and strut tower braces, plus an optional Helical Limited-Slip Differential aboard, which enables this car to rip quickly out of a curve without spinning the inside front wheel. Read More »

2012 Honda Civic Compact Sedan

2012 Honda Civic Compact Sedan

All sedans in the 2012 Civic series employ a four-cylinder aluminum engine which displaces 1.8 liters and carries Honda's special i-VTEC (variable value timing and lift electronic control) valvetrain to precisely manage engine breathing and combustion in order to maximize horsepower and disperse torque across a broad band. The plant generates 140 hp at 6300 rpm plus torque of 128 lb-ft at 4300 rpm. Read More »

2012 Ford Focus Compact Sedan And Hatchback

2012 Ford Focus Compact Sedan And Hatchback

Flash forward to Ford's 2012 lineup and Focus emerges in edgy new designs constructed on a front-wheel-drive platform with the wheelbase stretched some six inches longer than previous iterations. Styling of the body appears aerodynamic and different in a rounded form but with sharply creased planes and a steeply raked windshield. Read More »

2012 Toyota Prius v Mid-Size Hatchback

2012 Toyota Prius V Mid-Size Hybrid Hatchback

It teams a thrifty but conventional 1.8-liter four-cylinder Atkinson-cycle engine that sips gasoline with a pair of high-voltage and high-torque electric motors -- one to turn the front wheels and the other to work so many power accessories as well as crank up the four-pack engine and recharge a load of on-board batteries. Read More »