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Sunday, November 30, 2008

NEW AUDI LE MANS VIDEO IS HONEST

Audi's latest 35-second clip profiling their Le Mans efforts says quite truthfully that, "You win Indy" and that, "You w...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

'09 SATURN VUE RECALLED FOR BAD KNUCKLE

2,149 Saturn Vues from model year 2009 are being issued a Recall  because of incorrect right and/or left front steering knuckles. This mean...

16,667 '09 GM LAMBDA CROSSOVERS RECALLED - ENCLAVE, TRAVERSE, ACADIA, OUTLOOK

Four General Motors crossovers are being recalled, NHTSA says, for failing to measure up to requirements for safety standard #209.... the o...

'07 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS RECALL FOR BAD KNUCKLE

A small number of '07 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans, the German luxury automakers largest and most luxurious four-door, are being recall...

Friday, November 28, 2008

26 PICTURES OF THE MINI COOPER S CABRIO

Looking back now, do you not get the very strong impression that BMW was on to something? The Mini brand has been a roaring success. BMW st...

Thursday, November 27, 2008

evo STARTS ITS CAR OF THE YEAR TESTING

Every year I realize more and more the stupidity of the premise of Motor Trend's Car of the Year competition. The exhaustive testing i...

FORD FOCUS RS WILL TOP 164 MPH, 264 KMH

As if the Ford Focus ST wasn't impressing Europeans enough, Ford's upping of the ante with the Focus RS is manifesting more evidenc...

evo BOSS TRADES ZONDA FOR CATERHAM WITH EDITOR

Henry Catchpole decides to convince his boss at evo  magazine , Harry Metcalfe, that every great garage needs a Caterham. Well, lookie the...

FORD STOPS BUILDING TRUCKS IN WAYNE - PREPS TO BUILD SMALL CARS

Though still smarting from what wasn't the most successful arguing on their behalf at Congress last week, Ford Motor Company had alread...

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

KIA SOUL EXTERIOR LOOKS BIGGER - KIA SOUL EXTERIOR IS SMALL

With a wheelbase of 100.4 inches, the height of a 5ft-3inch human, width similar to that of The Good Car Guy's height, and length of Th...

THE GOOD 12 WILL BE SUPERSIZED STARTING DECEMBER 20TH

One day after the regular Good 12 finishes, The Good 12 Supersize will introduce the twelve trucks, SUVs, and vans The Good Car Guy belie...

FULL PORSCHE PANAMERA GALLERY HAS JUST 9 PHOTOS

We're all wishing the interior of the Porsche Panamera will make up for the offensive exterior design that Porsche somehow managed to s...

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

TOYOTA IQ VIDEO EXPLAINS FOUR SEATS IN SMALL CAR

Visual learners unite. Toyota has released a video (seen below) to help explain how the iQ is able to squeeze four seats inside a car that&...

TOYOTA SHOWS FOUR ADULTS INSIDE THE IQ

Toyota set out on a mission to build a four-passenger car with an exterior length of less than three metres. The result, as we know, is the...

NEW MAZDA 3 5-DOOR REVEALED

Like the Mazda 3  sedan that we've already seen, the new Mazda 3  hatchback has an unsettling front end that is so happy one wonders wh...

Monday, November 24, 2008

PORSCHE SHOWS THE NEW PANAMERA IN MOTION

Porsche says that they're proud to present new photos of their first four-door sedan, the Panamera. I believe they're not telling u...

OFFICIAL PHOTOS REVEAL THE UGLY PORSCHE PANAMERA

Porsche has announced that its Panamera sedan will have power outputs ranging from 300 to 500 horsepower. Power will be sent to all four wh...

THE BAD 8 FOR 2009 IS RETURNING

Beginning New Year's Day, tune in to GoodCarBadCar.net to find out which eight cars you should avoid in 2009. Click here for last year&...

MINNESOTA CAR DEALERSHIPS CLOSE OVERNIGHT FRIDAY

Denny Hecker's car dealerships formed part of a 30-year old business that appears to be going down the tubes. Some of the Minnesota-are...

A PORSCHE CAYENNE TAXI IN THE MIDDLE OF A BAD MOSCOW ECONOMY?

CNN's Matthew Chance takes a spin in one of Moscow's "garish reminders", as he calls them in the video below. A bright or...

THE DETROIT THREE HAS A PROBLEM? SO DOES ARGENTINA

Argentina builds 600,000 cars each year. 270,000 of those cars are exported to Brazil, much of the remainder goes to Argentina's second...

VOLVO S60 CONCEPT PREVIEW IMAGE

In late October, The Good Car Guy expressed excitement over Volvo's S60 concept interior . Nobody was in any doubt that, for production...

BOAT RACER GOES END-OVER-END IN ARIZONA

At 100 mph, beginning a barrel roll would be absolutely terrifying. Adjectives and superlatives aren't available for describing a 240 m...

Sunday, November 23, 2008

THE GOOD 12 IS ALMOST BACK FOR v2.0

12.08.08 - 12.19.08 Last year's The Good 12 can be seen here

VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO POLICE CAR, RATHER; POLIZEI

Historically , one of the most actively read posts at GoodCarBadCar.net revolves around police cars. Strange as it may seem for a site full...

Saturday, November 22, 2008

2009'S THE GOOD 12 IS LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY

Which cars will repeat? Which will go down to defeat? Find out beginning December 8th. Click here for The Good 12 v1.0

LISTEN TO THE MINI E WHIR AND HUM OVER HILL AND DALE IN MOTION

As a pedestrian, few experiences are as strange as watching out of the corner of your eye as a car rolls toward you (or speeds toward you) ...

Friday, November 21, 2008

THE GOOD 12 IS COMING.... v2.0

12.08.08 Last year's The Good 12 can be seen here.