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The general level of automotive toys is pretty high nowadays, and the Malibu Turbo is equipped about as well as anyone now. There's the nice little color LCD in the main dash cluster I'm now growing to expect, the bigger center LCD with Chevy's MyLink system, which does a decent job of connecting wirelessly to your phone to stream content. It works with Gracenote so you get proper song names and album art, which is nice. Also, there's voice commands so you can make calls without touching anything (you know, like how an animal would) and there's GM's OnStar service so you can always chat with a nice person on the Indian subcontinent if you get lost and lonely. … [Read more...] about 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Turbo: The Jalopnik Review

That is why I left the car in Eco mode. Because it wouldn't allow the motor to run as high in the rev range, therefore the noise would not make me suicidal. A manual six-speed gearbox is available in the base, rental car/pond dweller model. But even if you are a dingy, swamp inhabitant, you won't find it performs much better. It's horrendously notchy and feels like it's made out of cardboard. … [Read more...] about 2013 Nissan Sentra: The Jalopnik Review

The only real attention the car received was up in the country side north of Manhattan, from a state trooper who said I may or may not have been speeding, and in the city, no one seemed to pay attention to the car. On my way upstate for Thanksgiving, I was the one honking and waving at fellow Subie drivers. Maybe it was the Dark Grey Metallic paint (which I really like, by the way), or maybe it was the absence of the signature Subaru rumble from an aftermarket exhaust, but at the end of the day, no one noticed it. … [Read more...] about My Stanced And Bagged 2005 Subaru Baja Is Almost As Awesome As A 2016 WRX STI

I won’t say it wasn’t a little cruel to let me drive something so cool that probably won’t get made. But sullenness aside, I walked away from RM19 with high expectations from Hyundai. The Veloster N is a damn-near perfect hot-hatch. It is a joy to drive, which tells me the folks at Hyundai know how to make a fun car. … [Read more...] about What It’s Like To Drive A Wild 390-HP Mid-Engine RWD Hatchback From Hyundai

All that effortless power, flowing just to the rear axle, and the F-Type SVR was alive underneath my hands. A driver’s car. Barely controllable, but controllable enough to make you feel like a hero. Next time we stop, the system resets, and it’s back to normal. The moment is lost, like tire smoke in the clouds. … [Read more...] about The Jaguar F-Type SVR Is A 575 Horsepower Screaming Track Day Lunatic