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Permalink | Email this | CommentsEvery time we compare a Mazda MX-5 Miata and one of the Toyobaru twins, we have a hard time naming a winner. The two purist sports cars both offer so much fun for the money that it’s difficult to choose one over the other. Now Mazda has a new retractable targa-top MX-5 RF and Toyota has a reincarnated and revised Scion FR-S called the 2017 Toyota 86, so we can once again endeavor to find out which is the better budget sports car on Head 2 Head.
On paper, the 86 has the power advantage at 205 hp and 156 lb-ft of torque. But the Miata RF is more than 300 pounds lighter than the Toyota, so its 155 hp and 148 lb-ft is enough to keep up. Hosts Jonny Lieberman and Jason Cammisa begin arguing about styling. They find flaws in each and ultimately can’t decide which one is the better design, so they head for the hills to compare the experience behind the wheel. That turns out to be too close to call as well, so they call on Motor Trend’s own Randy Pobst to decide a winner at the track. With nearly identical lap times, however, that again turns out to be a difficult task.
Just for kicks, Lieberman sees if he can beat either car around the track in MT’s long-term Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – a car that has as much power as four and a half Miatas. Find out if brute force can beat balance and finesse, and learn the winner of this comparison, in the full episode below.
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Every time we compare a Mazda MX-5 Miata and one of the Toyobaru twins, we have a hard time naming a winner. The two purist sports cars both offer so much fun for the money that it’s difficult to choose one over the other. Now Mazda has a new retractable targa-top MX-5 RF and Toyota has a reincarnated and revised Scion FR-S called the 2017 Toyota 86, so we can once again endeavor to find out which is the better budget sports car on Head 2 Head.
On paper, the 86 has the power advantage at 205 hp and 156 lb-ft of torque. But the Miata RF is more than 300 pounds lighter than the Toyota, so its 155 hp and 148 lb-ft is enough to keep up. Hosts Jonny Lieberman and Jason Cammisa begin arguing about styling. They find flaws in each and ultimately can’t decide which one is the better design, so they head for the hills to compare the experience behind the wheel. That turns out to be too close to call as well, so they call on Motor Trend’s own Randy Pobst to decide a winner at the track. With nearly identical lap times, however, that again turns out to be a difficult task.
Just for kicks, Lieberman sees if he can beat either car around the track in MT’s long-term Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – a car that has as much power as four and a half Miatas. Find out if brute force can beat balance and finesse, and learn the winner of this comparison, in the full episode below.
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Agya Club IndonesiaDriving the latest and greatest sports cars is fun, but hands down one of the best parts about writing for Motor Trend is having access to our 67-year-old achieve. I’m blown away every month when putting together the magazine’s “Rearview” section by the cars we’ve driven and stories we wrote well before my time. Rather than keep these stories for myself, we’ve decided to have a new monthly “Rearview” feature. Join me as we take a look at Motor Trend highlights from issues 50, 30, and 10 years ago. Let’s kick things off with a look at May 1967, May 1987, and May 2007.
May 1967’s cover was generic for a Motor Trend cover from the ‘60s—we can probably thank the “Win the $4,500 Sporty Car of Your Choice!” contest on the cover for that—but there’s some good stuff in this issue.
The highlight by far would be our lengthy buyer’s guide feature on “Those Sporty, Swinging Specialty Cars: Mustang, Camaro & Barracuda; Cougar & Firebird; Marlin and Charger; Sting Ray & Shelby GT.”
It’s easy to forget nowadays given our country’s penchant for high-riding crossovers and SUVs, but back in the late ‘60s auto sales were booming and buyers were snatching up so-called sports and personal cars as fast as the Detroit Three could make them. “[The segment] was created in a grand manner by the Mustang, which, from early 1967 returns, still looks like it will outsell all the competition combined,” we wrote.
“Since April of 1967, when the Mustang first made its bow, the field has proliferated to a total of nearly 40 models, if you count basic body and engine options as one each.
“The businessman or school teacher can commute stylishly but economically behind six cylinders in all but four of the nine basic makes if he so chooses. No one knows what’s under the hood, but the sporty image is still there. Or he can take the same basic car and put up to 375 horses ahead of him (up to 425 in the Shelby GT) and have a boss machine that doesn’t threaten to boss him.”
The story wasn’t a traditional Motor Trend comparison test with a winner and a loser as we now understand them, but it was instead a buyer-focused feature weighing the pros and cons of cars in each ‘segment’ of the sports car marketplace. It looked at powertrains, comfort, features, and the like.
That meant the likes of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Plymouth Barracuda were directly compared, as were the Mercury Cougar and Pontiac Firebird, AMC Marlin and Dodge Charger, and lastly the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray and Ford Shelby GT.
Other Highlights: A special feature on the dangers of driving while on drugs (consensus? Not recommended), and a look at why auto insurance rates were so high.
We were such teases: our cover proclaimed this issue was all about “Topless Models” in big bold type. Those “models” were actually America’s most affordable convertibles priced under $20,000.
After consumer protection threats made by the federal government nearly put the convertible as we knew it out of production in the mid ‘70s (where do you think T-Tops came from?), cloth tops were back in full force in the ‘80s. To celebrate, we invited seven different manufacturers (and three models) to send us their ragtops for two days of testing in sunny Southern California. The seven convertibles fit every niche possible, from outright sports car to compact car to luxury cars; the invitees were the Alfa Romeo Spider, Chevrolet Cavalier RS, Ford Mustang, Pontiac Sunbird, Renault Alliance, Toyota Celica, and Volkswagen Cabriolet. Because the cars were all representing various different segments, this wasn’t an outright comparison test—rather. it was a snapshot at what it was like living with each convertible. The highlight? The Toyota Celica’s boot cover went on “easier than a nymphomaniac.”
We also dedicated a page on the yet-to-be-released Chrysler LeBaron. It’s easy to forget now, but the LeBaron was somewhat revolutionary in the late ‘80s because it was designed from the ground up to be a convertible. Thanks to its K-Car underpinnings, cash-strapped Chrysler was able to pinch pennies on the chassis and spend it on its “shapely skin” and a “top and boot system [that’s] among the best in the industry.”
Other Highlights: A road trip from Jacksonville, Florida, to Los Angeles in the very-first Merkur Scorpio to hit U.S. shores, and a long-term update on our Peugeot 505 Turbo Wagon.
Our May 2007 cover featured an exclusive First Look of the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX ahead of the car’s official debut at that year’s New York International Auto Show.
If our ensuing First Drive is any indication, readers didn’t react too kindly to the third-generation WRX. Some of the gems: “Somebody find the Subaru designer and shoot him.” “Seriously, I want to throw up.” “I see the Camry, where’s the Impreza.”
Those comments mirrored the letters we got from you guys seven years later when the fourth-gen Subaru WRX went into production. I guess we can expect the same in a few years when the WRX merges to Subaru’s new modular global architecture.
Although the then-new Impreza WRX drove as well as expected, buyers were ultimately disappointed by its carryover 224-horse 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-four and softer handling. A year later, in 2009, Subaru gave the WRX a proper power boost to 265 hp, and sharpened up its suspension, ultimately recementing its legacy among millennial gearheads.
Other Highlights: Our Asia-focused issue also featured the V-8-powered Hyundai Genesis and the 330-hp Infiniti G37.
The post Rearview: Motor Trend in May 1967, 1987, and 2007 appeared first on Motor Trend.
Driving the latest and greatest sports cars is fun, but hands down one of the best parts about writing for Motor Trend is having access to our 67-year-old achieve. I’m blown away every month when putting together the magazine’s “Rearview” section by the cars we’ve driven and stories we wrote well before my time. Rather than keep these stories for myself, we’ve decided to have a new monthly “Rearview” feature. Join me as we take a look at Motor Trend highlights from issues 50, 30, and 10 years ago. Let’s kick things off with a look at May 1967, May 1987, and May 2007.
May 1967’s cover was generic for a Motor Trend cover from the ‘60s—we can probably thank the “Win the $4,500 Sporty Car of Your Choice!” contest on the cover for that—but there’s some good stuff in this issue.
The highlight by far would be our lengthy buyer’s guide feature on “Those Sporty, Swinging Specialty Cars: Mustang, Camaro & Barracuda; Cougar & Firebird; Marlin and Charger; Sting Ray & Shelby GT.”
It’s easy to forget nowadays given our country’s penchant for high-riding crossovers and SUVs, but back in the late ‘60s auto sales were booming and buyers were snatching up so-called sports and personal cars as fast as the Detroit Three could make them. “[The segment] was created in a grand manner by the Mustang, which, from early 1967 returns, still looks like it will outsell all the competition combined,” we wrote.
“Since April of 1967, when the Mustang first made its bow, the field has proliferated to a total of nearly 40 models, if you count basic body and engine options as one each.
“The businessman or school teacher can commute stylishly but economically behind six cylinders in all but four of the nine basic makes if he so chooses. No one knows what’s under the hood, but the sporty image is still there. Or he can take the same basic car and put up to 375 horses ahead of him (up to 425 in the Shelby GT) and have a boss machine that doesn’t threaten to boss him.”
The story wasn’t a traditional Motor Trend comparison test with a winner and a loser as we now understand them, but it was instead a buyer-focused feature weighing the pros and cons of cars in each ‘segment’ of the sports car marketplace. It looked at powertrains, comfort, features, and the like.
That meant the likes of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Plymouth Barracuda were directly compared, as were the Mercury Cougar and Pontiac Firebird, AMC Marlin and Dodge Charger, and lastly the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray and Ford Shelby GT.
Other Highlights: A special feature on the dangers of driving while on drugs (consensus? Not recommended), and a look at why auto insurance rates were so high.
We were such teases: our cover proclaimed this issue was all about “Topless Models” in big bold type. Those “models” were actually America’s most affordable convertibles priced under $20,000.
After consumer protection threats made by the federal government nearly put the convertible as we knew it out of production in the mid ‘70s (where do you think T-Tops came from?), cloth tops were back in full force in the ‘80s. To celebrate, we invited seven different manufacturers (and three models) to send us their ragtops for two days of testing in sunny Southern California. The seven convertibles fit every niche possible, from outright sports car to compact car to luxury cars; the invitees were the Alfa Romeo Spider, Chevrolet Cavalier RS, Ford Mustang, Pontiac Sunbird, Renault Alliance, Toyota Celica, and Volkswagen Cabriolet. Because the cars were all representing various different segments, this wasn’t an outright comparison test—rather. it was a snapshot at what it was like living with each convertible. The highlight? The Toyota Celica’s boot cover went on “easier than a nymphomaniac.”
We also dedicated a page on the yet-to-be-released Chrysler LeBaron. It’s easy to forget now, but the LeBaron was somewhat revolutionary in the late ‘80s because it was designed from the ground up to be a convertible. Thanks to its K-Car underpinnings, cash-strapped Chrysler was able to pinch pennies on the chassis and spend it on its “shapely skin” and a “top and boot system [that’s] among the best in the industry.”
Other Highlights: A road trip from Jacksonville, Florida, to Los Angeles in the very-first Merkur Scorpio to hit U.S. shores, and a long-term update on our Peugeot 505 Turbo Wagon.
Our May 2007 cover featured an exclusive First Look of the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX ahead of the car’s official debut at that year’s New York International Auto Show.
If our ensuing First Drive is any indication, readers didn’t react too kindly to the third-generation WRX. Some of the gems: “Somebody find the Subaru designer and shoot him.” “Seriously, I want to throw up.” “I see the Camry, where’s the Impreza.”
Those comments mirrored the letters we got from you guys seven years later when the fourth-gen Subaru WRX went into production. I guess we can expect the same in a few years when the WRX merges to Subaru’s new modular global architecture.
Although the then-new Impreza WRX drove as well as expected, buyers were ultimately disappointed by its carryover 224-horse 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-four and softer handling. A year later, in 2009, Subaru gave the WRX a proper power boost to 265 hp, and sharpened up its suspension, ultimately recementing its legacy among millennial gearheads.
Other Highlights: Our Asia-focused issue also featured the V-8-powered Hyundai Genesis and the 330-hp Infiniti G37.
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Agya Club IndonesiaThe 2018 Toyota Camry will feature an infotainment system that runs on an open-source platform developed by hundreds of engineers across the auto industry. It is among the many vehicles, and the first Toyota vehicle, that will adopt the common infotainment platform that many companies hope will become the industry standard for connected cars.
Creating a Linux-based tech platform eliminates the need for automakers to build their own infotainment systems from scratch, thus reducing development costs across the industry. Toyota, Mazda, Suzuki, and Daimler are among the 10 automakers working with suppliers and tech companies to develop the platform that will help users operate features such as music and navigation.
The platform simply provides a basic starting point, allowing automakers to individualize the infotainment platform for their own purposes. About 70 percent of the platform on the 2018 Camry consists of mostly generic coding, while the remaining 30 percent is unique to the vehicle, reports Reuters, speaking with Kenichi Murata, Toyota group manager of Connected Strategy and Planning.
Automakers currently make it a priority to design their vehicles around Apple CarPlay and Android Auto that allow drivers to connect their phones to their cars. But the new collaboration gives automakers back the flexibility they need to customize their own platforms to their liking.
The infotainment platform will arrive on the 2018 Toyota Camry in the U.S. late this summer. Completely redesigned, the Camry sits on Toyota’s new TNGA vehicle architecture that also underpins the Prius and C-HR. Along with updated powertrains, the Camry offers an updated Entune multimedia system with an 8-inch touchscreen, a 10-inch head-up display, a 7-inch LCD display in between the gauges, a JBL premium sound system, and other technology upgrades.
Source: Automotive Grade Linux, Reuters
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Agya Club IndonesiaThe 2018 Toyota Camry will feature an infotainment system that runs on an open-source platform developed by hundreds of engineers across the auto industry. It is among the many vehicles, and the first Toyota vehicle, that will adopt the common infotainment platform that many companies hope will become the industry standard for connected cars.
Creating a Linux-based tech platform eliminates the need for automakers to build their own infotainment systems from scratch, thus reducing development costs across the industry. Toyota, Mazda, Suzuki, and Daimler are among the 10 automakers working with suppliers and tech companies to develop the platform that will help users operate features such as music and navigation.
The platform simply provides a basic starting point, allowing automakers to individualize the infotainment platform for their own purposes. About 70 percent of the platform on the 2018 Camry consists of mostly generic coding, while the remaining 30 percent is unique to the vehicle, reports Reuters, speaking with Kenichi Murata, Toyota group manager of Connected Strategy and Planning.
Automakers currently make it a priority to design their vehicles around Apple CarPlay and Android Auto that allow drivers to connect their phones to their cars. But the new collaboration gives automakers back the flexibility they need to customize their own platforms to their liking.
The infotainment platform will arrive on the 2018 Toyota Camry in the U.S. late this summer. Completely redesigned, the Camry sits on Toyota’s new TNGA vehicle architecture that also underpins the Prius and C-HR. Along with updated powertrains, the Camry offers an updated Entune multimedia system with an 8-inch touchscreen, a 10-inch head-up display, a 7-inch LCD display in between the gauges, a JBL premium sound system, and other technology upgrades.
Source: Automotive Grade Linux, Reuters
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Filed under: Etc.,Toyota,Emerging Technologies,Infotainment,Sedan
The system is based on Automotive Grade Linux.Continue reading 2018 Toyota Camry packs an open-source Linux-based infotainment system
2018 Toyota Camry packs an open-source Linux-based infotainment system originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 May 2017 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsFiled under: Etc.,Toyota,Sedan,Wagon,Classics,Luxury
If the Camry station wagon was too small, the Mercedes-Benz wagons too expensive, and the Detroit wagons too crude, there was the Cressida wagon.Continue reading Junkyard Gem: 1986 Toyota Cressida Station Wagon
Junkyard Gem: 1986 Toyota Cressida Station Wagon originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 May 2017 14:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsAfter several years competing in the subcompact crossover segment with the funky-styled Nissan Juke, the Japanese automaker has just introduced the more conventionally styled all-new 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport. With the compact Nissan Rogue growing to accommodate an optional third-row bench, the new Rogue Sport is a two-row-only crossover that straddles the subcompact and compact crossover segments. How does the new Rogue Sport’s styling compare to that of its closest competitors?
Like other entrants in the subcompact crossover segment, but unlike the Juke, the Rogue Sport’s styling represents a shrunken version of its automaker’s current styling language. Here is a look at the new Rogue Sport compared to the Honda HR-V, Mazda CX-3, and Toyota C-HR.
Up front, the Nissan Rogue Sport features the automaker’s signature “V-Motion” grille insert flanked by a pair of projector headlights with LED daytime running lights. The lower fascia has a large central intake with outboard-mounted round foglights and a blacked out lower piece below the opening. In comparison, the Honda HR-V and Mazda CX-3 feature large front grilles with smaller lower intake openings, while the Toyota C-HR has a slim upper grille and smaller lower intake.
The Rogue Sport rides on a 2.3-inch shorter wheelbase and is 12.1 inches shorter overall than the standard Rogue. Along the side, the Rogue Sport features a swooping roofline and beltline that kicks up over the rear wheels above the taillights. Only the Toyota has pronounced fender bulges, though all have visible plastic fender trim to help reinforce their crossover identities.
Around back, the Rogue Sport gets the automaker’s signature boomerang-shaped rear LED taillights. While the Mazda CX-3 and Toyota C-HR have blacked out D-pillars for a “floating roof” look, that feature is absent from the Rogue Sport even though it is used on other Nissan products such as the Murano crossover and Maxima sedan.
With the Rogue Sport being as wide as the standard Rogue, it also shares its dashboard, steering wheel, and seats, which makes its styling rather conservative compared to the Juke with its magic button display or the CX-3 with its floating infotainment screen.
How do you think the styling of the new 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport compares to its closest competitors? Besides these models, there’s also the Chevrolet Trax, Jeep Renegade, Fiat 500X, and Subaru Crosstrek to consider. How does the ‘tweener Rogue Sport stack up? Share your thoughts below.
Last week, we looked at the refreshed 2018 Acura TLX sedan, which got a surprisingly high number of negative comments. Hidekel Peralta thought, “That over-sized grille is ridiculous.” Ryan Wiatrowski wasn’t impressed either saying, “Revolting. Acura’s design language is really poor lately.” And Nathan Yount said, “Acura needs to fire its designers even the NSX is somewhat of a failure.”
Not all comments were bad. Michael Anderson said that it “looks surprisingly good in A-Spec trim,” while Ryan Lewis said that the TLX is “way bolder looking than the last design. Much better.”
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