X2 Spooky 4 You Late last month, BMW revealed the latest addition to its utility vehicle lineup: the BMW X2. Before the month of October drew to a close, BMW had one more opportunity to show off this athletic model. For a Halloween press event, BMW showcased an orange X2 vehicle. Add a Spooky Spin to Your…
The spookiest day of the year is finally here. To celebrate Halloween, Audi decided to take a road trip to one of the scariest places in the world, Transylvania. Home of Dracula and the Transfăgărășan Highway, it’s the perfect place to cruise on a spooky fall evening. Great For A Spooky Night: Learn more about the…
If you are unlucky enough to have lost your personal or business vehicle in Hurricane Matthew, Nissan is ready to help you. But to receive that aid, you must apply by the end of the business day on Halloween, October 31st, for pricing offers that will apply up to 45 days after the application is…
YouTubers Jesse Wellens and Casey Neistat always take Halloween to the next level and this year, they did not disappoint. The two creators have a tradition of designing crazy costumes for Halloween and making their way around a city, filming reactions of the costumes for a video. One year, they even snowboarded through the streets of New…
To get into the Halloween spirit (or spirits?), Chevrolet today released one of the most ridiculous press releases we at The News Wheel have ever seen—and we’ve seen some pretty strange ones from April Fools Day. In this one, Chevy included three of OnStar’s Halloween monster response calls. They’re all fabricated and horribly acted, but…
Photo: Toni Reed Despite the pandemic, Halloween in Ontario isn’t canceled. The Heartland Province offers plenty of ways for you to celebrate the season from the safety of your vehicle. Fall Doesn’t Have to be a Chilling Experience: The 2020 Lexus NX offers coziness and comfort This family-friendly drive-thru takes a different approach to…
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Dress up as a vintage racecar driver for Halloween this year Photo: Garry Knight via CC Picking a clever Halloween costume that will impress your friends without costing you an arm and a leg (unless that’s the look you’re going for) can be a challenge. And going to the costume store to buy an outfit limits you…
Halloween will be upon us shortly, and one of the best ways to get into the spirit of the holiday is with music. So, while you are driving to get your costume or refill the candy bowl, put these songs on your audio system. Hitting the Road? Then hit the road in the stylish and…
The Ford Flex: dead Photo: Ford Motor Company Halloween is the one night every year where the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. This Halloween, the Ford Flex will exist on the spirit realm side of things —assuming, I guess, that crossovers have souls….
Beggar’s Night can bring out the best and worst in holiday revelers. There are the adorable little trick-or-treaters politely asking for candy at your door and then there are the pranksters who delight in smashing pumpkins, egging houses, and throwing toilet paper through the trees. And, if your car is in the line of pumpkin…
Ford spared no expense in making the Bronco Raptor oh-so desirable Photo: Ford We didn’t have to wade too deep into 2022 before Ford dropped some goodness on us. Ford dropped the first photos — and plenty of juicy running footage — of the all-new 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor, and as you could probably guess,…
Stellantis’ high-output Hurrican twin-turbo will make more than 500 horsepower Photo: Stellantis Stellantis isn’t quite ready to give up internal combustion engines just yet, but it’s saying goodbye to its iconic HEMI V8 sooner rather than later. In line to take that legendary engine’s place is a new twin-turbocharged inline six-cylinder called the Hurricane. Given…
The 1908 Ford Model T cost more than the 2022 Maverick after adjusting for inflation Photo: Ford In case you missed it, Ford is bringing out a truck that starts under $20,000 MSRP. A whole lot of folks have taken notice so far — reservations for the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick are somewhere north of…
Lincoln ActiveGlide brings hands-free driving to the Lincoln lineup Photo: Lincoln With Wednesday’s confirmation that Lincoln will debut its first-ever EV next year and go fully electric by 2030, the luxury brand also revealed the name of its hands-free driving technology: Lincoln ActiveGlide. Awards for Lincoln: Corsair makes Autotrader’s list of best interiors for second…
Photo: Ford Motor Company The soon-to-debut Ford Bronco and current vehicles like the F-150 Raptor, Ranger FX4, and Super Duty Tremor have the Blue Oval brand angling to boost its rep as a go-to for off-road enthusiasts. Adding to that status, Ford is now the official vehicle of ULTRA4 Racing and its King of The Hammers,…
Linda Zhang was named a 2021 Rising Star by Automotive News Photo: Ford The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is a smash hit 10 ways from Sunday, and one of the prominent minds behind it is getting due recognition. Linda Zhang, the chief engineer for the first-ever all-electric Ford truck, earned a spot on Automotive News’…
Get ready, y’all. Production of the 2022 Ford Maverick is a go Photo: Ford With reservations well over 100,000 and climbing, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call the all-new 2022 Ford Maverick a big ol’ hit. And this big ol’ hit is now officially in big ol’ production. Here’s the Big ol’ Scoop: The…
Breaking: Bronco Sport sports bikes, boasts stuff Photo: Ford The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport is here, and it’s exactly what it says on the tin. Right out of the box, you get 4×4 capability and the same rugged personality as its bigger sibling — a combo that should make it a consistent sales success for…
Meet the new boss Photo: Stellantis The Dodge Charger is dead. Long live the Dodge Charger. On Wednesday, Dodge wrapped three days of reveals at its Speed Week event with the unveiling of the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept, the much-anticipated first peek at the muscle brand’s electric future. Thinking About Making a Change: Get a…
Ford says Fiesta, Focus, and Fusion drivers are coming back for the 2022 Maverick Photo: Ford Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Ford sure does. According to Trevor Scott, the marketing manager for the Ford Maverick, the plan for the all-new compact truck to steal the hearts of car customers is…
Have you heard of Dogecoin? Granted, its name is a portmanteau of the popular internet meme and the famous cryptocurrency, which might be enough to make you believe that it’s not a thing that can possibly be exchanged for goods. You’d be wrong: according to The Daily Dot, Dogecoin helped send the Jamaican bobsled team…
Ford releases an annual Sustainability Report outlining environmental action Photo: Ford On the evening of his inauguration, President of the United States Joe Biden unleashed a wave of executive orders primarily focused on rolling back policies enacted by the previous administration. One such order sees the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, a decision lauded…
The Ford Maverick (far left) gives Ford one of the most balanced truck lineups going today Photo: Ford With three months left in the calendar year, Ford is looking to put its foot down and stake its claim as America’s uncontested, undeniable champion of all things truck. At the end of September, the first Ford…
2022 Mustang Shelby GT500 Heritage Edition brings back Brittany Blue Photo: Ford At the rate Ford is going, the Mustang is going to need to move into a bigger corral before too long. Next spring (which can’t come soon enough because this cold weather stuff is already getting tired), the Mustang lineup grows even more…
A new report has Lincoln Nautilus production ending July 2024 Photo: Lincoln It’s starting to look like the end is extremely nigh for the Lincoln Nautilus. Ford Authority reported on Wednesday that it has learned production will be ending on the Lincoln Nautilus in July 2024. This follows a report from AutoForecast Solutions Vice President…
Photo: Ford Ford has announced plans for BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a new $3.5 billion plant that will specialize in the production of lithium iron phosphate batteries. BlueOval Battery Park Michigan will be the first LFP battery manufacturing plant in the United States with the backing of an automaker. One of Ford’s Top EVs: The…
Ford’s Blue Oval City will create 6,000 jobs in Tennessee Photo: Ford Ford Motor Company on Monday announced two huge developments coming to Tennessee and Kentucky. Ford will build a $5.6 billion campus in Stanton, Tennessee, that it’s calling Blue Oval City. Tennessee and Kentucky will also become the homes of three BlueOvalSK battery plants…
Ford has already confirmed a battery-electric midsize pickup, which could be the Ranger Photo: Ford Hans Schep, Ford Motor Company’s general manager of commercial vehicles in Europe, has confirmed what we’ve long suspected. A plug-in hybrid version of the Ranger is heading into production in the near future. Going Green, Driving Lean: Mustang Mach-E is…
The 2021 Ford Bronco raises the bar for smaller rugged family SUVs Photo: Ford The rugged crossover segment has been put on notice. There’s a new apex predator in the wild, and it hunts Jeeps as easily as it carves up trails and eats up dunes. And with seating for five and 65.2 cubic feet…
New Ford CEO Jim Farley announces production of the all-electric F-150 Photo: Ford Ford this month kicked off production of the all-new 2021 F-150 ahead of its November rollout. The next-gen F-150 is being built at the Ford Rouge Center, which will soon house the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where Ford will build its all-electric…
HEY Y’ALL CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THE SHRIMP I CAN CRAM IN THIS THING? Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford wants everyone to know that the upcoming 2021 Mustang Mach-E has a great frunk, especially if you like tailgating and love chicken wings. Ah yes, the frunk. If you haven’t heard the term for the front…
You might say the 2022 Ford Ranger Splash is a splashy choice. And you should. Because it is Photo: Ford Nostalgia is in and the ’90s are back — not quite in Pog form yet, but give it time before somebody revives that property. But on the subject of revived properties that ’90s kids might…
Ford F-150 Lightning wins the 2023 North American Truck of the Year Photo: Ford Ford has pulled a Michael Jordan, winning its third consecutive North American Truck of the Year award thanks to the new F-150 Lightning. And it never once talked some serious trash to Reggie Miller! Ford’s first-ever electric pickup truck scored a…
Production on the Ford Fusion ended on July 31 Photo: Ford We all knew this day would come, but it doesn’t make it any easier. The Ford Fusion is dead. May angels sing it to its rest. Ford Motor Company confirmed this week to Ford Authority that the last of the Ford Fusions was built…
A Ford F-150 Limited will set you back nearly $68,000 to start Photo: Ford Hours away from the reveal of its next-generation F-150, Ford Motor Company is taking the opportunity to remind you and everyone within the sound of its voice that the F-Series makes a lot of money. Like, a lot a lot of…
Ford will reveal the all-electric F-150 Lightning on May 19 Photo: Ford The date May 19 may ring a bell (pun intended) if you’re a fan of particularly stupid wrestling storylines, but Ford almost certainly didn’t consider the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, when choosing its spot to make history. This coming May 19, Ford will…
The team at Livingston’s Soda Fountain and Grill with the new BlueOval milkshake Ford is bringing a huge investment to the city of Stanton, Tennessee, with its massive new vehicle and battery campus. In anticipation of BlueOval City going online in 2025, a local business has unveiled a special sweet with a twist — or…
So what’re y’all gonna do with your extra 20 miles of range? Photo: Ford Maybe Ford didn’t truly grasp how popular the F-150 Lightning would become — they did, after all, shut down reservations after some 200,000 people plunked down a Benjamin to secure a spot in line. But underselling typically beats overselling, and that…
Yummy yum yum Photo: Ford Back in June, Ford revealed the Heritage Edition package for the 2023 F-150, paying tribute to the two-tone trucks of yesteryear. I, and no doubt many other folks, realized that if there was any other vehicle in the fold primed for a Heritage Edition of its own, it’d be the…
Ford made 15,000 custom face masks for Wednesday’s inauguration Photo: Ford Ford Motor Company took an active role in the inauguration of 46th President of the United States Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, supplying 15,000 customized masks used during the proceedings. The masks, which Ford made in Michigan, feature the Joint…
A Ford dealer says Maverick trucks with the hybrid engine won’t be in showrooms at launch Photo: Ford With some 80,000 trucks already reserved, it’s safe to call the 2022 Ford Maverick a hit right out of the gate. But if you’re waiting to see what the new compact pickup looks like in person or…
New Ford #FinishStrong commercial promotes importance of masks Photo: Ford Ford launched a new ad campaign earlier this month encouraging America to stay the course as the COVID-19 pandemic continues on. The #FinishStrong campaign includes a 30-second commercial directed by Peter Berg and narrated by Bryan Cranston. The spot, which debuted during college football on…
The Ford Mustang Mach-E will get its first over-the-air updates six months after launch Photo: Ford The all-new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, still set to arrive at dealerships by year’s end, will be the automaker’s first vehicle to offer over-the-air updates. The ability to update the various computer modules of the Mach-E enables Ford to…
Lincoln teased the new face of its first EV, set to debut next year Photo: Lincoln As Ford Motor Company continues to accelerate toward the goal of an all-EV lineup with new vehicles like the 2022 F-150 Lightning, its luxury brand has been conspicuously quiet. Until Wednesday, that is, when Lincoln announced that its first…
Photo: Ford Ford has launched BlueCruise 1.4, the latest update of its hands-free driving feature. The automaker says that changes to the technology will allow drivers to stay in hands-free mode up to eight times longer than version 1.0 while providing greater stability and smoothness. According to Sammy Omari, Ford’s executive director of ADAS technologies,…
A while back, I spotlighted the videos of YouTube celebrity Flula and took the opportunity to discuss my inability to understand the appeal of famed internet moron PewDiePie. Despite a number of folks coming to his aid and suggesting, among other things, that screaming into a webcam is one of the hardest jobs a person…
The Mustang Mach-E 1400 emerges from the smoke like a donut dragon Photo: Ford All too often these days, you find yourself doom scrolling through the news and muttering “that’s crazy” under your breath at every passing story. Today, if you read up on the newly revealed Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 prototype, you’ll be saying…
Yes, it makes a lot of horsepower, what of it? Photo: Stellantis This week, Dodge is a bit like your classic genie, and Dodge Speed Week is like the lamp you rub to get three wishes. The performance brand has promised three big reveals over the next few days, and the first is a real…
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