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Why is GM clinging to Cadillac in Europe?
As General Motors bids au revoir to its Opel/Vauxhall operations, the automaker has confirmed it will remain in the European premium market with Chevy performance cars and Cadillac. But why? The answer arguably is threefold: • Why not? Cadillac’s European operations are separate from Opel, and given their size, there’s little downside to sticking around. • The vehicles for sale have higher ...
Read MoreWhy GM is selling Opel to PSA
Ammann says business profile will improve ‘immediately’ General Motors executives said they decided to sell Opel because Europe’s changing geo-political and regulatory climate demands more investment at a time when they see a greater need to focus on North America, China and emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles. The $2.3 billion deal with PSA Group of France will not only free up GM ...
Read MoreWhen women drive
I admit that I am not a skilled driver. I’m a creative-type person and I try to convince my husband that my driving is a reflection of my creativity, but that just makes him question his choice in a spouse even more. Men are more known for reckless and careless driving as teenagers, but they eventually outgrow it. It’s the ...
Read MoreVW set to plead guilty Friday in emissions case
WASHINGTON — Volkswagen AG is set to plead guilty on Friday to three felony counts in the Justice Department’s diesel emissions investigation, as the German automaker seeks to move past widespread environmental violations. As part of a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors announced in January, the company agreed to sweeping reforms, new audits and oversight by an independent monitor for ...
Read MoreUsed Truck Market Stabilized in February
The North American market for used trucks recovered last month from a dip in January, according to Price Digests, a trucking information services company. Price Digests’ Price Stability Index, a measure of used truck values and the strength of the resale market in the U.S. and Canada, rose to 99 in February from 95.8 in January. A measure of 99 to 100 represents a stable ...
Read MoreTrucker Wins Big After Being Fired For Complaining About Safety Issues
A truck driver has won a lawsuit against her former employer, after she was unjustly fired for refusing to drive unregistered and unsafe equipment. According to documents obtained by LiveTrucking.com, on September 28, 2015, driver Jill Grass complained to her employer, Illinois-based Hartwig Transit Inc, about a trailer that was missing up-to-date inspection and registration materials. A second incident occurred on ...
Read MoreTruck Speed Limiters Won’t Improve Highway Safety
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants all heavy trucks to have speed limiters – devices that block big rigs from driving above a certain predetermined speed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – which is also pushing for lower speed limits – and other groups support NHTSA’s planned regulation. While no one wants to see 80,000-pound tractor-trailers traveling at ...
Read MoreThere’s Already A Racing Version Of The New Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE looks every bit like a weapon of mass trackstruction. Not a week after that street-legal car’s debut does the General show off its racing version. This is the Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R. This thing is built to what’s called GT4 spec, just a lower cost, lower speed more road-car-relevant homologation class than GT3. We’re already familiar ...
Read MoreThe Ten Cutest Cars Ever Made
You thought a Mini Cooper was cuddly? Jalopnik readers are here to make you lose your mind. Welcome back to Answers of the Day — our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day’s Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It’s by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy! Before ...
Read MoreThe Porsche Macan GTS is a great way to get to a winter rally
I’ve been waiting a long, long while to get behind the wheel of a Porsche. I’m one of those secondhand fans that reads the reviews and goes to the races but has never actually done more than taken a few photos of the one GT3 RS 4.0 I saw parked at a show. I’ve been lucky enough to spend time ...
Read MoreThe Mercedes‑AMG GT R
Once again, the skunkworks in Affalterbach has driven a new stake into the ground and set the new benchmark for racetrack-bred performance. Introducing the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R, the embodiment of all that is Mercedes-AMG: driving performance at its most passionate, pure and uncompromising. The Mercedes-AMG GT R is designed as a track car off the showroom floor, with sinister ...
Read MoreThe 2018 Volvo XC60 is all set to make its US debut in New York
The all-new 2018 Volvo XC90, which made its world debut last month in Geneva, is hitting US shores next week at the 2017 New York Auto Show. Volvo’s best-selling model is the first of Volvo’s new mid-size 60 Series line that will include a new S60 sedan and V60 wagon. With crossovers all the rage, the outgoing model had its ...
Read MoreTesla’s market value surpasses Ford
Ford is currently valued at about $45.1 billion. Tesla is now worth $47.8 billion, reports Bloomberg. Last year, Tesla delivered less than 80,000 cars. Ford, America’s second largest automaker, sold 6.7 million vehicles. Tesla’s stock was up over five percent after reporting it has delivered 25,000 vehicles (nearly half of which were the Model X) in the first quarter of 2017. Investors take ...
Read MoreStyling Size-Up: 2017 Honda Civic Type R vs. The Competition
Last week at the 2017 Geneva auto show, Honda finally took the covers off of the long-awaited 2017 Civic Type R. Packing a 2.0-liter turbo-four with 306 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque paired exclusively to a six-speed manual gearbox, the 2017 Civic Type R is the hot Civic Honda enthusiasts in the U.S. have been waiting for. Despite being ...
Read MoreSpirit of Scion lives on in Toyota’s C-HR
AUSTIN, Texas — Toyota’s youth-oriented Scion brand may have driven off into the sunset, but its spirit lives on in the head-turning C-HR crossover hitting dealerships next month. The “Coupe-High Rider” was shown as a Scion concept car at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show and was supposed to be the youth brand’s first crossover, starting in the 2018 model ...
Read MoreRuminations in winter | 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata long-term update
Winter is an odd time for our 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club long-term tester. In the summer, the track beckons. Fall and spring bring top-down adventures at sunset. But our Miata is a little out of its enthusiast element when the weather is harsh and our moods grow as gray as a January day in Michigan. Sure, there’s the occasional ...
Read MoreReview: GMC Sierra 2500 Denali Matches Bruising Torque with Refined Ride
State-of-the-art technology. Authentic wood accents. Premium leather seats — both heated and cooled. Such amenities of luxury sedans are now a hallmark of high-end pickup trucks. The 2017 GMC Sierra Denali 2500 HD is the latest embodiment of this trend. Despite a rugged body-on-frame construction, high center of gravity and maximum tow rate just under 15,000 pounds, the Denali offers interior comfort and quality that rival many traditional luxury vehicles. Its 6.6-liter turbo-diesel engine combines workman-like strength with quiet ...
Read MoreReview: 2017 Nissan Titan Pickup Truck Still Lags Behind the Domestic Competition
Over the last 12 years, the Nissan Titan has been the worst-selling full-size pickup in America. It’s dead last in sales, behind the Ford F-Series, Chevy Silverado, Ram and GMC Sierra trucks. It is even behind the struggling Toyota Tundra. That poor showing leaves a mark. And the full-size Nissan Titan pickup truck might as well have it tattooed across its big chrome grille. Truck buyers don’t want their new-vehicle smell tainted with the whiff of failure. How else can you ...
Read MoreReturn to form | 2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe First Drive
There is a certain satisfying symmetry to a three-by-three grid. Think of the solved edge of a Rubik’s cube, your Instagram top nine, or the tied-up terminus of a round of tic-tac-toe with your nephew when the board is finally full and you don’t have to play anymore. Like the rest of the big German automakers, Mercedes has long had ...
Read MoreREFRESHING OR REVOLTING: 2018 MCLAREN 720S
The all-new 2018 McLaren 720S marks the first car in the race team turned automaker’s second-generation Super Series line of supercars. In addition to a significant power boost and weight reduction, the new 720S also rides on a brand-new one-piece carbon-fiber tub with an integrated roof dubbed MonoCage II. Here is a look at the styling differences between the outgoing ...
Read MorePotential Trump Tariffs Could Shake Up U.S. Pickup Truck Market
President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and place a 35 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico could roil the market for pickup trucks – the most American of vehicles. U.S. consumers purchased 2.7 million pickup trucks last year. Encouraged by low gas prices, buyers continue to gravitate to the large vehicles ...
Read MorePorts, Truck Drivers Testing Appointment Systems 2.0 for Shipping Container Pickups
Truck drivers are on the fence about new appointment systems meant to eliminate congestion outside terminal gates that are popping up in ports from Long Beach, Calif., to Newark, N.J. That’s because they remember early appointment systems intended to allow drivers to pick up and drop off shipping containers that fell short of their intended outcome. Some were designed without input from ...
Read MorePiech may sell Porsche SE stake by end May, paper says
FRANKFURT — A large Porsche Automobile SE stake owned by former Volkswagen Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech may be bought by other members of the Porsche and Piech clans before May 30, German weekly Bild am Sonntag said. Porsche SE said on Friday that Piech wanted to sell his 14.7 percent stake in the family-controlled holding company, which is worth at least 1.1 billion euros ...
Read MorePickup Trucks Continue to Eclipse Passenger Sedan Sales
Americans continued to snap up pickup trucks in the first quarter of this year, even as the overall auto market showed signs of cooling. Automakers sold almost 636,000 pickup trucks during the first three months of this year, a 5.2 percent gain compared with the same period a year earlier. The industry sold 4 million vehicles of all types in the first quarter, down ...
Read MoreNLRB Reviews Wave of Truck Driver Workplace Retaliation Claims
Truckers have asked the National Labor Relations Board to intervene in a string of cases in which the drivers say they have become victims of workplace retaliation, including termination, as they pushed for collective bargaining and better working conditions. The truck drivers allege that employers use tactics such as withholding jobs or triggering calculated dispatch delays that leave truckers waiting for hours at loading docks for work. The drivers claim the lack of loads given to them are not enough loads necessary to make a living or ...
Read MoreNissan’s Nakamura retires as design team is reshuffled
TOKYO — Shiro Nakamura, the slick-suited, mustachioed design maestro who graduated from trucks to penning some of Nissan’s most daring and memorable vehicles, will retire after 17 years of pursuing cutting-edge looks that put Japan’s No. 2 carmaker on the map for its styling. Nakamura steps down amid a wider design shuffle at Nissan Motor Co. that promotes a new ...
Read MoreNext-Gen Mercedes-Benz CLS Shows off its Curves
The Mercedes-AMG GT Concept revealed at the Geneva Motor Show previews a new Porsche Panamera fighter, but a next-gen CLS, the Panamera’s original competitor from Mercedes, is still in the works as these spy shots show. The front end is only lightly camouflaged, revealing a new grille shape featuring Mercedes’ signature diamond grille pattern and sleek headlights that are angled ...
Read MoreMitsubishi Fuso Brings Electric ‘Urban’ Work Truck to U.S. Market
Mitsubishi Fuso plans to bring a new line of electric work trucks to the North American market. The division of German automotive giant Daimler AG, which owns Mercedes-Benz, introduced Fuso’s eCanter electric truck at the 2017 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Fuso said it will be the first fully-electric work truck designed and produced by a major truck ...
Read MoreMercedes will show X-class pickup concept
Mercedes-Benz will give Geneva auto showgoers a glimpse of its first pickup that’s due to go on sale in Europe toward the end of the year. The automaker will debut the Concept X-Class at the show on March 7, the first public outing for the vehicle after Mercedes unveiled it to journalists in October. The midsize vehicle will target families, outdoor enthusiasts ...
Read MoreMercedes says recall won’t hurt U.S. sales
ATLANTA — The recall of 1 million new and late-model Mercedes-Benz vehicles because of fire risk isn’t expected to hurt the brand’s U.S. sales in March. While several new models are affected by the recall, dealers will be able to quickly repair any such vehicles in their inventory, according to Mercedes-Benz USA and the head of the Mercedes-Benz Dealer Board. ...
Read MoreMercedes AMG GT – 805 horsepower hybrid supercar unleashed at Geneva Motor Show 2017
MERCEDES AMG GT hybrid supercar has debuted at the Geneva Motor Show 2017 and it is very, very pretty. Mercedes has today launched the 805 horsepower AMG GT concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2017. As part of the 50th anniversary of Mercedes AMG, a GT model has been created which offers an insight into the alternative drive configurations they ...
Read MoreLonger, wider, still a Mini | 2017 Mini Countryman First Drive
Think of the 2017 Mini Countryman as the brand’s “ah, to hell with it” moment. At a whopping 8.1 inches longer and 5.4 inches wider than the vehicle it replaces, it is quite obviously the least-mini Mini ever. Yet, that size increase makes it more useful, comfortable riding, and better proportioned. If a compact crossover SUV is what’s to be, ...
Read MoreLA Airport Parking Service Converts to All-Electric Shuttle Buses
Sixteen zero-emission utility shuttle buses will be used to service offsite parking at Los Angeles International Airport for shuttling service WallyPark, making it the first all-electric airport parking depot in the country. Phoenix Motorcars, based in Ontario, Calif., manufactured the fully-electric buses for WallyPark, a subsidiary of parking facility operator L&R, which is headquartered in Los Angeles. Each vehicle carries ...
Read MoreL.A. Port Trucking Firm Using Cummins’ Ultra-Low Emissions Natural Gas Engines
Cummins is starting to gain traction with its new line of ultra-low emissions compressed natural gas truck engines. Total Transportation Services Inc., a large drayage trucking company working the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has started to use one of the first Cummins Westport ISX12 G low natural gas engines in one of its trucks to shuttle shipping ...
Read MoreKnight Transportation Takes Over Swift in Colossal Trucking Merger
Knight Transportation Inc. and Swift Transportation Co., two of the nation’s largest trucking companies, said on Monday they would merge their businesses. The massive transaction – a stock swap – will create a trucking behemoth with $5 billion in annual revenue and a business positioned no less than fifth nationally in the dry van, refrigerated, dedicated, cross-border shipping to Mexico ...
Read MoreJapan automakers willing to work with U.S. on trade grievances
TOKYO — Japan’s auto industry, under increasing trade pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, has struck a conciliatory note, saying it is open to addressing American grievances and even defending the president’s stance as a “natural” job-building strategy, not protectionism. Japan’s auto market is open, but its carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co., are ...
Read MoreIntel’s Mobileye Purchase Puts Tech Giant into Trucking
Intel’s $15.3-billion deal to acquire autonomous driving technology company Mobileye will put the Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker at the center of the growing market for self-driving trucks and cars. When it announced the acquisition Monday, Intel said it aimed to become a leading technology provider for autonomous vehicles. Intel estimates the vehicle systems, data and services market could reach $70 billion by 2030. But while Mobileye already has a high-profile deal with BMW and Intel to develop fully self-driving vehicles for production in ...
Read MoreInfiniti and Renault Sport Formula 1 Team Create Q60 Project Black S
Infiniti has been all about showing us its true colors lately. Following the debut—and eventual quiet demise—of the Q50 Eau Rouge concept (that’s literally French for “red water” but named after the famous corner on the Spa-Francorchamps racing circuit, itself named for a nearby stream), the automaker put the somewhat less exciting Q50 Red Sport 400 on sale. Now, for the ...
Read MoreHow Nissan’s Shiro Nakamura became the crossover king
TOKYO — It came virtually out of the woodwork at the 1993 Tokyo Motor Show. The Isuzu VehiCross concept wasn’t quite a truck, not really a car. It seemed to almost cross over both segments. Shiro Nakamura didn’t pen the VehiCross himself, but as a chief designer at the Japanese 4×4 specialist, he was among the first to realize that ...
Read MoreHonda settles for an 80-mile EV
Putting size and price ahead of range LOS ANGELES — In a surprise twist that will challenge Honda’s carefully cultivated reputation as a leader in green vehicles, the Clarity all-electric model debuting this spring will have only about 80 miles of range on a single charge, Automotive News has learned. That figure puts the Honda well behind the Chevrolet Bolt’s 238-mile range ...
Read MoreHighway attack mode 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible First Drive
When you think of places you’d want to take the 650-horsepower Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, what comes to mind? Perhaps a drag strip, where you could verify Chevrolet’s claimed 3.5-second 0–60-mph and 11.4-second quarter-mile times? Maybe a road course such as Willow Springs, where we first drove the hardtop. How about 500 miles of relentlessly straight interstate? Well, as you may ...
Read MoreGeneva’s hits and misses
If there’s one reason to visit Geneva, it’s the $12 croissants. If there are two reasons to visit, it’s those AND the annual auto show, the only time of the year the median income of the city’s dwellers doesn’t have a pair of commas in it. Because our Los Angeles reporter and vintage croissant collector Dave Undercoffler never sees real ...
Read MoreForget Tesla’s Model 3, Model Y Crossover Will Make or Break the Company
The most important vehicle in the Tesla Inc. portfolio is on the horizon, but it’s not the upcoming Model 3 small sedan. It’s the Model Y, a compact crossover expected to debut in a few years at a price well below the Palo Alto, Calif. electric car company’s six-figure Model S sedan and Model X SUV. The Model 3 is expected to launch this year into a market where more than ...
Read MoreFord’s China Sales Get Help From a Brawny SUV
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said that its sales in China rose 2% in February, thanks mostly to a quirk of the Chinese calendar. Year to date, the Blue Oval’s sales in China are off 21%, as it struggles to regain momentum after an expiring tax break pulled many sales forward to the end of 2016. Ford’s China sales: The raw numbers The vehicles ...
Read MoreFord faces another legal challenge over hybrid technology patent
The International Trade Commission this week launched an investigation into a patent infringement complaint against Ford Motor Co. that could prevent the automaker’s Mexico-built hybrid electric cars from entering the U.S. Maryland hybrid technology company Paice, along with the Abell Foundation, allege Ford is importing certain hybrid electric vehicles and components that infringe on its own patents, a violation of ...
Read MoreFast doesn’t begin to describe it | 2017 Bugatti Chiron First Drive
Long after the heat of the moment, I pull off the highway in rural Portugal and glance at the Bugatti Chiron’s center console. As the engine cools and the carbon silicon carbide brake rotors start to dissipate heat, the onboard computer’s telemetry reveals some staggering figures: A peak speed of 377 km/h (do the math, and that’s 234 mph), with ...
Read MoreEXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL PRO STOCK BIKE RACER FIGHTS CRAZY TANK SLAPPER!
Elvira Karlssonis the fastest woman in Europe on a Pro Stock bike. She rode her bike to a 6.95 second 1/4 mile pass, effectively making it the fastest pro stock bike in all of Europe. Then she came to the US to run in the NHRA, and in one of her earlier races she had this wild wobble in the run-off area, we are ...
Read MoreEXOTIC MACHINE (1971 Dodge Challenger) CONNECTS Son and Dad!
This great video will raise so much positive feeling in all of you and will arise a wish to spend more time with your dad, hanging out, chilling, doing all funny things… A bond between son and father is ancient and everlasting. There are many things that guys in the family are doing alone (that is, without the female part ...
Read MoreEPA expected to revisit rules on 2025 mpg targets
WASHINGTON — The EPA is expected to announce next week it will reopen a review of 2022-25 vehicle emissions requirements after automakers urged the Trump administration to reverse a decision under former President Barack Obama, a source said on Friday. Last week, trade groups representing General Motors Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and ...
Read MoreDRE 2017: Ducati riding courses recommence with a focus on safety
New DRE Safety course focuses on safe road riding DRE Racetrack to be held at Misano and Mugello, DRE Enduro to take place in Nipozzano DRE 2017 includes all the latest Ducati models such as the Monster 797, Multistrada 950 and SuperSport Registration now open: head to Dre.ducati.com for the Safety and Racetrack courses and Dreenduro.ducati.com for off-road courses In 15 years, Ducati ...
Read MoreData-driven USA Truck on way
New CEO striving for a safer, more competitive hauler As USA Truck’s president and CEO of about six weeks, James Reed has already started changing things at the Van Buren campus. He’s opened the entire office building to drivers and now expects all employees to consult and rely on data metrics daily. One of the biggest shifts in the works, ...
Read MoreCoupe high-rider! | 2018 Toyota C-HR First Drive
Compact crossovers are a license to print money, and the 2018 Toyota C-HR will no doubt benefit from that trend. It was originally meant to be Scion’s savior, but then Scion folded, and this failed date with destiny sets the C-HR apart from other Toyota crossovers. It comes in two trims with zero available options and, most notably for a ...
Read MoreCost of mpg fuel standards could be 40% lower, report says
DETROIT — The cost to implement tough fuel-efficiency standards for cars imposed by the Obama administration for the first half of the next decade could be up to 40 percent lower than previously estimated using existing conventional technologies, according to a report from a nonprofit group released on Wednesday. If accurate, the report could present a challenge to automakers which ...
Read MoreChevrolet ZH2 Truck Brings Hydrogen Closer to the Battlefield
The camouflaged military truck sped across the dirt and mud in near silence. The only noise was a low air-compressor whine and the crunch of tires through the rough terrain. This futuristic pickup – a modified Chevrolet Colorado – runs on electricity generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. The zero-emissions truck is the result of a $4-million partnership between General Motors and the U.S. Army to determine whether hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are ready for the combat zone. GM brought the truck, code-named ZH2, ...
Read MoreCheap, honest transportation | 2017 Toyota Yaris iA
In The Love Bug, the main character (aside from Herbie) is a down-on-his-luck racing driver named Jim Douglas. Early on, he steps into an exotic car show room, and when the dealer asks him kind of car he’s looking for, Douglas replies, “What do you have in the way of cheap, honest transportation?” The dealer quickly snatches his fancy liquor back ...
Read MoreCaltrans, Volvo Test Truck Platooning on Busy Los Angeles Freeway
The convoy of three Volvo semi-trucks zipping along Southern California’s busy 110 Freeway hauling cargo containers looked like other big rigs that ply that busy stretch of highway daily — except that they were only 50 feet apart and there were robots controlling the pedals in two of the vehicles. The journey Wednesday was a joint demonstration of truck platoon ...
Read MoreBugatti Announces First Deliveries Of Chiron To Remind Us We’re All Still Peasants
You there, common man! Cease your work at the engine lathe for one moment and direct your attention to northeastern France, as the esteemed artisans at Bugatti bid farewell to the first examples of the dream-come-true Chiron hypercar. One by one, as the initial three roll away from Bugatti’s atelier in Molsheim, each a pinnacle of luxury, rapidity, and engineering, ...
Read MoreAudi offices, plants in Germany raided by prosecutors amid VW diesel scandal
BERLIN — German prosecutors searched Audi’s two biggest plants and other sites on Wednesday in connection with the emissions scandal still rocking parent Volkswagen, adding to pressure on the luxury division and its CEO Rupert Stadler. Volkswagen admitted in September 2015 that up to 11 million of its vehicles worldwide had software installed that cheats emissions tests, unleashing its biggest ...
Read MoreAudi CEO’s polished exterior shows cracks amid diesel scandal
There are few German top managers as practiced as Audi CEO Rupert Stadler. This week however the polished veneer began to wear away in the steady flow of questions related to his role in the lead up to Volkswagen Group’s diesel-emissions scandal. Just three hours before Stadler was due to present his company’s annual results at its headquarters in Bavaria, ...
Read MoreAs Economy Pushes Trucking Rates Higher, ELD Mandate Could Roil Industry
A healthy U.S. economy has shipping rates poised to head higher, but an upcoming federal mandate to equip long-haul trucks with electronic logging devices could disrupt the industry and launch trucking prices into an even more rapid ascent. Carriers are seeing the leading edge of a freight wave, according to analysts at DAT, an online freight exchange. For the first three months of 2017, load volumes are running 100 percent above the level of ...
Read MoreAlternative Fuel Trucks Abound at Industry Show, But Buyers Sparse
Alternative fuel vehicles – electric delivery trucks, vehicles powered by liquid propane and a hybrid pickup – were front and center at the 2017 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis this week. The only thing missing was interested buyers. At a time when the price of gasoline and diesel fuel is in the low- to mid-$2 range, there’s little incentive for truck operators to transition to expensive alternative fuel powertrains. Meanwhile, with the Trump administration signaling a broad walk back from federal environmental regulation – planning ...
Read MoreA tough choice: 2017 Honda CR-V vs. 2017 Mazda CX-5
One has to feel for the typical new-car buyer. The one not reading Autoblog and the one who recognizes a V8 as vegetable juice. For them, picking between compact crossovers must seem like choosing between various identically sized cardboard boxes. Which one do you want? “Ah, I’ll take the one with the best deal.” Except, with the 2017 Honda CR-V and now ...
Read More5 VIDEOS of the MEANEST BEAST ($300k) 1000hp 1969 Dodge Charger R/T!
A Tribute to the MEANEST BEAST 1000hp 1969 Dodge Charger R/T! ROXANE, I love You! We must start with this video below…to see this 1000hp 1969 Dodge Charger R/T in a Full Glory and Celebrate its existence! ROXANE, as this mean machine is called has evolved for more than 2 years, more than $300k was spent and it is a ...
Read More2018 MERCEDES-AMG GT ROADSTER AND GT C ROADSTER FIRST DRIVE REVIEW
A commentary on both the universal nature of music and its lasting power, “The Song Remains the Same” launched Led Zeppelin’s experimental, controversial, wildly successful, and now widely overlooked fifth album, Houses of the Holy. Virtuoso performances from Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham combined with Page’s technical mastery in the studio for a tour-de-force performance only briefly interrupted ...
Read More2018 Mazda RX-7 Around 250 HP
2018 Mazda RX-7 Around 250 HP After many years of rumors, Mazda has finally confirmed that the beloved RX-7 will get a successor by the end of the decade. The confirmation came at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, where the Japanese brand unveiled the RX-VISION, a front-engined, RWD concept that sports an aggressive interpretation of Mazda’s KODO design language. What’s more, the company also confirmed it will have a new ...
Read More2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRACKHAWK FIRST LOOK: HELL-CHEETAH
Well, it’s finally here. The highly anticipated Jeep entry in the Hellcat Hall of Fame. At long last, “active lifestyle” sporty utilitarians get their very own 707-hp, 645-lb-ft conveyance in which to trebuchet their kayaks and carabiners from the city house to the country house. If you can imagine Motor Trend’s sister brand Roadkill doing a weekend engine swap of a Hellcat crate ...
Read More2018 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban RST First Look
It is not a full horsepower war, but performance is becoming a bragging right among large SUVs. General Motors enters the fray with the addition of a pair of special edition full-size SUVs: the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe RST and the Chevy Suburban RST. RST, or Rally Street Truck, does not include any interior changes. It’s all exterior and mechanical tweaks ...
Read More2017 Subaru Impreza Sedan and Hatchback First Test: Unrivaled Practicality
Underpinned by a new platform and featuring a new multimedia interface, the new Impreza has returned more competitive than ever, and all-wheel drive is no longer the only feature that lets it stand apart. However, the 2017 Subaru Impreza is not a sport compact even in the Sport trim, which comes with a sport-tuned suspension, wider tires, 18-inch alloy wheels, ...
Read More2017 Land Rover Discovery Review: Disco is Back
Land Rover builds go-anywhere beasts that can traverse great distances in luxuriant opulence. Most people never need this extreme capability, but it’s good to know it can handle heavy sport when called upon. Showing an ability to persevere through snow, sleet, hail, and rain while battling high winds and steep sand dunes, our redesigned 2017 Discovery snaked through southern Utah ...
Read More2017 Honda Civic Type R First Look
Hottest Civic comes with a turbo, manual transmission Honda revealed the production 2017 Civic Type R at the 2017 Geneva auto show, and it will be the first Type R model to arrive in North America when it goes on sale this spring. Available only as a hatchback, the 2017 Honda Civic Type R will be the hottest Civic you ...
Read More2017 CHEVROLET SS LAST TEST: THE END OF A PERFORMANCE ERA
In June 1941, the Nazis surprised the Soviets by launching Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s secret plan to defeat and capture the Soviet Union. The mighty Soviet T-34 tank had just begun production, however, and the advancing Wehrmacht forces threatened all the factories where the Russian tank was being produced. A decision was made: The T-34 factories would be dismantled, put on ...
Read More2017 Chevrolet Malibu 2.0T Premier First Test: Win-Win
Although the midsize Chevrolet Malibu was completely reinvented for the 2016 model year, the automaker didn’t rest on its laurels, instead adding a significant update for the second year of the model’s ninth generation. The new GM/Ford jointly developed 9T50E nine-speed automatic transmission replaces the previous year’s Aisin Warner F8F35 eight-speed automatic behind the available 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4. (Other 2017 ...
Read More2017 BMW 740e: Our View
Despite being comparably equipped (and priced) to a gas-only model, the new plug-in hybrid 7 Series fails the cost-benefit test. The verdict: Despite being priced to match a comparably equipped gas-only model, the new plug-in hybrid version of BMW’s excellent 7 Series sedan fails the cost-benefit test.Versus the competition: Well-realized plug-in hybrids are few, and the 2017 BMW 740e does little ...
Read More2017 Audi R8 V10 By ABT Sportsline
For all of the warts the Audi R8 V10 has – limited storage and ridiculously high price tag, and others – the German supercar has proven to be one of the best all-around performance machines in the market today. It’s got a true sports car look to it and that screaming V-10 engine makes sweet, sweet music to the ears. ...
Read More2017 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid goes on sale in April for $52,935
If you like the hybrid tech of the Acura NSX, but don’t need a six-figure, 191-mph supercar as your daily driver, you might enjoy the extra room of the Acura MDX Sport Hybrid. It uses the same SH-AWD system with three electric motors as its racier stablemate – and puts a naturally aspirated 3.0-liter V6 up front – but seats ...
Read More2016 Dodge Viper ACR 645 HP
2016 Dodge Viper ACR 645 HP The ACR, short for American Club Racing, was initially introduced in 1999, three years into the second generation of the V-10-powered sports car. Available as a coupe only, the ACR received an array of aerodynamic and mechanical updates for improved performance at the track. Discontinued for the third-gen Viper, the track-ready machine returned in 2008 with even ...
Read More2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Update 5: Just Between Friends
I’ve heard from a number of readers over the past 12 months. Hi, and thanks! There seems to be quite a friendly community with its arms around the Camaro. That’s nice. You don’t see that with, I dunno, Zach Gale’s Kia Sportage. One reader asked me to speak to the “ergonomics and ingress/egress of this car,” as well as the ...
Read More2 motorcycle drivers – one a teen – killed in Quezon collision
Both drivers had no licenses; 2 back riders injured; none wore a helmet LUCENA CITY – Two were killed and two others were injured in a road accident in Catanauan town in Quezon province Saturday, police said Sunday.Chief Insp. Jaytee Tiongco, Catanauan police station chief, said Cyrel Regio, 15, with two back riders, was traversing the provincial road towards General Luna town ...
Read More13 Cutest Cars for Teenage Girls
1. Toyota Yaris MSRP: $16,780 One of the cutest cars for teenage girls is the Toyota Yaris. Besides being an extremely fun car to drive, the Yaris features a quirky design and is extremely affordable when buying the base model, and it does extremely well when it comes to gas mileage with a 30 MPG (city) and 36 MPG (highway) ...
Read More10 Best Used Cars for Under $5,000
There’s a surprising variety out there when considering the best used cars under $5,000. On the one hand, you have the usual cast of practical, fuel efficient suspects that will give you another hundred thousand more miles of loyal service for your money. On the other, there’s the cars that were once too pricy to seriously consider, but are now ...
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