Cars.com Reviews the 2010 Honda CR-V

As Cars.com reviewer Bill Jackson points out, the compact crossover segment is a crowded field populated by both luxury and non-luxury players alike. If you’re shopping for a small crossover, you are going to have an abundance of options. Which vehicles are a must test-drive? Despite a few kinks that Honda needs to iron out, Jackson says the popular 2010 Honda CR-V is one to put on the list.

2010 Honda CR-V Review

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Cars.com Podcast: Crossover Craziness

It seems the gremlins in our podcast feed have been exposed to sunlight, and our stream of enlightened musings is flowing again. That’s good because it means you get to hear Kelsey Mays explain how the new Honda Accord Crosstour really is like a fish out of water.

His conflicted feelings are countered by David Thomas’ outright love for Lincoln’s MKT, and Joe Wiesenfelder talks about his time in the all-new Audi S4 and why it couldn’t live up to his expectations.

You can download the podcast via iTunes here (yay!) or just hit the play button below. 

Cars.Com Podcast #31

2010 Honda Accord Crosstour Pricing

If you’re interested in buying a new Accord Crosstour be sure to check out Kelsey Mays’ full review. How does the pricing of the new crossover hold up to its competition like the Toyota Venza and Nissan Murano? For V-6 models, it’s pretty competitive; it’s the only way you can get the new Honda, which starts at $29,670 before a destination fee. The Accord Crosstour goes on sale later this month. A full list of pricing is below.

Cars.com Reviews the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour

Remember the online furor with the first images of the Honda Accord Crosstour? Cars.com editor Kelsey Mays does, and after reviewing the car he admits it’s better-looking in person. However, his platitudes stop there. Much more is amiss about the Crosstour than its polarizing sheet metal. Namely, its skimpy cargo room and a relatively high price tag.

2010 Honda Crosstour Review

Consumer Reports' Top 10 Automakers

Today, Consumer Reports released the results of its annual car reliability survey, which includes more than 1.4 million vehicles. This is one of the most important publications of the year for consumers interested in a car’s reliability. There were few surprises in terms of which makes are most and least reliable, with Scion maintaining the top spot. Porsche, Saab, Suzuki and Pontiac saw the biggest gains while Lincoln and Mini took the biggest hits. Check out Consumer Reports full report if you’re a subscriber. We list the top 10 most and least reliable automakers below.

2010 Toyota Prius vs. 2010 Honda Insight: The Commute

Last week, we ran our latest Mileage Challenge featuring four ultra-fuel-efficient cars, and before that we rounded up six fuel-sippers to see which one was the best daily driver. But none of these reports put a brutal, real-life morning and evening commute to the test.

That’s exactly what I did in the new 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius, the two most affordable hybrids on the road. We hear a lot of car shoppers say they buy hybrids to help save on their gas costs and cut down on emissions during their commute. But how did the two do in terms of fuel efficiency, comfort and entertainment for my often 90-minute morning commute and 45-minute afternoon commute? Let’s find out.

Mileage Challenge 5.5: Final Thoughts

Beyond the numbers that we so diligently broke down yesterday, driving four different cars for six hours can be telling in many more ways than just fuel economy. Our editors share their thoughts on the cars and pick which car they’d log another six-hour trip in.

Mileage Challenge 5.4: The Results

Our latest mileage challenge had editors logging more than 300 miles each in three hybrids and a diesel: the 2010 Honda Insight, 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid, 2010 Toyota Prius and 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. We tallied up all the numbers and corrected for a brief photography stint between Legs 2 and 3. (Angling cars around for the camera — complete with rapid stops, starts and idling — has a way of dinging your mileage, and it’s not representative of real-world driving.)

The results were striking.

Catching Up on the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show

Across the Pacific, the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show is in full swing. As usual there are dozens of elaborate concept cars with little chance of making it to market. We’ve already covered some of the most important vehicles slated for these shores and recap them below. The U.S. auto-show season roars to life the first week of December in Los Angeles, and Cars.com will be there reporting live.

Honda CR-Z Concept Gets Fleshed Out
Toyota FT-86 Sports Car Concept
Lexus LF-A: First Look

Mileage Challenge 5.3: Dizzying Displays

Most people think all of the advanced technology in today’s hybrid cars is under the hood. While automakers continue to enhance new engines, batteries and drivetrains, they’re also working on ways to wrangle the one factor they can’t control — the driver.

To gain maximum efficiency in a hybrid, a driver must be taught to drive properly so fill-ups are few and far between. In the crop of cars we tested on our mileage drive, there were a dazzling array of displays to teach people to drive as green as possible.