| Mass. High Court Rules in Favor of Tesla |
Sep 16th, 2014 |
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This week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld a lower court’s ruling that dealers did not have grounds to challenge Tesla Motors’ ability to sell vehicles in the state.
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| Mega Auto Supplier, ACTIVATE: ZF to Buy TRW for $13.5 Billion |
Sep 16th, 2014 |
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It may not have the panache of a World Cup match, but when a German auto supplier takes over an American auto supplier, people—or at least our kind of people—take notice. Rumblings of a deal have been, well, rumbling since July, and now TRW Automotive Holdings has agreed to sell its entire business to ZF […]
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| Noise: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata May Get 130-hp 1.5-liter Skyactiv Four, Tip the Scales at 2250 Pounds |
Sep 16th, 2014 |
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Ready for another fix of 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata details? Reports are trickling out that Mazda will launch the ND car with the maker’s 130-hp 1.5-liter four-cylinder as the base engine. The news began overseas this morning, but since then our crosstown compadres at Motor Trend busted in with some reasonably credible info. Citing an […]
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| 2015 Chrysler 200S AWD Road Test |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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The Chrysler brand is back.
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| 2015 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In First Drive: Sumptuously Suckling the Grid |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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Just 22 years ago, the Mercedes-Benz S-class exceeded 400 horses for the first time, with the 402-hp 6.0-liter V-12 in the 1992 600SEL besting the BMW 750i by more than 100 horsepower. The car was a gauntlet fired into the turf, and it instantly became one of the most prestigious, high-performance sedans in the world. […]
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| Ferrari to Celebrate 60 Years in U.S. with $3.2-Million Limited-Edition Model |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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You know how Lamborghini has mastered turning existing cars into super-limited, super-expensive special editions—think the Murcielago-based Reventón and the Aventador-based Veneno? Now it’s Ferrari’s turn do dip its paw in the honey pot. In his last official act as CEO, Luca Di Montezemolo will unveil a U.S.-only special-edition Ferrari built to celebrate the automaker’s 60 […]
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| Stand—and Ride—in The Man in Black’s Shadow: Johnny Cash’s 1970 Rolls-Royce Headed to Auction |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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You’d be hard-pressed to find an American icon more intrinsically linked to the dark side of the American dream than Johnny Cash. Equal parts rebel, musician, addict, and God-fearing gospel singer, The Man in Black drawled lyrics that unapologetically dripped with Southern-fried Americana, the majority of his vast catalog revolving around romance, steam trains, automobiles, […]
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| Carbon is the New Black: GMC Adds Carbon Editions to Sierra Lineup |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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A few weeks ago, Chevy showed us a stripier side of the Silverado with its new 2015 Silverado Rally Edition models. This month, it’s the GMC Sierra’s turn to play dress-up in the form of three new Carbon Edition models, all of which are based on the Sierra 1500. The standard Carbon Edition starts at […]
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| Honda and Takata Allegedly Knew About Deaths, Injuries from Exploding Airbags for Years Before Recall Expansion |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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A New York Times report says that the faulty airbags that can cause metal fragments to be expelled in a crash and which led to simultaneous recalls from several automakers earlier this summer weren’t taken seriously for years despite horrifying injuries. And while Honda was one of 11 automakers sharing the same airbag supplier, that company in […]
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| Sexytimes: Get All Up In the Hot New MX-5 Miata’s Business [Video] |
Sep 15th, 2014 |
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Mazda continues to play coy with key technical details of the all-new 2016 MX-5 Miata, but we still couldn’t be more excited for the fourth-gen model if the company promised a trunkful of Powerball tickets with every car. We’ve already told you everything we know at this point, including digging up seven cool facts about the […]
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