
This weekend, a special Cars section examines how automakers are meeting tougher mileage standards while still offering high performance and comfort.

Research Group Sees Deterioration in U.S. Fuel-Economy Gains
A team from the University of Michigan said that while fleetwide efficiency had improved in recent years, 2011 had brought a backslide.
The German automaker's volume leader is fitted for 2012 with the twin-scroll turbocharged 4-cylinder that appears currently in the Z4 sDrive28i, as well as a new 8-speed automatic transmission.

Though now working for a luxury car dealership in Greenwich, Conn., Evan M. Cygler is still very much the 15-year-old who turned his fascination with collector cars into a concours.
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