| Blatant Motorwagen: Mercedes-AMG Announces S63 Cabriolet Edition 130 |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Six score and ten years ago, the Patent Motorwagen clattered to life. Karl Benz’s tricycle is often touted as the world’s first automobile, and nobody takes more pride in that possible distinction than Daimler. To celebrate 130 years of internal combustion powering forward motion, Mercedes-Benz has announced the Mercedes-AMG S63 4MATIC Cabriolet Edition 130. Which […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Of Gravity and Gravitas: The Lexus LC500 Coupe Arrives to Elevate the Brand |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Although Lexus is careful to avoid using the “sports car” tag to describe the LC500, the car nevertheless is possessed of some very sports-car-like qualities: The engine sits behind the centerline of the front axle, the wheels are pushed out to the corners, the driver’s hip point was “engineered to be as close as possible […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Lexus LC500 Coupe: LFA Mission, Lower Price Point – Official Photos and Info |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 2017 Honda Ridgeline: The Crossover of Pickups Returns with a FWD Version and a Bed Full of Tricks |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
After a brief, two-year hiatus—although we’re not sure many people noticed—Honda is taking another shot at the pickup segment, introducing its all-new, second-generation Ridgeline at the 2016 Detroit auto show. As did the previous Ridgeline when it was introduced way back in 2006, the new truck is closely related to the Pilot crossover and shares […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Tesla Autopilot Adds “Summon” Remote-Parking Ability, Restricts Autosteer Function |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Can absolute autonomous cars corrupt absolutely? Tesla owners may have posted a few too many Autopilot videos for Elon Musk’s comfort, clips that show Model S sedans going out of control without a single finger on the wheel. Now, the fun’s (partially) over. Model S software version 7.1 fleshes out Musk’s tweet in October when he […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2017 Infiniti Q60: Infiniti Gets Serious About the Sports Coupe Again |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Infiniti stumbled out of the gate, as the launch of the original Q45 in the 1980s was marred by an ad campaign featuring images of rocks and trees instead of actual automobiles, and the brand didn’t really begin to develop a proper sense of itself until the Nissan Skyline–derived G35 arrived as a 2003 model. […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2017 Infiniti Q60: Infiniti Gets Serious About Sports Coupes Again – Official Photos and Info |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| Ford GT First Build! We Assemble and Review One of the First 2017 GT Supercars |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Last year, Ford unequivocally won the Detroit auto show, shocking everyone with the new F-150 Raptor, the Mustang GT350R, and the new GT supercar. At the 2016 Detroit show, Ford’s stand is a little quieter—but then, how could an automaker follow up such an insane performance? Not all is lost in Ford’s corner of Cobo center […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Nissan Unimpressed with Tesla’s Autonomy Promises, Still Confident in China |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Elon Musk’s remarkable talent for generating publicity means that the Tesla boss doesn’t even need to be in Detroit for the auto show to be set the agenda here. More specifically, he’s been able to get other people to make headlines for him, with Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn responding to the Tesla boss’s claim his company […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Audi TT RS to Get New All-Aluminum Turbo Five-Cylinder, OLED Taillights |
Jan 11th, 2016 |
|
Throughout the late 1970s and the ’80s, Audi’s enthusiast reputation was largely shaped by its fantastic five-cylinder engines. Powerful, torquey, and possessed of an unmistakable sound, they were a unique and defining feature for the brand. In the ’90s, they made way for a generation of rather dull V-6 units, but a new five-banger was launched with the […]
|
| |
|
| |
