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The Mazda RX-8 has an appealing combination of light and agile handling, a ride that doesn’t abuse, and steering with a level of precision usually the purview of the surgical community. These attributes make it a gratifying back-road thriller, and with room for four and a starting price of about $27,000, it all adds up to a three-time 10Best Cars winner.

Still, nothing’s perfect, and we’ve had a long-running beef with the rotary-powered Mazda’s less-than-invigorating power. Read the rest of this entry »

iPhone comes closer to driving your car…find out all about the Viper SmartStart, a new iPhone app.

(NewsUSA) – In the olden days, people used maps for directions and yellow pages to find restaurants, and they didn’t often use their phones as lightsabers.

But then came the next best thing since sliced bread — the iPhone and its numerous apps. Users count calories, listen to music, track workouts via GPS, browse Amazon, watch videos, check e-mail, find low gas prices, pour animated beer and knock on virtual wood. Read the rest of this entry »

We recently showed you of the new Grand Cherokee, but now Chrysler has spilled (most of) the beans. Included in the viability plan just submitted by the automaker to the U.S. government was a rendering of the Grand Cherokee’s new look—as well as one of the

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If the rendering is to be believed, the next Grand Cherokee will sport a flatter face with Jeep’s seven-slat grille gaining wider chrome bars. The headlight clusters shrink to create a look that’s much more modern and aggressive than the old quad bug-eye design. Read the rest of this entry »