Recently BMW has signed a 3-year contract with Baidu, a Chinese technology company, to collaborate on the self-driving car development. For those who are not familiar with Baidu, here is something easy to understand: Baidu is the Chinese Google.

According to the contract, after the 3-year term, BMW will build a highly-automated self-driving car, which can run on China’s public road. The reason why BMW selected Baidu as collaboration partner, is because Baidu has the map data and all related information service which BMW currently does not have...

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2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 1 (Exterior)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 2 (Interior)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 3 (Interior – Electronic Features)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 4 (Powertrain)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 5 Chassis and Suspension)

At a glance, it gives you an impression that the whole Corolla family only offers one sole choice of a 1.8L 4-cylinder engine, for the US market. But please pay attention that there are actually two different engines, even though they both has 1.8L displacement.

The one on our LE trim test car is the Toyota 2ZR-FE engine, making 132hp at 6,000rpm ...

When talking about the Accord outside of US market, please pay attention that it usually means a different car. For example the 8th-gen Honda Accord in Japan and Europe is actually the Acura TSX in US.

The foreign-market Accord also has another name in China: it is called the Honda Spirior. Last month, Honda revealed the redesigned 2015 Spirior. The higher-level Si trim, can be consider to be the equivalent to the Acura TLX 2.4 8-DCT.

The Spirior has the same wheelbase as the TLX, and the Si trim comes with the same 2.4L direct-injection 4-cylinder engine as in the TLX and also the Honda-developed 8-speed DCT. The 2...

Today Honda released information regardint its hot-selling compact sedan – the 2015 Civic.

Compared to the 2014 model year, the 2015 Civic does not has siginificant changes or updates. One major point in the press release is the addition of the Special Edition model (Civic SE).

Basically speaking, the Civic SE packs some upgrade options with a discounted combined pricing. The SE trim comes with automatic AC, an upgraded audio system with LCD display and also the Honda LaneWatch system. The Civic SE has very similar features to the 2015 Toyota Corolla, but is $1,475 more expensive.

The Civic has advantages such as better performance in the IIHS crash test, fully independen...

Review Index

2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 1 (Exterior)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 2 (Interior)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 3 (Interior – Electronic Features)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 4 (Powertrain)
2014 Toyota Corolla LE – Part 5 Chassis and Suspension)

For Corolla’s market position and price level, you will not find fancy features in the cabin; but it still meet customer’s expectation for those who are buying this kind of automobile.

Easy-to-read gauges, an audio system with USB input, AC are what you need in a basic car.

It may be a surprise for the consumer that the Corolla LE come with automatic air conditioning as standard, which typically is see...