Test Drives, Trends & Events

The Chevrolet Stingray concept car - A vision of the future Corvette?

Auto show season is officially upon us and to kick things off the NADAguides.com team traveled to the 2009 Orange County Auto show. Most of the automakers save their big product reveals for a little later in the year at shows like the LA, Chicago, Detroit, and New York event. This year however the Anaheim convention center is filled with some great concepts and a few surprises. More...

The 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid greenin’ it up at the NADAguides.com parking lot.

With no children to lug around, it goes without saying that a 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid is not on my must own list at the moment. Regardless of what I am going to drive for a week, I typically get excited to be in a new car, but the Camry wasn’t a thrilling prospect. I figured I would be bored for a week and then move on, but I was totally wrong. More...

A car road trip needs only a few things to be fun: good music, great friends, and a terrific destination. But these days, if you don't want to break the bank, you also need a car with good gas mileage.

For a recent car road trip, my wife and I decided to rent a higher gas mileage car than our 2001 Nissan Altima. After reading NADAguides.com's recent picks for the Best Road Trip Cars, our first choice was a Toyota Prius; unfortunately none were unavailable. Sure an exotic rental would have been fun, but the speeding ticket would have been very expensive.

2008 Dodge Avenger Proves to be Road Friendly

Instead, we rented a 2008 Dodge Avenger SE, which has EPA-estimated gas mileage of 21 mpg city/30 mpg highway. On our 790-mile road tr...