Fuel Infection
Automotive Reviews
2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sportwagon
Aug 2nd
Every once in a while, a car comes along that’s so unabashedly ridiculous, so completely beyond the pale of practicality and sensibility…that you’ve just got to have one. The Cadillac CTS-V Sportwagon is one of those vehicles. Oh, sure, it’s got a nice big cargo area that makes it useful for carrying groceries, luggage or the odd writing desk–but is there any reason that you would need to get your cargo there this quickly?
Of course there is, and that reason is the same reason that the CTS-V Sportwagon exists in the first place: because it’s awesome. It’s hard to imagine how a track-ready, monster-engined station wagon could fail to be awesome, in fact. But maybe that’s just me. More >
2011 Chevrolet Volt
Jul 25th
“Is this the future?” more than one person asked upon checking out the Volt. “Is this the future of the auto industry?”
“No,” I replied. “It’s here now.” I wasn’t just being pedantic. In spite of its uncommon electric drivetrain, what’s most interesting about the Chevrolet Volt is how ordinary it is.
There’s a preconception that electric cars are little more than glorified golf carts, and the Volt should help to put that fallacy to rest for good. Powered by electrons instead of burning gasoline it may be, but the Volt is capable of handling day-to-day life just as well as a Cruze or a Civic. More >
2011 Nissan Juke
Jul 16th
Nissan’s Juke seemed to come out of nowhere, looking like a biomechanical frog and dropping without much warning into the growing crowd of compact crossover vehicles and versatile mini-utes that are currently popular. But…what is it?
Nissan calls it a “sport cross,” and it’s a micro-SUV much like the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. No off-roader, the Juke is definitely petite–it rides the same platform as the Versa and slots into the lineup below the Rogue, which is already somewhat diminutive. What it brings to the table is fuel economy, entertaining performance in a package that can climb over curbs if need be, and a heaping helping of attitude and style. More >