| You Gotta Know When to Holden: SEMA-Bound Chevrolet SS Sport Concept Plays Up Aussie Heritage |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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It’s no secret that the Chevrolet SS sedan we know and love is but a few tweaks removed from the Australian Holden Commodore. In fact, Chevrolet says that the V-8 sedan’s Down Under heritage has become something of a source of pride for many owners and fans of the stateside SS. Looking to highlight the […]
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| Mercedes S-class Maybach to Debut Next Month, More Details Emerge on Next Über-Benz |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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We have been reporting all year about Daimler’s plans to resurrect Maybach as a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz, with its first product expected to be a stretched version of the S-class packed with even more luxury features than the top-dog S600 (pictured above) and S65 AMG models. We’ve now confirmed when the new Mercedes Maybach super-sedan […]
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| Mercedes Taunts Ferrari after Clinching F1 Constructors’ Championship |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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Have you heard? Mercedes AMG Petronas wrapped up this year’s Formula 1 constructors’ championship this past Sunday with three races still left on the calendar. The folks at Scuderia Ferrari definitely heard about it, thanks to Mercedes parking a new C-class emblazoned with “World Champion 2014″ right outside the Italian team’s headquarters. Shots fired, sort of. As […]
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| Nice Stance, Bro: Honda Bringing Six Custom 2015 Fits to SEMA |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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First things first, this is not how we’d spec a factory 2015 Honda Fit. But when Honda arrives in Las Vegas next month for SEMA, it’s hitting the festivities hard with six Fits that go well beyond what the automaker churns out. The automaker gave out Fits to six tuner shops with no prerequisites, only […]
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| Chris Harris on the Next Bugatti Veyron: “I Couldn’t Care Less” |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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The words barely penetrated my waking consciousness, but something registered from the pages of a weekly British car magazine: “Bugatti Veyron replacement will have over 1500 hp and hit 290 mph.” Whatever. I couldn’t care less, I thought, as I went off to water the tomato plants. Ten years ago, I’d have struggled to suppress […]
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| Watch an Audi RS7 Drive Itself Around a Track at 150 MPH—with Nobody Inside |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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The thought of a driverless car hurtling itself around a track at 150 mph sounds like a bizarre racing disaster: What happened to the driver? But just before the DTM season finale at Hockenheim, Audi is making it happen, sending an autonomous RS7 sports sedan careening around the track with nary a human aboard. And you […]
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| Rambo Lambo: Last Blood? Lamborghini Still Waiting on Audi Approval to Build Urus SUV |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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Despite being on track as recently as this past February, Lamborghini’s production Urus SUV—first shown as a concept at the 2012 Beijing auto show—may not have the clear path to gilded driveways we initially thought. Lamborghini itself greenlit the SUV last year, but the Italian automaker, according to a report from Autocar, is still waiting on a final […]
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| Harley-Davidson of Tampa Sponsored the Cotee River Bike Fest in New Port Richey |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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Tampa Harley-Davidson sponsored the Cotee River Bike Fest, which took place in New Port Richey, Fla., from October 10-12.
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| Mercedes Remote Starter Now Sold by a New Scandinavian Dealer |
Oct 17th, 2014 |
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XCL Tuning From Sweden Selected as the New Dealer
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| Smoke and Mirrors: Chrysler Recalls 786,000 Vehicles For Heated-Mirror Short Circuits and More |
Oct 16th, 2014 |
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Chrysler is recalling more than 786,000 cars in the U.S. to fix failing alternators, power mirrors that can start a fire, airbag sensors, and head restraints. The 2011–2014 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Challenger, Durango, and Jeep Grand Cherokee have alternators that can fail due to “thermal fatigue in the silicon diode.” This means the vehicle […]
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