Archive for the 'More than $50000' Category
2007 Lexus LS 460L Review
Saturday, August 11th, 2007The Lexus LS 460L is the best car we’ve seen. We can’t put it any more bluntly than that. It checks off all the tech boxes, then goes and adds some new ones. The company’s flagship sedan is a genius piece of work, combining technologies that contribute to a comfortable ride with the ability to [...]
2007 Cadillac Escalade EXT Review
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Fifty years from now, cultural historians trying to understand the twilight years of the gas-guzzling SUV will ask themselves a series of questions: What were auto companies thinking when they created enormous cars with enormous engines that were destined for a life of traffic jams? What was the target customer-segment for these beasts of the [...]
2007 Porsche Boxster Review
Monday, April 30th, 2007Porsche builds cars primarily for performance (or occasionally to fill a market niche, as with the Cayenne), which the 2007 Porsche Boxster S made clear the moment we got in the driver’s seat. Oh, the interior does have its luxury elements, but the Boxster S lets you know it’s designed to go fast, from its [...]
Cadillac STS-V 2006 Review
Monday, April 30th, 2007When the nice man from Cadillac dropped off the 2006 STS-V at our garage, he told us that the “V” emblazoned on the car’s front fenders stands for Velocity. After a week with the Caddy’s flagship sports sedan, we can see why. With its 468-horspeower Eaton-supercharged Northstar V-8 engine, the 2006 STS-V is the most [...]
Mercedes-Benz E550 2007 Review
Thursday, November 9th, 2006The Mercedes-Benz E-Class gets its name from the German word for injection, einspritzung, which originally referred to the car’s fuel-injection system in the 1950s. For the 2007 model year, the E-Class gets a couple more injections: its front end gets some Botox work and a shot of sporty grille treatment, while the engine gets a [...]
