Now Playing: Upsized and downrevved for the enthusiast of tomorrow…
Come, friend, on our good and fearless quest for meaning at the heart of this infernal chimera…
Turn Your Hymnals to 2002–David E. Davis, Jr. Blows His Mind on the Latest from BMW…
Faithful to the original, except for surpassing it in every way…
This Old House: That the Bentley Mulsanne costs as much as a decent condo doesn’t mean it works as one. Can your drawing room go 187 mph?..
GM replaces its last remaining all-American compact sedan with a Korean/German concoction. Frankfurters, kimchi, and Chevrolet, anyone?..
Emergence philosophy and the new Volvo sedan…
Driving north through Saskatchewan to the border of the Northwest Territories will seriously mess with your truck. Not to mention your internal organs…
Bjrn Again: This could be the start of another of Saab’s excellent adventures…
Electric Revival: Not only did it not kill the electric car, GM’s reinvented it…
X, Why, and Z: Finding the hybrid hot spot is harder than combining two good ideas…
Their previous offerings seemed like four-wheel motorcycles, but Honda is now definitely in the car business. ..
Forget the business coupe. The Koreans are trying for a business coup…
A little car with a big motor and a big grin…
Dodge’s Little Japanese Horse: No horsin’ around…
A sixteen-valve pocket rocket, imported from California…
Clawed Hammer: Jaguar’s new 470-hp, supercharged luxo-sport XJ is a leaper, a jumper, and a killer…
Taking newfound civility to the fringes of civilization…
The Regal continues the welcome U-turn of the Buick tugboat…
It’s like driving a tuxedo. A $95,000 one…
Ford’s most incendiary pony car loses a whole lot of weight underhood and gets the performance and handling it has always deserved…
Beast of Eden: To a landscape loved by Steinbeck, in a silver star with wings…
The sensational Mercedes-Benz 300 SL…
Rome or Bust: We flog the new Lotus Evora from England to Rome and back…
Control, Alt, Delete: While Infiniti decides what it is, the M’s computers decide what you’ll have for lunch…
Why it took 13 months to get our hands on this supercar…
Exit Strategy: The GT3 and a curious neighbor call up an unforgettable memory of getting out of Vietnam: The idea was to do it fast…
We chase the Model T’s ghosts of 1909 from coast to coast in a new Ford Fiesta. ..
You’re better off not thinking of it as a sedan…
Ford’s big air Raptor lives for trail running and disaster outrunning…
24 Hours of Dayton: 500 horsepower! One waffle house! Four red-eyed drivers! 1078 miles of frightened motorists! Way too much of Dayton! Seven speeds and two clutches! No one following any rules!..
We discover that the Phantom drophead coupe goes faster than the stink of how rich you’d have to get to buy one. ..
Ironmein: We subject BMW’s latest M-spawned monster to a triathlon and find that 555 horsepower can change opinions about fat SUVs. ..
It has 18 speeds, curtains, and an air horn—and it goes 95 mph…
Downsizing trims the sticker, but there’s another price to pay…
Driving a 510-hp Jag XFR on a dirt track is just wrong. So how come it feels so right?..
SHO got big! At a gathering of Taurus owners, the new SHO impresses with its prodigiousness…
The bull redux: The Taurus moves upscale, if not completely back into our hearts…
Underneath the Venza’s progressive bodywork rolls a Camry wagon on 19-inchers…
The ultimate in plug and play…
A smash hit in Japan, the Cube finally wends its way to America. But is it still hip to be square?..
Forget the fuel-economy payoff. Just stomp the pedal and smile…
Shoot everything except a big wad of cash…
Honda’s mobile chemistry set offers hope for, if not clarity about, the future…
A Peacock Hybrid: Honda makes a grab for the Prius’s halo with a hybrid for less…
Larry Webster reviews the 2008 Land Rover LR2..
From minor but insistent Lamarckian enhancement does greatness accrue.*..
What would Bruce Wayne drive? For those times when you absolutely, positively have to get to the Bat Cave, may we suggest the tenacious traction of the SH-AWD…
Molsheim Moonshine: It achieves 60 mph in 119 feet. It costs $1.7 million. What else do you need to know?..
Fitness report 2.0: Amazing space, how sweet thou art. Again…
Six-packed: Mazda’s new family sedan offers more of everything, except excitement…
V for Vendetta: Cadillac makes the jump from knuckle dragger to sophisticate in one leap…
New cover, familiar text: The new book of Genesis: Not exactly a page turner, but lots of content…
Dearborn’s dreamboat was the MKR, a 2007 concept with an unforgettable face, warming the crowd for this near-luxury MKS…
Keeping the Pulse Rate Low: The three-button blazer of sports sedans…
Paul Bunyan’s Forester: Larger inside and out, Subaru’s woodsman remains fun, useful, and quick…
Flexible, Yes. a Flier? No: Looking as if it were assembled entirely of municipal park benches, Ford’s latest crossover is more SUV than wagon…
A Style Worth Repeating: Audi makes a few changes to the recipe with the new A4…
Antique Road Show: What would Andy Warhol drive? This…
The Heavyweight of Sports Cars: The AMG whiz kids hurl defiance at the laws of physics…
Goodbye to All That: Jaguar finally lets go of its past and heads off on an uncharted path with an excellent new sedan…
Infiniti’s FX gets a makeover to become better, faster, and stronger. But we’re still not sure exactly what it is…
Once again, we confront the burning questions: Does size matter? Has the Mini outgrown its niche? And the answers are . . …
The old TSX is gone. Will we ever love again?..
Everything you could want in a Camry, especially if what you want is more power…
A good old-fashioned station wagon, updated with all the latest safety and comfort goodies…
Tracing its genetic code to the Ferrari F430, the Alfa Romeo 8C, and Andrea Pininfarina himself, Maserati’s latest luxo-coupe is a Modenese masterpiece…
A Pretty Good Errand Boy: Or a nice car to play fetch with. ..
Sawed-Off Shotgun: Fairly wee, lots of whee, but too much wampum…
Big, Heavy, and Incredible: Nissan’s big gun punches high-caliber holes in our expectations…
2002 Porsche 911 GT2 and 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS..
Hail-Mary Hatchback. Infiniti puts the best face on a much-disdained body…
Fair Dinkum! A BMW impersonator from down under shakes up the wide-track franchise…
The three-ton economy machine: You don’t need lofty mpg to save a lot of gasoline…
Proof that an electric car can work, even if it’s not quite practical…
Think Redondo. The name remains ‘Malibu’ but this all-new car aims higher…
Fuji’s Flamethrower. Factory Famous For Florida Floaters Fathers First Freeway Felon…
Still terrifically impudent. More civilized than ever, the STI retains the power to offend…
Patriot Games: Testing a ‘Trail Rated’ Jeep on the trail of Butch and Sundance…
The Light Fantastic: If you think about it, think really hard, it’s kind of a bargain over a Murcilago…
Captain Capable: Nissan’s first small SUV won’t be entering any Rubicon free-for-alls. It’s simply a competent, five-seat, small sport-ute with pretty good fuel economy numbers…
A Higher Caliber: Dodge reloads its budget bullet…
High-Zoot Coupe: A luscious bit of auto erotic arrives in a boisterous V-8 package…
Swedish Sportswear: The Volvo S40 four-door went in for spa treatment, came out 200 pounds lighter and looking absolutely Milano…
Escaped Race Car—Approach with Caution: It was developed for the track, and that’s where it belongs…
A Bigger Breed of Small: Baby, how you have grown…
M is for Magnificent: Perfection has a price, and it’s probably worth it. Get in line now…
Inner Beauty: The new-for-2008 Vette doesn’t look much different, but more power, better steering, and an available inteior upgrade address the car’s few shortcomings…
Second Wind: Cadillac improves its entry-level car and proves in the process that the front office has undergone a redesign, too…
Courting the Mainstream: The WRX trades rallying rawness for wider appeal…
The Price of Vanity: The aesthetic gap between coupe and sedan tightens, and a 10-grand advantage should make BMW jittery…
Like Father, Like Son: Longer, wider, and almost 600 pounds heavier, the Scion xB grows up looking much more like Daddy’s Toyotas…
Opel to the Rescue: GM puts an excellent Euro into Saturn’s stable, although it could have benefited from a diet…
Connoisseurs wanted: BMW blesses Alpina’s super 7-series for the U.S…
The strong, silent type. The best way we can think of to spend the kids’ inheritance…
Ferrari introduces the everyday Enzo…
Snoozer Cruiser. The search for this Swedish car’s personality ends with a request: would the real Volvo please stand up?..
Do perceptions match reality in this efficient, smooth, and strong diesel?..
Italian at heart. Audi puts a toned-down version of the powerful Lamborghini Gallardo V-10 into its big sports sedan…
Extra-strength crossover. This new ute crosses more lines than a Sunday-afternoon quarterback on a run to the Super Bowl…
The goddess goes topless. Eos is the Greek goddess of dawn, but this new VW has a much broader portfolio…
The Cat’s Pajamas. Surprise, surprise: Jaguar’s supercharged feline is no dozing house cat…
A Postcard from the Edge. Hi, Folks. Sure Hope You Like Our New Crossover. We Have High Hopes for This One. — Bill Ford..
Torture on the Rubicon. The New Family Wrangler Hangs a Left Into Hell’s Driveway…
Unruly no more. Famous for its torque-steering tantrums, this mid-sizer gets even more power and straightens up its act…
The King of All Mustangs. We’re the first to test Ford’s new FR500GT…
Teddy Roosevelt, your BMW just pulled up…
Mazda’s militant wing launches a rocket into WRX territory…
Lexus’s fourth-generation flagship, now in three varieties, continues the trek upmarket…
Here’s a very good reason to skip going out to dinner once a month…
A swell sequel to a first act that was very strong…
The mid-size sports-sedan wars get kicked up a notch…
Here’s the diesel of your dreams — too bad it’s not sold here…
Saturn Comes Back to Earth…
A crossover signals a return to sanity without forgoing fun…
Hedonism with hard edges…
Saturn’s new roadster sets a style and performance high water mark for the brand. It’s not so much a maxi Miata as a Corvette junior petite…
Powerful impulses from a car with a split personality…
Proof that more is not a monolithic concept…
Maybe you thought the last generation was too subtle?..
Do 750 horsepower and 140 mph in the quarter make for street cred in the supercar class?..
After a five-year ordeal, Warren Mosler’s dream car is at last ready for prime time…
For those who think 100 grand is a reasonable amount of money to spend on a car, this 443-hp Cadillac is certainly worth a look…
Behold and tremble! The four-holer Buick returneth…
The Camry is the anti-sport sedan, so despite the SE badge, this refined family car can’t be persuaded to play…
Will gas pains hobble GM’s cash cows?..
It’s all about being special…
Where else can you get the Aktion Gesunder Rcken’s seal of approval?..
Traveling salesmen get a dream car…
The Toyota with the weird name moves forcefully to dominate the segment with no name…
What to drive until the perpetual-motion machine arrives…
Price becomes a problem for the people’s car…
In this ‘Sport,’ you can take the autobahn to your favorite off-road course…
A slick way to avoid me-tooing the usual luxo choices…
The reptile gets a roof…
Mazda MX-5 vs. Pontiac Solstice..
Can the car that Bob built fire up the General’s troops?..
Sometimes, moving up can mean leaving some people behind…
Pontiac rewrites the front-drive-performance rulebook…
The prototypical entry-level sports car gets faster and better…
With 505 horsepower, this must be the golden age of the Corvette…
Korea’s neighbors to the east had better start paying attention…
The General refines its line of safari wear, adds a snugger size…
Honda proves it’s ready for a ‘hydrogen economy.’ Now, where’s the hydrogen?..
Can the A3 hatchback out-GTI the GTI?..
In baseball talk, this car would be facing a senate subcommittee inquiry…
An old fav gets a style makeover and a whole new attitude…
Wow! Mercedes magicians turn an SUV into a car!..
AMG demonstrates that for once it’s not all about the engine…
Attention, Mr. Ford. We’ve got your car. We may not give it back…
My, how you’ve grown!..
Back from a hiatus in the think tank, this little SUV has a new mantra…
A 4048-pound supermodel…
In a world of budding crossovers and soft-utes, Nissan sticks with its truck roots…
Plainly good…
BMW’s goose lays an egg that is still golden…
Room enough to be a cop car, but not enough motor…
How to turn fun back into energy…
Cost-conscious Koreans turn out a very competitive cute ute…
Will GM ever take minivans seriously?..
A well-known Brit seeks a new identity…
If at first you don’t succeed, go back and build a better M45…
Suzuki’s search for affordable fun…
Pedigree, power, and paradox find a home in the new SLR…
Shark attack!..
It’s faster than at least one Porsche…
Dumping the disco look but gaining in the waistline…
No longer chasing Lexus, the Acura RL steers a new, twistier course…
Haul ass and save gas…
Mr. Ed sidesteps the glue factory to become Secretariat. Well, almost…
After a million man-hours, Ford cranks out the first hybrid SUV…
Bye-bye, Bauhaus—hello, huge honker…
Yeah, it’s got a Hemi…
At home in the Neiman Marcus parking lot as well as a Grand Prix paddock…
Porsche returns some things that were lost…
Longer, wider, smoother, stronger, and a whole bunch of other -ers…
Practical, priced right, and painless…
In a world of disappointment, nothin’ but grins…
A surprisingly sporty hatchback for the sensible driver…
Volvo raises the bar for sporting wagons…
A loaded pocket rocket that’s light on the pocketbook…
The kindly old barber of Seville trades scissors for a switchblade…
Zoom-zoom with a back room…
Chrysler gives its Crossfire a swift kick. You may need to bring a fanny cushion…
A sports car without compromises…
Sushi rolled in a Swedish pancake…
Turbocharging and elegant new styling put the Outback back out front…
Less like Malibu than Atlantic City. Maybe Bradenton Beach…
Heaven can wait…
This mobster in a pinstripe may just save the franchise…
The ‘American Revolution’ breaks out in Bupyong, South Korea…
A Miata with muscles, for a pittance more…
Eager to mature, Kia lays a patch right into Leisure World…
Is Cadillac’s bad boy really a Bimmer beater?..
An Italian bull with German horse sense…
The reeducation of the Durango results in a truck that is less crude in its truckiness…
A rupture in the family…
Fuel economists wanted…
A German joins the Roughriders…
You can’t miss the new 5-series. (We just wish we didn’t miss the old one so much.)..
The Proteg pays the price of growing up…
A sharp car that would be even sharper with rear-wheel drive…
A Korean rose by a Japanese name smells twice as sweet…
Lusty performance disguised in a phone-company fleet car…
Business as unusual…
A whale of a first effort…
Casting a line into the middle of the mainstream…
The old British groaner gets a stunning makeover…
Hoping to become popular, the bow-tie boys pledge a fraternity—’Nu Epsilon.’..
It looks a lot like someone just declared war…
Is this the Z-car of minivans?..
Cadillac works the angles again and produces a likable tall wagon…
V-6 + MT = Increased EQ..
It’s not an M3. But it does have four doors…
Another Toyota youthmobile that’s likely to score with the ‘not so young.’..
Baseball, apple pie, and one flamboyant convertible pickup…
With a new turbocharged engine, a real hood scoop, and a slick new interior, this is the SUV version of the WRX STi. Almost…
For folks feeling a little aluminum…
If the numbers prove correct, it could be a case of a cat among a bunch of pigeons…
‘My kingdom for a horse!’ If King Richard were alive, that’s about what he’d pay for this baby…
From the land of ABBA comes some heavy metal…
We weigh the Porsche against other SUVs and give ourselves a hernia…
Born in Japan, reared in Europe, and, thankfully, blessed for America…
Sometimes in life, what you need is a whole lot of bull…
An F1 car, a tough old man in sunglasses, and 75 years of glory stuffed into one easy-to-swallow capsule…
The beauty extends beneath the skin. But not quite into the engine bay…
Evolving at its own pace…
Dedicated to the proposition that an SUV needn’t be truckish…
Simply the fastest new car built in the United States…
A mama’s-boy mini moves out and bulks up…
Cadillac stakes a claim in the luxury-roadster arena…
In which Super Sport becomes Simmer Sport…
It’s a new take on the full-size station wagon. Or is it the minivan? Or is it both?..
A sharper, stronger new Maxima to please the faithful…
A fast car and a stronger brewage…
Jack of few trades, master of fun…
Mr. X Games meets the Rubbermaid…
One man’s chick car is another man’s reasonably priced, reasonably well-executed droptop cruiser…
An SUV that thinks — and runs — like a sports car…
Two parts modern BMW, one part hard-core roadster, with a dash of totally freakin’ weird…
Once again BMW’s 3-series is in the bull’s-eye. This time, Saab is doing the shooting…
The good, the bad, and the really strange…
Infiniti’s coupe coup delivers the coup de grce to its long product drought…
They gotta deal for you — no screaming required…
The car tailor drops our custom sports sedan by for a fitting…
The muscle car of Ferraris is now available with a paddle shifter, making it easier than ever for people with $247,607 to drive it…
Something Weird This Way Comes…
Lincoln’s derailed gravy train hitches to another car…
Just think of it as Frankeneon…
Chevy’s fetching two-seater gains what it needs most: serious muscle…
The stars align — and a sports-car star is born…
Toyota’s 4Runner offers more choice and versatility than ever, all the while protecting its off-road credentials…
How do you say ‘formidable’ in German?..
Relentless rationality wrapped in stylish bodywork…
From the peninsula of doorstops roars a spacious soap bar…
Perhaps Nietzsche* said it best, when he exclaimed to a friend, ‘Holy crap.’..
The two-door hardtop: Still sexy after all these years…
Bad boy in black tie. Hey, does Bond know about this car?..
Sedan perfection, unclouded by emotion…
A new crossover joins the growing ranks of compact SUVs…
Remember the MP3? Here’s the sequel. Better buckle up…
The reborn Z returns to its 1970 roots…
GM’s more dainty Hummer gets its knickers soiled down in Baja…
The art of being innocuous…
Cheap in Wolfsburg clothing…
In a blurred world of cars and trucks, our yardstick soldiers on…
Coopers make barrels. In this case, barrels of fun…
Country clubber or back-country bulldozer? Your call…
Mercury hangs a left out of Sunset Acres and—whoa!—finds itself more or less in the middle of Woodward Avenue…
Ford’s Special Vehicle Team blows new life into the Cobra…
Making the transition from big to grand…
The Ultimate Interfacing Machine…
Eight years late, Honda redefines SUV family values…
Thor’s own four-wheeler…
Do you want to look and feel virtuous?..
When you hear it called the ‘Bionic Cheetah,’ don’t snigger…
Personality-type B…
The season’s hottest ready-to-wear still hides knee socks underneath…
Price as marked — 20 percent off!..
Creamy. Velvety. Torquey…
CR-V-ature of the Earth…
With help from some very significant friends, a young Swede hopes to knock off the McLaren F1 as reigning supercar…
Another A4 effort, another A4 execution…
It isn’t as much a clone of the BMW 3-series as it is a unique expression of the same genre…
It cooks, but it’s still cooking…
It’s not a clean-sheet design, but it sure looks good on paper…
Built like the halls of Montezuma with styling from the shores of Tripoli…
It’s cheaper, more powerful and refined—and every bit as awkward as ever…
In which fears of a fattened-up and flabby Integra replacement are gratefully dispelled…
The clever answer to a question only marketing departments have asked…
The goof has been fixed. Now it really does put out…
This is not your father’s dentist’s Buick…
After hatching a few buzzards, Ford finally sires a swan…
Yo, Mr. Vader. Your truck is here…
New extra-strength Passat. Now with more shine!..
In which we report that the state of cheapness is good…
Another Isuzu design from Planet 10…
Sure it’s a buck-twenty-three, but it includes an electronic chauffeur…
An ‘S’ for super. As in super Audi duty…
The fastest slushbox ever sold from a new-car showroom…
Another mega-SUV for the elite media to fear and loathe…
A four-wheel-driven quantum leap…
A 1990s car with a 2001 engine. And a heavy sticker…
Evidence that the big buyout is paying at least some dividends…
Munich sends more power to the people…
From worst to first? Caddy’s big daddy makes a case for best of the bigs…
A 497-hp Toyota Celica with all-wheel drive and an Indy-car nose? This is what happens when car guys get their way…
Sharper? Yes. Sharp enough? No…
Honda’s new seventh-generation Civic gets closer to its real customers, and perhaps a step away from the die-hard sports-compact enthusiasts…
It isn’t as much a clone of the BMW 3-series as it is a unique expression of the same genre…
It cooks, but it’s still cooking…
A Volvo wagon for the wannabe Marlboro man…
A Volvo wagon for the wannabe Marlboro man…
After two frustrating test sessions, Carroll Shelby’s wonderful concept proves to be just that — a concept…
Owners will have some explaining to do…
Hey, Hans, bad news. Here come those guys from Japan again…
After Hugh Jim won the Big Kahuna Lotto, he was in the market for a droptop. He bought a big one. A really big one…
A former sofa spud gets a bracing blast of compressed air…
Versatility comes at a price..
A black sheep among the mastodons…
Another small hauler that makes us wonder-again-why people want to drive sport-utilities…
The latest in a long line of obscurely named Corvettes that go like stink…
The latest in a long line of obscurely named Corvettes that go like stink…
From out of the ashes, a phoenix missile…
Stuck without a sport-ute in its showy starting lineup, Audi improvises with an impressive switch-hitter…
A case of the family station wagon becoming the family station rocket…
We don’t often get the opportunity to use the word ‘phenomenal.’ This is one of those times…
A luxury skybox replaces our favorite front-row dugout seats…
Datsun didn’t invent the overhead cam engine, or disc brakes, or independent suspension but it has a habit of incorporating these sophisticated systems into brilliantly conceived and easily affordable cars…
We ask for more power, and we get it…
A midlife mom-n-pop sedan goes on a fitness kick…
If theyd called it a minivan, would you have respected it the morning after? We guess yes…
In the vast mid-size-sedan market, being average is not a bad thing…
In which a 650-hp Lingenfelter Corvette meets a 777-hp TNT Viper. Ears are gonna get chewed off, no question…
Like a rookie priest, it’s slightly overwhelmed by mass…
We drive the closest thing to the next-generation Camaro–a pickup…
The fastest Mustang ever, but if you havent ordered one, its already too late…
Dont confuse this ‘sports-activity vehicle’ with a sport-utility vehicle…
Perhaps the first car that runs on guilt…
Its not just a car, its a worthy cause…
Filling in a product lineup we previously thought complete…
More proof that 14 grand still buys a decent car…
Think of it as the other 5.0-liter Mustang. The one thats greater than the hum of its parts…
Supercharged eroticism…
Duke-out in Detroit: Imagine Ford and Chevy, side by side, throttles wide open. This ain’t fiction…
A brilliant and difficult achievement in engineering arrives center stage, possibly before a sleeping audience…
A sports car to get sappy over-no ifs, ands, and very few buts…
Where zing meets zest and makes whoopee…
The most desirable Vette since 1967…
To celebrate C/D’s 40th anniversary, we assemble a 212-mph fiberglass siege weapon. Then we enroll in conflict-resolution therapy…
American Flyer: Styling wizard Larry Shinoda and musclemaker John Lingenfelter launch a patriotic missile…
It’s out of the park, over the center-field stands. The fans are chanting, "Chev-ee, Chev-ee, Chev-ee!"..
America’s fastest car gets better and better, but the debate rages on…
Better than ever…
Wherein America takes on all comers…
America’s only sports car, but that doesn’t excuse everything…
The same old smile that sells…
Even after 25 years, the name is still magic…
America’s Best Sports Car: Being "second" doesn’t necessarily mean being "last."..
Is the new Vette the best one ever?..
C/D and Zora Arkus-Duntov Compare the Full Range of Corvettes..
Its excellent engineering tends to be obscured by some rather garish styling gimmicks..
Beautifully styled, lusty, exciting — Chevy’s Corvette coupe is the automobile world’s Barbarella…
You voted it the Best All-Around Car of 1967, and we think you just might have something there…
Next best thing to a psychiatrist — with electric windows, AM-FM, and about a jillion bhp..
You aren’t suggesting that it’s one of the best GT cars in the world. Or are you?..
At long last America has a formidable weapon to challenge Europe’s fastest grand touring cars on their home ground..
Of course we tested the storming new injected Corvette, with 360 horses from 327 cubes, but this time we added the "smallest" engine with a smooth Powerglide for fun on the open road..
The newest of Zora Arkus-Duntov’s toys…
The "boulevard" ‘Vette…
Carbs versus fuel injection…
Another new ‘Vette…
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Ford is unlikely to offer the 230-horsepower, 240 pound-foot turbocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine in the current Fusion midsize sedan. Reason? The Fusion and its Mercury twin, the Milan, got engine upgrades for the 2010 model year. They’re likely on the good side of the “S” curve for 2012-16 Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. A 2.0-liter EcoBoost would be a replacement for the 3.5-liter V-6 in a midsize car like the Fusion. Until last month, the Fusion was Ford’s bestselling car, and the company has made it clear it will roll out EcoBoost engines, which also use gas direct-injection, for the majority of its lineup. One source believes the next-generation Focus, launching next year, will be offered with a 1.4-liter EcoBoost engine.