| Toyota’s Upcoming Fuel-Cell Car Gets a (Real) Name: Mirai |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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Toyota has a name for the future, and that name is “Mirai.” Actually, that’s how all Japanese people say “future” in their native tongue, but Mirai (pronounced “mee-rye”) is now the name of the new fuel-cell vehicle known heretofore as the FCV. While the styling of the hydrogen-fueled sedan is, um, polarizing, it’s more than […]
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| 2016 Smart Fortwo First Drive: Will America Warm to a Better Box? |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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What’s been stopping you from buying the Smart Fortwo, America? The lurch-prone gearbox? The woeful steering? That its seats are so closely spaced that you can smell what your passenger had for lunch? (And, quite possibly, for breakfast?) READ MORE ››
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| Name That Shifter, No. 205 |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until midday Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button, magnet, and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer […]
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| Can Kick-Ass Food Sell Cars? We Review a Car-Dealership Restaurant |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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Can a hamburger sell a new car? “At Galpin, it could,” says Jeff Skobin, marketing manager at the sprawling Galpin Motors complex, which includes a diner, at the corner of Roscoe and Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys, California. What about a fruit smoothie? “No,” says A.J. D’Amato III, sales manager for pre-owned vehicles at Newport […]
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| Watch Ken Block Give Chris Harris a Thrill Ride in the 845-hp Hoonicorn Mustang |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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Now that action-driving hero and professional rally driver Ken Block has released the seventh installation of his Gymkhana series, which features the incredibly brutal and supercool Hoonicorn RTR “1965 Ford Mustang,” watch him terrorize British autojourno Chris Harris with the thing. Feature: Ken Block’s 10-Step Plan to Making Mega-Popular YouTube Videos Everything You Need to Know About Ken […]
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| Three More “Fast and the Furious” Movies Planned, Return of Director Justin Lin Possible |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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For fans of the Fast and the Furious series, the death of beloved leading man Paul Walker was a sign that Furious 7 was going to be the last movie in the series. Now, though, it looks as if there may be more episodes in store. According to Entertainment Weekly, Universal Studios chairman Donna Langley said, “We think […]
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| IT’S HERE: Watch Ken Block Assault L.A. with 845-hp Mustang in Gymkhana 7 |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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The wait is over for Gymkhana 7! Ken Block assaults the streets of Los Angeles in the utterly spectacular, 845-hp, all-wheel-drive Hoonicorn Mustang RTR. This is every bit as spectacular as you imagined it would be. Without further ado, this is Gymkhana 7: Wild in the Streets of Los Angeles. Enjoy: Everything You Need to […]
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| GM Ignition-Switch Engineer Speaks After Months of Silence: “I Did My Job” |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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Former General Motors engineer Ray DeGiorgio, the man who approved and concealed a poorly designed ignition switch that has led to at least 32 deaths, spoke for the first time since he was placed on leave in April before being fired in June. The New York Times, which has covered the GM recalls with deep and accurate reporting […]
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| 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Debuts with Flat-Crank V-8 and MagneRide Shocks! |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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The GT350 is back, baby. The last factory Ford Mustang to wear the vaunted badge disappeared nearly a half-century ago; based on the Mustang GT, it was a street-legal track weapon produced in partnership with Carroll Shelby. Ol’ Shel may now be gone, but the ties between his name and Ford’s pony car are as […]
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| Fiat-Chrysler to Get $2.8 Billion in Cash from Ferrari in Spin-off Plan |
Nov 17th, 2014 |
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Fiat-Chrysler is giving more details about its plans to spin off Ferrari as a separate company. Automotive News reports that the Italo-American auto conglomerate will seek €2.24 billion, or roughly $2.8 billion in cash from the Italian supercar maker before the latter splits off into a separate company in 2015. Sergio Marchionne, who now stands […]
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