If You Call the Youabian Puma Ugly, You Could Get Sued
The Youabian Puma shocked the world to its core back in November at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show by doing just like your mother told you and being itself. It’s a $1.1 million “pleasure vehicle” that was created “for those individuals who dare to be different than the ordinary” and—apparently—for those with no regard […]
The Youabian Puma: Hey, Look! A Thing!
Update: The creator of the Youabian Puma, Dr. Kambiz Youabian, has sent numerous automotive bloggers, myself included, a blanket legal threat promising swift retribution if our criticisms of the Puma are not taken down promptly. Dr. Youabian’s form letter cites such grievances as defamation of character and the use of “incorrect facts,” and says that we are all in […]
6 Classic Halloween Movie Monsters Re-imagined as Cars
The autumn season brings cooler temperatures and changing leaves–as well as frightening ghosts and ghouls! This is the perfect time of year to pop in an old VHS of a classic scary movie and have a scream. Speaking of scary movies, did you know that some of the famous Universal Pictures monsters from the silver […]
New Toyota uBox Designed by Students to Appeal to Gen-Z
Automakers are still struggling to appeal to millennials. They are competing with ideas of environmental activism, rideshare programs, and the preference of Uber over car ownership. Some automakers have made Hillary Clinton-esque attempts at appealing to the commonly oversimplified generation—take Chevy’s emoji campaign or Toyota’s failed Scion brand, for instance. But no automaker has truly […]
Important: Mitsubishi Facebook Page Has 2 Million Likes
OMG. u guyz. We need you to stop doing what you are doing right now and strap yourself in. What we are getting ready to tell you has the potential to be the biggest automotive news this week. Bigger than anything about a new pony car or anything that might happen at that thing that’s […]
10 Scariest Cars in the World
Here at The News Wheel, we’re huge Halloween fans. Although we’ll be hard at work delivering the latest automotive news today, tonight you’ll find us handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, checking out our local haunted houses, or even attending Trunk or Treat festivities with our families. But before we do all that, it’s time to […]
Reuss Touches Upon 2016 Chevy Volt Specs, Is Still Elusive
Getting Chevy to talk about any 2016 Chevy Volt specs is almost as difficult as it is to take the Youabian Puma seriously. We did recently report that the redesigned Volt will be bowing sooner than expected, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this coming January, and that the engine will […]
Here Are the Candidates for the 2015 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year
Last year, General Motors dominated the North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards, decided by 50 journalists from the U.S. and Canada. The all-new Corvette Stingray took the high honors for the Car of the Year while the redesigned Silverado was lauded as the Truck of the Year. GM will, however, have a […]
Skeletor Walks Us Through His #Skeletakeover of the Honda Twitter Account
We had a somewhat unusual experience at the office today when we noticed we had gotten an email from Skeletor. It’s pretty standard for car companies and their representatives to send us information, scoops, press releases, etc; but this was the first time any of us can recall receiving an email from a toy. As […]