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Ford China 2.0 Blueprint is a Five-Plan Approach to Transformation
China’s all-new Ford Escape Photo: Ford Motor Company The Ford China 2.0 transformation blueprint will focus on bringing the “Best of Ford” and “Best of China” together under five distinct…
Surge in SUVs in China Attributed to Fear of Road Rage
Chinese highways are growing busier and busier, leading many to buy SUVs to protect themselves against road rage accidents A study released by Sanford C. Bernstein today claims that the…
Have a Super-Fast Car Charging System? The Department of Energy and $15 Million Want to Talk to You
StoreDot EV battery pack Photo: StoreDot When you talk and write a lot about electric cars (and I do), the same topics crop up over and over again like cat…
Toyota’s New Solar Roof Could Add 28 Miles of Range to Prius Plug-In
Photo: Toyota Toyota is testing a new and improved version of the solar power cells it first introduced on the Prius PHV, a Japan-exclusive variant of the popular hybrid car.…
Honda Delivers First Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan to Northern California
Heather Mc Laughlin takes delivery of the Clarity Fuel Cell on February 6, 2017 The hydrogen-powered Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan, which began deliveries to Southern California dealerships this past…
[PHOTOS] Meet the 2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata Sport Venture
Photo: Mazda Mazda has delivered yet another special-edition Miata. This time, lucky drivers in the United Kingdom will have a chance to take home the new 2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata…
Pixar’s ‘Onward’ In Hot Water Over Van Art
Pixar’s upcoming animated film Onward is all about fantastical creatures living in their own world that just happens to look a lot like ours (think Zootopia but more enchanted). However,…
Multimatic Inc Will Build Ford GT in Ontario
Multimatic Inc will built the carbon fiber Ford GT A deal has been reached that will tap Multimatic Inc., a company with whom Ford has a 30-plus year history, to…
Dyno Tests Show Supra is More Powerful Than Toyota Says
Photo: Toyota Toyota says the BMW-developed, twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder in the new Supra sports car makes 335 horsepower and 365 lb-ft of torque, but dyno testing by Car and…
Chevrolet's Most Powerful Models for 2019
Boasting everything from sleek sports cars to heavy-duty trucks, the Chevrolet lineup offers a wide range of powerful options. Read on for a closer look at the most spirited 2019…
GM Middle East Reports Significant Ramadan Sales Boost
Photo: © General Motors General Motors Middle East is reporting a significant boost in June for sales of its Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC product lineups. Spurred on by the holiday…
Please Don’t Play “Jeopardy” While Driving
Thanks to Drivetime, a vehicle app developer, you can now play Jeopardy while you cruise around town. While it takes some smarts to win at the famous trivia game, distracted…
500,000th Mississippi-Built Corolla Rolls off Line
The 500,000th Mississippi-built Corolla Since 2011, employees at the Toyota Mississippi facility in Blue Springs have been hard at work building brand new Corollas for the North American market. And…
Toyota Executives Earn Women in Manufacturing STEP Awards
Millie Marshall, the president of Toyota’s West Virginia powertrain plant. Toyota executives Millie Marshall and Susan Elkington will both be awarded with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Toyota Reiterates Concerns Over No-Deal Brexit
Toyota has once again added its voice to warnings about the impact a no-deal Brexit would have on the UK’s automotive industry, stating that it may have to discontinue building…
Indie Band Car Seat Headrest Reminds you that Drunk Driving is Never Okay
Will Toledo on stage, telling the truth Photo: Paul Hudson Everybody knows that driving drunk a terrible idea and a major cause of car-related deaths in North America. As reported by…
Cadillac XT4 Awarded Best Compact Premium SUV by J.D. Power
Photo: General Motors J.D. Power just named the Cadillac XT4 the best Compact Premium SUV in its annual Initial Quality Study. It earned this honor based on the number of…
Ford Makes Possibly the Ugliest Ugly Christmas Sweater
Ford ugly Christmas sweater makes you look like a video game character Photo: Ford Social distancing. It’s important, it saves lives, and everybody should be doing it. Ford Motor Company…
Kia X-Car Making-of Video Shows Birth of a Mutant Minivan
The Kia X-Car stars in its own superhero origin story The 2016 Sorento is sort of a mix between an SUV and a minivan, but you won’t hear Kia using…
Ford Transit Custom PHEV Getting Geofencing Module
The Ford Transit Custom PHEV gets geofencing technology this fall Photo: Ford Air pollution is a big problem in major metropolitan areas, and Ford is looking to curb it with…
Don’t Overlook Your Lights and Floor Mats in Your Road Trip Prep
Before you hit the open road for your summer family or solo road trip, you know that you should give your car a proper check-up, right? That means checking that…
Ford Still Planning Bronco Debut This Spring
Ford is still aiming to debut the all-new Bronco by the end of spring Photo: Ford The Ford Bronco is still on track to make its debut this spring despite…
What We Know About the New 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
The 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV Photo: Chevrolet Chevrolet recently unveiled new information about the upcoming 2022 Bolt EUV at the General Motors EV Day press event. The electric crossover will…
C-Ya, C-MAX: Floundering Ford C-MAX to Be Discontinued in 2018
Prepare to pour one out for the dear and soon-to-be-departed Ford C-MAX. The compact MPV will cease to be in the United States by mid-2018, when production will come to…
Would You Like Positive Emotions with That? Customers Rank Buick Dealerships High in Annual Survey
Customers like what they’re experiencing when they visit Buick dealerships these days — especially when they come in for service. That’s according to an annual survey by the research company…
2016 Cadillac Escalade ESV Overview
The 2016 Cadillac Escalade ESV is luxury SUV with a starting MSRP of $72,790. The Cadillac Escalade ESV features the same powerful V8 engine and luxurious interior as the regular…
2020 Honda CR-V Named Green SUV of the Year
2020 Honda CR-V (blue) and CR-V Hybrid Photo: Honda Green Car Journal has named the refreshed 2020 Honda CR-V and its all-new CR-V Hybrid model the 2020 Green SUV of…
[PHOTOS] Mazda Shows Off MX-5 RF, World Car of the Year Awards at New York
Some of you (hi, mom!) may remember the article I wrote a while back hoping that the “something new” that Mazda was going to unveil in New York was going…
Wanna Get One of the Next Available Ford GTs? Own Another Ford
Were you one of the 6,500 people who applied for the opportunity to own a Ford GT earlier this year? Okay, were you one of the people who applied and…
Chevrolet Middle East Breaks Two Very Specific Guinness World Records in December
How’d you close out 2017? With a cold? With a decent holiday gift haul? We’d be willing to bet that you didn’t set two Guinness World Records, which is exactly…
Mitsubishi to Unveil the 2020 Outlander Sport at the Geneva Motor Show
The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has a brand-new look for 2020 Photo: Mitsubishi This year, the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport celebrates its 10th anniversary. Heading into the 2020 model year, the Outlander…
What to Do If Your Car Starts to Slide on Ice
With the winter months approaching rapidly, snow is beginning to fall in many parts of the country. When snow coats the roads, melts, then refreezes into ice, it can create…
Audi Celebrates the Great Outdoors with the AI:TRAIL
Photo: Audi “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads,” Doc Brown famously said, as he launched Marty McFly and a levitating DeLorean into the far-flung futuristic year of 2015. It…
Monopoly and Mario Kart Combine for Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart Edition
Get ready to relive every Blue Shell and bankruptcy, all in one game Photo: Nintendo/Hasbro Mario Kart is one of the world’s most popular video games, while Monopoly remains one of…
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Stars in New Mini Docuseries
The Outlander PHEV Photo: Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi has partnered with Emergent Media to create a new show called “Soul Pursuits.” This mini docuseries is following the year-long journey that filmmaker…
Toyota to Create New Artificial Intelligence Research Company
Dr. Gill Pratt will head up the new Toyota Research Institute (TRI) As technology improves, companies across the world are scrambling to be among the first to develop the new…
Mr. Miller Steals Coors Light Truck, Runs Over Own Ankle
We all have impossible dreams—like when you were a kid, you always wanted to drive the ice cream truck, because then you would have all the ice cream you wanted.…
Driver Gives Police Fake Name; Fake Name Turns Out to Be Real Person with DUI
So, you say your name is “D.B. Cooper?” Image: Coolcaesar When it comes to trying to lie to police to get out of a ticket, generally criminals try to stick…
Reminder: Calling 911 to Report a Fake Shooting Will Not Get You Out of a Ticket
Salvador Sanchez-Buenrostro definitely did not want to get a ticket on September 17th, mostly because his license was suspended. Unfortunately for him, though, a Gresham city police officer pulled him…
Take The Pledge For National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation
With the possibility of up to 36 states throughout America facing significant water shortages this summer, the Wyland Foundation and Toyota have teamed up once again for the third annual…
Women Assaulted by Violent Man Rescued by Car Full of Clowns
Here is a scenario that could only come about from fever dreams and week-old pizza while watching old episodes of Big Comfy Couch. I can’t be the only one who…
Mazda Announces Mundane MSRP and Feature Updates for CX-9’s Second Year
Last year, Mazda unveiled its newly redesigned CX-9, putting a new, more attractive face as well as a much-overhauled design onto its largest SUV. At the time, the new SUV…
U.S. Pricing for the 2014 Nissan LEAF Announced
Nissan announced the U.S. pricing for the 2014 Nissan LEAF on Wednesday as they came silently gliding into dealerships across the nation. After applicable state and federal tax credits come…
AAA Says Blue Link Distraction Isn't Bad Compared to Others
If your parents ever told you that driving while talking on the phone is a distraction, or if you’ve seen them talking on their phones while driving and found it terrifying,…
Acura Makes Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’ Possible
Leno and Seinfeld Eye an Acura NSX on a recent episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Comedians have an uncanny ability to makes us laugh. It is their job…
Ford Continues Rebound in China with Massive Q1 2021
The Explorer helped Ford score its fourth straight quarter of growth in China Photo: Ford For the fourth quarter in a row, Ford Motor Company has posted year-over-year growth in…
James Corden Gets Emotional Singing “Let It Be” with Paul McCartney on Carpool Karaoke
Paul McCartney is a legend. The Beatles’ music made its way across the entire globe, influencing music as a whole and artists we hear on the radio today. James Corden…
Harry Styles and James Corden Spotted Filming Crosswalk Concert
Photo: ketou-daisuki via cc/Flickr Last week, Los Angeles drivers stopped at the red light on the intersection of Beverly and Genesee were treated to a performance. Instead of a typical…
Navigating the US: Getting Around in Nashville, Tennessee
Find your way around Music City Photo: Jason Mrachina via CC The fact that Nashville, Tennessee‘s most common nickname is “Music City, USA” should tell you all you need to…
Drunk Driving Facts and Faces: A Drunk Driving Infographic
Drunk driving is indefensible. There’s really not a lot else that you can say about it. Driving drunk is an activity that should never be undertaken by anyone anywhere under…
