BMW USED CARS

When leasing a car first became popular in the '80s, it was a logical enough proposition with simple pluses and minuses. Just like renting anything else, leasing wasn't the most economical way to own something long-term. Factors such as restrictive mileage limitations (and hefty penalties thereafter) and carefully calculated residual values made b

In its early days, biodiesel was the sole domain of quirky environmentalists schlepping their vintage Mercedes-Benz sedans and Volkswagen vans from one fast-food restaurant to another to fill up on deep-fryer slop. You could often tell where thes

The best vehicles are built by Honda, Subaru and Toyota. They make well-rounded cars that excel across the board, getting very good scores in our road tests and high marks in reliability from subscribers in our Annual Auto Survey.

Those are the findings of our latest automaker report cards, which reflect the performance, reliability, fuel economy and comfort of about 300 vehicles that we've recently tested. Here's what els

Ben Nussbaum and his wife, Margaret Malandruccolo, need a second car.

Like many people who dwell in New York City, Nussbaum and Malandruccolo mostly relied on a combination of public transportation and taxis for everything from their daily commutes to gr

This swoopy sports car posts a 0-60 time of 4.0 sec and a quarter mile of 12.7 sec at 105.3 mph. With its 950 lb. of lithium-ion batteries, it handles like a well-ballasted Lotus Elise. No surprise and no mere hype: The Tesla Roadster is the Porsche 911 of EVs. Its cockpit's roominess profits from the slenderness of its center console. Its dashboard contains EV wizardry such as a Vehicle Display System featuring five operationa

Porsche has always been a purist when it comes to building sports cars. Still is. However, the German automaker has recently had to expand its famed There is no substitute design philosophy to remain competitive in the global market, as well as to satisfy those pe

Is America ready for cars that run on electricity? The pollsters seem to think so for years, surveys have found that a majority of drivers in the United States are interested in gas-electric hybrid vehicles. And in a J.D. Power and Associates poll conducted in the summer of 2