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Chrysler 200 Earns EPA Rating Of 18 MPG City, 29 MPG Highway

While Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has yet to announce fuel economy for the new 2015 Chrysler 200, the Environment Protection Agency inadvertently leaked figures for one configuration, the V6 AWD model....

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Volkswagen Unveils Plans For 5 Series/E-Class Fighter

The world is not enough for Volkswagen AG, as it now has plans to introduce a mid-size sedan to slot between the Passat and the Phaeton. AutoBild reports the proposed model will do battle with the BMW...

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Compact SUVs Gain Popularity At Expense Of Midsize, Compact Cars

While compact SUVs are doing well in the showroom, their success comes at the expense of midsize and compact car sales. In a report from Edmunds, 63 percent of compact SUV owners traded a midsize SUV,...

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2016 Chrysler 200 Limited Rental Review – An Appreciation Of An Extraordinary...

A few months ago, my esteemed colleague Ronnie Schreiber found himself in possession of a McLaren 675LT for the week. Not having a tremendous amount of personal experience with supercars, and not in a...

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I’m Driving a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu 1.5T and Feel Guilty for Liking It This Much

We were in our Honda Odyssey last Saturday, transporting our dog to a special canine event 20 miles from our home, when the gorgeous 2016 Mazda6 was taken from our house and a Chevrolet Malibu was...

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Would Most Crossover Drivers Be Happier With Sedans?

“Well, I mean, all this is basic and terrible,” said Mrs. Bark, pointing to the dash of our rental Hyundai Sonata. “But this could work for us.” Mrs. Bark just turned 40. She’s an educated woman with...

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It’s Not Easy Being #1: Camry Incentives Rise High as Toyota Chases 15th...

The Toyota Camry began a streak of 14 consecutive years as America’s best-selling car in 2002. Holding that number one position isn’t easy. Toyota does not merely need the Camry to continue to live up...

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It Didn’t Take Five Years: The Toyota RAV4 Outsold The Toyota Camry In August...

Will the Toyota RAV4 outsell Toyota’s long-running best-selling car, the Toyota Camry, within the next five years? Nine months ago, Toyota Motor Corp.’s U.S. boss, Bob Carter, said, “I’ll bet you lunch...

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Midsize Sedan Death Watch #3: August 2016 Midsize Sales Plunge 26%

There will always be a place in the American market for the conventional midsize sedan. Despite harsh declines in recent months, consumers are still on track to register more than 2 million midsize...

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #4: September Sales Plummet 11%, a 21,000-Unit Drop

This is the fourth overall edition of TTAC’s Midsize Sedan Deathwatch. The midsize sedan as we know it  — “midsizedus sedanicus” in the original latin — isn’t going anywhere any time soon, but the...

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #5: October 2016 Sales Plunge 20 Percent, Most Cars...

This is the fifth overall edition of TTAC’s Midsize Sedan Deathwatch. The midsize sedan as we know it — “midsizedus sedanicus” in the original latin — isn’t going anywhere any time soon, but the...

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Volkswagen Passat GT Concept: ‘Come on, You Guys Want This or Not?’

A concept, or the first of many? That’s what Volkswagen execs need to decide once feedback rolls in from the conservatively sporting Passat GT concept shown off at this week’s Los Angeles Auto Show....

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QOTD: What Was The Most Desirable Mid-Sizer Ever?

I had somewhat of a unique high school experience, in the sense that it was the most after-school special, stereotypical experience possible. I went to a suburban school with just the right amount of...

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2017 Volkswagen Passat V6 Review – Lower Saxony’s Tennessee Sedan Volunteers...

Time flies. 2017 is the sixth model year for the Chattanooga, Tennessee-built Volkswagen Passat, the Americanized family sedan that aimed for the heart of the market so routinely missed by its...

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Something Wicked No More? Next Year Could Be the Lexus GS’ Last

When the second-generation Lexus GS 400 arrived in North America in late 1997, the automaker paired the introduction with a can’t-miss-it ad campaign. “Something wicked this way comes,” the glossy...

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2018 Acura TLX Shapes up, Lowers Its Shield

Slowly but surely, the inhabitants of the Acura stable are dropping the toned-down version of the brand’s polarizing “shield” grille in favor of the far more appealing “diamond pentagon” mouth. That...

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It’s Looking More Likely That the ES is the New Lexus GS

In a manner of speaking, that is. A recent report cast doubt on the future of Lexus’ rear-drive performance sedan, the GS, claiming that development of a next-generation model was off the table. That...

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #12: Is That An Atlas Intruding Into Your Territory?

The Volkswagen Passat has a roomie. Production of the Volkswagen Atlas, Volkswagen of America’s first three-row SUV and the automaker’s first three-row vehicle since the Dodge Grand Caravan-derived...

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2018 Honda Accord Kills the V6, Adds Type R Engine

The 10th generation of Honda’s venerable Accord will debut for 2018 without a V6 engine option. A few months later to the all-new midsize party than the next-generation 2018 Toyota Camry, the new...

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The 2018 Toyota Camry Has the Most Standard Horsepower in America’s Midsize...

The all-new 2018 Toyota Camry’s new 2.5-liter four-cylinder base engine generates 203 horsepower in the entry-level model, 206 horsepower in the 2018 Camry XSE. This means the eighth-generation Camry...

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Toyota Truly Believes 2018 Camry Will Do For Midsize Sedans What Tacoma Did...

Excited at the prospect of an all-new midsize sedan despite a drastic decrease in demand for midsize sedans, Toyota is ramping up employment at the Camry’s assembly plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. With...

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2018 Honda Accord Abandons the V6, Ditches the Coupe, Maintains the Manual

After a brief history lesson underscoring just how important the Accord has been to North America throughout the last four decades, Honda unveiled the 10th generation of its midsize sedan to a...

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2018 Honda Accord Designer: “Accord Is an American Car”

The 2018 Honda Accord will be assembled in Marysville, Ohio. The overwhelming majority of its sales will occur in the United States of America. Its dimensions, inside and out, suit the U.S. market. In...

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Hyundai Acknowledges Seventh-Generation 2015-2017 Sonata “Didn’t Turn Heads”

After the forgotten third-generation car, the odd and bulbous fourth-generation car, and the dull fifth-generation car, the sixth Hyundai Sonata was unveiled at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. It was...

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All of the New 2018 Toyota Camrys Sold in America in July Were Japan Imports

We learned early in July that many of the early 2018 Toyota Camrys available in Toyota’s U.S. showrooms wouldn’t be built in Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant. Through June, not a single...

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Honda Declares the Midsize Car Alive As It Prepares to Launch Next Accord

One reason why this post was published Wednesday instead of earlier in the week is that I was at a Chicago-area event where Honda PR was presenting the all-new Accord to local media. This particular...

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Which Acura TLX Competitor Scares Acura Dealers? Apparently, the 2018 Honda...

It made perfect sense. In 2009, when Hyundai wanted customers to view its new Genesis luxury sedan as a premium bit of kit, Hyundai did not compare the Genesis to the Sonata. In an early marketing...

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QOTD: Does Any Car Do a Better (or Worse) Job of Looking Good and Bad Than...

Sometimes the little things make a big difference. Body color door handles, for example, can take a simple compact car from appearing fit for penalty box duty to appearing worthy of driveway placement....

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #15: Toyota Camry Proves to Be a Killer In August 2017

The launch of the all-new 2018 Toyota Camry began in July 2017 and delivered a big boost to America’s best-selling midsize car in August 2017. As its competitors combined for a 12-percent loss valued...

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First Look: 2019 Genesis G70 Midsize Luxury Sedan

Ever since Hyundai spun Genesis off into its own premium brand, we’ve been trying to figure out where it best fits. While an Asian brand, it lacks the quirkiness of most of its Japanese equivalents....

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American Honda Believes Sales of the New Honda Accord Won’t Fall, Sinks $267...

American Honda’s vice president for sales, Ray Mikiciuk, won’t provide a firm forecast for sales of the 10th-generation Honda Accord. But as far as next year goes, “I don’t expect to sell fewer Accords...

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2018 Nissan Altima Prices Rise Slightly as Nissan Adds Equipment, Prepares a...

Bolstered in its fight against all-new editions of key rivals from Toyota and Honda with the standard fitment of automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning, the 2018 Nissan Altima’s...

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2018 Honda Accord First Drive – Like It or Not, Honda Will Sell a Lot

Let’s get this out of the way up front – I’ve always had a soft spot for the Honda Accord. I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a fanboy, but I am a former owner of an ‘90s-era Accord coupe (I bought...

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The Subaru Legacy Sport Utility Sedan Returns, in a Sense

What does an automaker do after the company’s three-year-old midsize sedan — the only midsize sedan with standard all-wheel drive — is slightly upgraded for 2018? It initiates a new marketing campaign....

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Honda Wanted 2018 Accord to Top Midsize Class in Fuel Economy – It Does No...

From a historical midsize perspective, the all-new 2018 Honda Accord is rather thrifty with the Earth’s decreasing supply of oil. It’s fuel efficient, in other words. Over the span of 10,000 highway...

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #16: The Decline of the Midsize Class’s Middle Class

Ever more minor midsize players continued to see their share of America’s midsize sedan segment dwindle in September 2017. The cause: domination on the part of America’s two major midsize cars. The...

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The 2018 Honda Accord 2.0T Is, in Fact, Quicker Than a 2017 Honda Accord V6

We learned in June that the 10th-generation Honda Accord, launched this fall for the 2018 model year, would lose its optional V6 engine. The impact in the marketplace would scarcely be felt, as the...

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Midsize Sedan Deathwatch #17: Trouble In October 2017, Unless Your Name’s...

U.S. sales of midsize cars plunged 16 percent to fewer than 130,000 units in October 2017, the lowest-volume month for the midsize sedan category since the winter doldrums of January. For almost every...

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Interested in More Power? Mazda Drops a Turbo Into a Troubled Sedan

Underpowered. Not as refined as the competition. Fantastic looks. Excellent handling. It’s hard to find a review of the Mazda 6 midsize sedan that doesn’t include at least two of these observations....

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So, Who’s Winning the Midsize Sedan Battle?

  In a shrinking segment increasingly dominated by two longstanding nameplates, the battle for sales supremacy is quickly resembling a U.S. election. Two main players, plus a handful of also-rans. (In...

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So, Which of These Two Models Won the Race Last Year?

Coke and Pepsi. Colt and Smith & Wesson. Bert and Ernie. Camry and Accord. The greatest rivalries inspire both loyalty and loathing among fans on either sides of the fence, but there can be only...

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6 Appeal: Mazda’s Newly Turbocharged Midsize Reveals Its MPGs As Automaker...

This is the sixth model year for the third-generation Mazda 6 which, despite its age, remains arguably the best-looking midsize sedan on the market. Mazda belatedly answered long-standing cries for...

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Ace of Base – 2017.5 Mazda 6 Sport

I’ll be the first to freely admit that I am completely befuddled when an automaker officially markets a car as a “.5” model year. Barring a vehicle receiving notable updates six months before a...

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A Car! A Car! – Volkswagen’s 2019 Arteon Is Not, in Fact, a Crossover or Some...

Forgive the headline writer’s apparent shock. He thought Volkswagen was all about SUVs now, yet before him stands a premium midsize fastback sedan from none other than that German utility vehicle...

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All-wheel-drive Mazda 6 Prospects Looking Very Iffy

Back in January, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration listed crash test ratings for the 2018 Mazda 6 in two distinctive flavors: the front-wheel model and the… all-wheel-drive variant?...

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Nissan’s Next-gen Altima Is Just Weeks Away, So Here’s a Preview

The early-to-mid 2000s wasn’t an era of great automobile design. Frankly, most automakers should be ashamed of themselves. However, among all of the Tauruses and Malibus and bloated Accords, one...

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The Thin Green Line: 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid Heads to Dealers, Undercuts...

The epic battle known as Honda Accord vs. Toyota Camry won’t end until we’re all sitting in the backseat of a driverless electric Ford shuttle bus, content in knowing we’re doing the right thing for...

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Spot the Changes: 2019 Ford Fusion Gains Newish Face, Plug-in Version Now...

Squint harder. Yes, there are changes afoot in the 2019 Ford Fusion’s visage, though you’ll be forgiven if you can’t spot them from across the Lowe’s parking lot. The automaker released images and...

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