| Volvo Details XC90 Active Safety Systems |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Volvo reveals new safety and parking features on the all-new XC90.
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| Tesla Stops California Plant to Retool for Model X |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Tesla will bring the Model S and Model X under one roof.
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| 2015 VW Lineup: Eos Enters Final Year, Changes for Beetle and Golf |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Volkswagen announces updates for 2015.
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| Hot Wheels Launching Line of Star Wars Characters as Cars—Predictably, They’re Awesome |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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The new Hot Wheels Star Wars lineup hits store shelves in October. The cars themselves make their debut at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Hot Wheels booth. Here’s what your favorite characters look like when they’re prepped for orange track. Image: Mattel Chewbacca: Han Solo’s trusted Wookiee companion really would make a hell of a workhorse. […]
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| Sword Fight, Part Deux: Panoz and DeltaWing Take Out Another Ad Shaming Nissan |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Last month, Don Panoz’s DeltaWing concern took out ads in the Tennesseean and Automotive News in an attempt to shame Renault-Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn into sitting down and hashing things out with them. The reason? The remarkable similarity of Nissan’s ZEOD RC to DeltaWing’s own racers. Which, of course, were initially sponsored by Nissan and powered […]
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| 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty Diesel Driven: The Meat in the Middle of Ford’s Truck Lineup |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Pickup buyers generally fall into one of two categories: Weekend Warriors and Heavy Haulers. While the former are primarily outdoorsy types, DIYers, and recreational-minded folks with toys to tug, people in the latter group rack up many thousands of miles trailering livestock, campers, and contracting or farm equipment. Weekend Warriors usually find all the capability […]
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| 2014 Jaguar F-type V-8 S Long-Term Logbook: Haunted By Electronic Ghosts of Lucas Past |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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“During one drive, the center display went dark—and stayed that way—and the power-retracting center air vents failed to deploy.” – Alexander Stoklosa, Associate Online Editor Proving that old stereotypes die hard, our long-term 2014 Jaguar F-type V-8 S test car has experienced a few inexplicable electronic snafus. The first issue involved the central air vents, […]
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| Safety Swede: 2016 Volvo XC90 to Debut with Two “World First” Safety Technologies |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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After more than a decade of doing basically nothing with its XC90 SUV, Volvo has suddenly kicked things into high gear. The automaker is aggressively previewing the all-new 2016 XC90, first showing off the crossover’s infotainment tech, letting us ride along in a prototype, revealing the interior, and even detailing the super-awesome-sounding plug-in-hybrid powertrain option. Now […]
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| RS’d to Kill: More Details Emerge on Extra-Hot Ford Focus RS |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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Sure, we have the brawny Ford Focus ST. We have its little brother, the Fiesta ST, a 10Best-winning machine so nimble that it makes Ben Vereen look like Lurch. But what Ford hatchback enthusiasts have been demanding for years is an honest-to-Hank RS model. It was posited for some time that the ST might be […]
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| 2015 Dodge Challenger V-6 First Drive: Updated Visuals, Hardware Make It More of a Challenger |
Jul 22nd, 2014 |
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From the “how ’bout that?” department comes this interesting fact: Dodge Challenger retail sales have doubled since its early days on the market in 2009, according to Dodge. This is in spite of the car receiving basically zero visual updates to its 1970-inspired styling and packing a cut-buck interior dating back to the dark days […]
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