There is one particularly ideal situation for environmentally-conscious electric car owners: In addition to reducing greenhouse emissions by driving an electric car, you cut yourself off from a power grid often fueled by burning coal or other polluting substances by harvesting energy from the sun through roof-mounted solar panels, stored in a large battery to […]
Before I begin this open letter, I would like to provide some context—when I am not delivering you the latest in automotive news here on The News Wheel, I deliver pizzas for a very well-known international chain. As such, while I am working (as I did today), I wear a polo (logo embroidered on the […]
Last Sunday, Ford reached back into history and took the checkered flag in the LM GTE Pro Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, besting Ferrari once more with the all-new Ford GT. Today, in another effort to acknowledge that historical 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans in 1966, it was announced that the 2017 […]
Last night, I went to bed a citizen of Europe. This morning, I woke up to find out that this privilege has been stripped from me and my fellow Brits by a people who, thanks to overt scare tactics and misinformation, voted the United Kingdom out of the European Union. As a citizen of the […]
The Ram truck brand really knows how to make trucks. And now, for the truck lover in all of us, it has created the ultimate off-roading pickup—the 2017 Ram Power Wagon. Based on the Ram 2500 Heavy Duty 4×4 Crew Cab, this ruggedly handsome pickup truck takes all of its styling cues from the 1979-1980 […]
The 2017 Acura MDX will be available at dealerships starting June 22nd and this three-row luxury SUV will carry a starting MSRP of $43,950. The new Acura MDX will be powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine that’s good for 290 horsepower and 267 lb-ft of torque. In addition, the MDX will come standard with front-wheel […]
The Jeep Renegade is known as the “starter” model of the Jeep brand. For those gear heads who love the off-roading capability of Jeep, the Renegade might not be the first choice from the American carmaker’s lineup—but this model might become the newest favorite of those of the Harley Davidson ilk. Jeep was the main […]
For the fourth straight year, GM has dominated the annual Kogod Made in America list, which measures what percentage of a car’s parts actually come from the United States or Canada. Traveling This Summer? Learn about these fun activities happening in South Carolina In total, 20 GM vehicles made the top-10 list because many vehicles […]
Who says LEGOs are just kids’ toys? As the recent renaissance of the building block brand has proven, age doesn’t matter when it comes to imagination. Practically anything can be duplicated as a miniature model, with enough bricks. Over the years, the LEGO Group has released a wide array of sets modeled after real-life vehicles, from pint-sized […]
Earlier this month, I reported that Nissan was considering legal action against the UK’s Vote Leave campaign, which seeks to encourage voters to choose to leave the European Union in its referendum this week. The group had been using Nissan’s world-famous logo on many of its leaflets and brochures, touting the manufacturer as one of […]
A month ago, I had the pleasure of driving through Pebble Beach for the first time. Through the twisting, coastline roads were only populated by golf carts and rental cars from tourists, I felt the stir of a decades of automotive history. I imagined that special weekend each year when the greens are […]
Escape rooms have become the it phenomenon in interactive entertainment for borderline sadomasochists. Ford, or presumably the folks from Ford’s marketing department, was made aware of this fact and immediately thought hey, Ford has a utility called the Escape. We might just have something here. The resulting collaboration between Ford, the I LOVE NEW YORK […]
The world of autonomous vehicles is quickly developing with carmakers around the globe attempting to introduce self-driving vehicles. Now, to help guide the creating, testing, and selling these innovative driverless cars, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to set an initial set of guidelines by July. With these guidelines, the safety […]
Every year, Fiat Chrysler’s Mopar branch chooses an FCA US vehicle to add its accessories to. This year, Mopar has decided to make every Ram pickup truck lover’s dreams come true. The brand has decided to spruce up a 2016 Ram Rebel —and we have to say, it’s pretty amazing. This is the first time […]
Last year, Subaru gave us 500 special edition BRZ models: the 2016 Subaru BRZ Series.HyperBlue. This year, the special edition BRZ run is just as limited. The automaker will only be releasing 500 examples of the 2017 Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow. (Back in 2015, Subaru generously doled out 1,000 units of the 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue, […]
In case you haven’t been paying attention to politics outside of the United States, there is a contentious fight going on in the United Kingdom as it heads to a vote to determine if it would stay in the European Union or leave. The term “Brexit” has been coined to represent a British Exit from […]
The second-generation Volvo XC90 has been so well received that it’s already won the North American Truck of the Year Award, Yahoo Autos Ride of the Year, and the Motor Trend SUV of the Year Award, but the trophies don’t end there for the Swedish automaker, as Volvo recently earned the Brand Design Language Award […]
Ford on Friday announced a new program as part of the ongoing development of SmartDeviceLink—SmartDeviceLink.com, which was built in collaboration with other automakers including the Toyota Motor Corporation. “We first set out to develop a way for Ford customers to access and control their favorite smartphone apps using voice commands,” said Don Butler, executive director, […]
