| R-Designed: 2016 Volvo XC90 Gets the Sporty R-Design Treatment, Still Isn’t On Sale Yet |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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Volvo’s all-new 2016 XC90 SUV won’t go on sale until early next year, but already the company is breaking out new variations of the crossover. The first XC90 model to increase add some juice is the R-Design, a variant that ups the SUV’s visual sportiness quotient without bringing any bravado to the driving experience. The […]
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| Plastics Make It Possible: Local Motors’ Crowd-Sourced, 3-D–Printed Strati EV Is Born, Runs |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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When last we checked in on the crowd-sourced-design maestros over at Local Motors, the outfit was in the thick of a design competition focused on an all-new, 3-D–printed electric vehicle. A few months later, the winning car has become a thing with a name: Strati. As it had promised, Local Motors packed its manufacturing tooling, […]
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| Toyota Developing Radical 3-D Head-Up Display for Production |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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Toyota spends $1 million per hour on R&D, and you should be thrilled to hear that not all of it is spent on boring stuff such as squeezing another mile per gallon out of tomorrow’s Prius. One such less-boring innovation is a 3-D head-up display (HUD) being developed—and slated for production—by engineers in Silicon Valley collaborating […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 197 |
Sep 22nd, 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! (* […]
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| French Hypermiling: Ultralight Renault EOLAB Pegged at 235 MPG |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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The recently revealed Renault EOLAB concept is providing a glimpse of our ultralight, aerodynamic future with its seemingly hyperbolic fuel-efficiency rating: 100km/liter (translating to 235 mpg on the Euro cycle). It may also be previewing the unbearable lightness of mpg’ing. With its generous use of magnesium, aluminum, and specialty plastics and polymers, the EOLAB enjoys […]
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| 2015 Toyota Camry First Drive: Fluffed and Buffed—and Improved |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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The Toyota Camry is this century’s brightest car star. More than 400,000 were sold in the U.S. last year, a volume topped only by Ford and Chevrolet pickups. This begs the question: Why would Toyota call for a Camry pit stop only halfway to the seventh-generation car’s checkered flag? READ MORE ››
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| 2015 Toyota Yaris First Drive: Yes! It’s Still a Car! |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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Among the more memorable advertising slogans of recent years—at least to us—was the “It’s a car!” tagline that Toyota attached to its 2012 Yaris, which was initially advertised exclusively online. Here was pure truth in advertising, with absolutely zero overstatement. It should have won an award. READ MORE ››
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| 2015 Toyota Sienna First Drive: The Swagger Wagon Refined |
Sep 22nd, 2014 |
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Freshened inside and out for 2015, the Toyota Sienna minivan is a versatile family vehicle, chockablock with brood-friendly features and refinements. It’s also the only minivan that still offers an all-wheel-drive option. Beyond that, it also embodies Toyota’s bedrock strengths: quality, durability, and reliability. READ MORE ››
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| LeMons South Day 1: Supra Leads, Frontenac and Fuego In Many Pieces |
Sep 21st, 2014 |
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After the parade through a once-wholesome South Carolina town and subsequent car inspections on Friday, the racing began on Saturday morning. As the day progressed, we saw a mix of the expected and unexpected; here’s how it went. First, the expected stuff: The one-of-60-built 1960 Ford Frontenac coupe of NSF Racing failed to be ready […]
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| LeMons South Carolina Inspections: Ford Frontenac, Renault Fuego, Family Truckster, and a Parade! |
Sep 20th, 2014 |
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We’re back at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina, for the seventh annual 24 Hours of LeMons Fall South race. This is one of our favorite places of all the stops made by the LeMons Traveling Circus each year, and one of the best things about the Fall South race is that the nearby […]
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