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First 2016 Cadillac CT6 Sells for $200,000 in Palm Beach
The first production CT6 was sold Friday at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction for $200,000, all of which benefits the Karmanos Cancer Institute Photo: © General Motors On Friday evening,…
Fiesta Named One of KBB’s Coolest Cars Under $18K
2015 Ford Fiesta Kelley Blue Book released its list of the 10 Coolest Cars Under $18,000, and once again, the Ford Fiesta finds itself riding high on the list. The…
Mercedes-Benz Releases Pictures Showcasing Design Changes for CLA Sedan
Do you notice the design changes made to the 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLA? The popular Mercedes-Benz CLA compact sedan received a number of styling updates and will come with more available…
Mercedes-Benz Makes 2016 Mercedes-AMG G65 Price Announcement
Today, Mercedes-Benz announced the price of its 2016 Mercedes-AMG G65, which will be introduced to the market in November of this year. The incredibly exclusive car (so exclusive that Mercedes…
Fiat Chrysler Issues Statement Against Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act
FCA’s Indiana Transmission Plant Subaru may have been the first, but thankfully, it was not the last. Since Subaru issued a condemnatory statement to the Human Rights Campaign regarding the…
FCA US Manufacturing Engineer Earns 2016 Black Engineer of the Year Special Recognition Award
Krista Fears was named the 2016 Black Engineer of the Year Special Recognition Award Winner Hard work and dedication should be rewarded—which is why US Black Engineer & Information Technology…
Car News In the Rearview: Engaging Taco Mode and Banning Sexist Ads
Hello, and welcome to In the Rearview, where I, your auto news Yoda, show you the week’s car news in condensed form, because, judge me by my size, do you?…
FCA's Windsor Assembly Plant Sends Eight Chrysler Pacificas Full of Presents to Windsor's Local Toy Drive
Chrysler is serving as a not-so-secret Santa in Windsor, Ontario According to holiday lore, Christmas presents are traditionally delivered by a team of eight tiny reindeer (nine if you include Rudolph). Last week…
FCA Rakes In Seven Top 10 Awards from KBB
The 2015 Jeep Renegade took home three of seven Top 10 Awards from KBB for FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is on a roll with awards lately. No, really. Most…
FCA Foundation Makes Donation to Support Tornado Relief in Illinois
The FCA Foundation has made a $25,000 donation to the United Way of Rock River Valley Northern Illinois was recently slammed by devastating tornadoes, which left many communities in major…
FCA Expands 2015 Chrysler 200 Interior Color Choices This Spring
We now have two new 2015 Chrysler 200 color choices to consider: Ambassador Blue and Mocha To mark the new spring season, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is introducing two new…
Mazda Unveils RX-7 Truckiata Concept and New Spokesperson Nicolas Cage at NY Auto Show
Cage in Drive Angry Photo: Summit Entertainment via YouTube If you believed Mazda didn’t have any more surprises left up its sleeve for this year’s auto show season, you probably…
Mazda CX-3 Wins Automobile Journalists Association of Canada's 'Utility Vehicle of the Year' Award
Remember back in October when the Texas Auto Writers Association held the Texas Truck Rodeo to compare and contrast all of the trucks currently on offer? Well, imagine that, but with…
Materials, Hues Key to Avenir Concept's Striking Interior
© General Motors On the outside, the Buick Avenir Concept represents a potential sneak preview and the future of the brand and—with any luck—a look at what an actual flagship…
Man Calls Police to Report Himself for Driving Drunk
Click for Large Size People being pulled over and arrested on suspicion of DUI is nothing uncommon. If you’re someone like, say, former Baltimore Ravens running back Bernard Pierce, you…
Fake Florida Drug Checkpoint Makes People Throw Out Drugs
Better throw out those drugs, Jimbo If you’re a fan of smoking the reefer (or something harder), chances are that seeing a sign for a drug checkpoint would put the…
2015 Australian Grand Prix Recap: The F1 Drama is Back
Another season begins! This will be the first of a series of recap articles covering the 2015 Formula 1 season, so if you’re a huge fan of the greatest motorsport…
Lincoln's April Sales Climb 19.6%
2015 Lincoln MKC Lincoln’s US sales totaled 8,134 units in April, a 19.6% year-over-year increase. While the brand continued to struggle with regards to selling its cars, its utilities carried…
Escalade has Big Month, But Cadillac Sales Dive in February
The 2015 Cadillac Escalade © General Motors Cadillac is gearing up for a big month of March, capping it all off with the debut of its highly-anticipated CT6 flagship sedan.…
Erroll Davis Jr. to Retire from GM Board of Directors
Erroll Davis Jr. Photo: © General Motors General Motors has announced that one of its boardmembers, Erroll Davis Jr., will not seek re-election at this year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders.…
Light Trucks and Cars Among Honda’s April 2015 Sales Successes
The 2015 Honda CR-V American Honda Motor Co. has revealed Honda’s April 2015 sales figures, with Honda and Acura vehicle sales totaling 130,068 units last month. The automaker’s Honda Division…
Lexus Teases LF-SA Concept Before Geneva Reveal
In an astonishingly short press release this morning, Lexus announced its plan to reveal the LF-SA concept car at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show in March. From the looks of…
Enter Ford Credit Dream Drive Sweeps for Four-Day Getaway
Summer will soon be upon us, so why not start planning a work-week getaway now? How does taking a long trip down Route 66 sound? Or perhaps a jaunt across…
Lexus Named Most Dependable Brand For 4th Consecutive Year
2012 Lexus ES350 For the fourth consecutive year, Lexus ranked higher than all other car brands sold in the United States in the J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study. The study,…
Ed Norton Stars in Last Week Tonight’s Hilarious “Infrastructure” Trailer
Jon Oliver’s Last Week Tonight gives American infrastructure the blockbuster treatment it deserves Our crumbling American infrastructure—which includes thousands of dilapidated, unsafe bridges and highways—was well-documented last year in a…
eAssist Pickups Will Cost Around $50K, Could Go National by 2017
2016 Chevy Silverado with eAssist technology On Thursday, GM announced that it will build 500 2016 Silverado 1500 pickups and 200 2016 GMC Sierra 1500 pickups with its eAssist system.…
Dumb Criminal of the Day: Man Steals Infiniti, Posts Pictures on Social Media
Oh hai, you’re under arrest The internet is, in many ways, a wondrous invention. It allows us to keep in contact with far-off friends and family, alerts us of breaking…
Drunk Secret Service Agents Reportedly Crash Car into White House Barricade
Two reportedly drunk Secret Service agents crashed a government vehicle into a White House barricade last week Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid Last week, two senior Secret Service agents were allegedly involved in…
Less Pollution, More Power: Mercedes to Debut Cleaner Diesel Engine in New E-Class
Set for release in the coming spring, the Mercedes E-Class 220 d will be the very first model to house the company’s revolutionary OM 654 diesel engine. At 2.0 liters,…
Drunk Guy at Daytona 500 Sneaks into Pits to Charge Phone
Daytona Motor Speedway, home to NASCAR’s Daytona 500 This gif went viral on the r/funny subreddit today, having been posted there with the description, “Brother got very drunk at the…
Drunken Skateboarding Taco Crashes into Car in Brooklyn
Drunk taco hit car fall down It’s not every day that you see a drunken skateboarding taco go speeding into New York City traffic, so treasure this moment: The incident…
Drunk Couple Sleeping in Dumpster Gets Thrown into Trash Truck
I know they say, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” But today I learned that they also say, “When you’re trashed, do as the trash does.” A drunk…
Does Ram’s New Styling Indicate an Identity Crisis?
The 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel at NAIAS Ram held back-to-back reveals of new pickup variants at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January and the Chicago Auto Show…
Latest KODO-Inspired Furniture at Milan Includes Sofa and Bicycle
Back in March, word broke that Mazda would be returning to Italy for Milan Design Week as a main sponsor of the Brera Design District’s Fuorisalone event. The automaker also…
Dine in a Classic Convertible at the Sci-Fi Dine In
Classic movie clips and treats make the perfect lunch or dinner. Want to go back to the classic days of malt shakes and drive-in movies? Enjoy dinner under the stars…
Did Jeremy Clarkson Just Steal a Corvette Z06?
The answer to this headline is almost certainly “no.” But the tweet from canned Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson that prompted it—which simply reads, “I took this today…”—is so vague,…
Kia’s April Sales Fueled by Crossovers and Minivans
The new 2016 Sorento CUV Kia Motors America has announced April 2015 sales figures, with last month’s units sold totaling 53,282 vehicles. That number represents the second-best April total in…
Kia Delivers Vehicles to 2018 Australian Open
For 17 years, Kia has partnered with the Australian Open, and this year the automaker is handing over 120 vehicles to be used during the tournament Photo: Kia Media Champion…
Dhivya Suryadevara named GM Vice President, Finance and Treasurer
Dhivya Suryadevara Photo: © General Motors General Motors has announced that, effective July 1st, Dhivya Suryadevara will succeed Niharika Taskar Ramdev as GM Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. Taskar Ramdev…
Determine How Traffic Violations Will Affect Your Insurance Premiums
Nobody enjoys paying high car insurance premiums, as the average American dished out nearly $1,000 last year to cover their vehicular butt. However, it’s a necessary evil, and most of…
KBB.com Names Audi Q5 Among 10 Best Luxury SUVs
Thanks to its simple elegance that Audi design is known for and luxurious interior, the 2015 Audi Q5 has been included in Kelley Blue Book’s 10 Best Luxury SUVs list.…
Delhi Welcomes New Datsun GO-cross Concept
The Delhi Auto Expo was open earlier this month in India, and Nissan’s Datsun brand showed off its latest concept, the Datsun GO-cross concept. The fun little crossover was displayed in…
CT6's Body Structure is 64% Aluminum; Doesn't Use Aluminum Body Panels
© General Motors Cadillac has promised to reveal its CT6 flagship sedan at the end of the month, and so begins the approach to March 31st by taking an in-depth…
John Casesa Named Ford Group VP, Global Strategy
John Casesa Ford has announced that is has appointed John Casesa, a career auto analyst and investment banker, to the position of group vice president of Global Strategy. Effective March…
Jeremy Clarkson Pays Around £100,000 to Former Top Gear Producer He Punched
Jeremy Clarkson has reached a settlement with the form Top Gear producer he punched Photo: Jon Large Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s likely you heard about Jeremy…
Jeff Gordon Drives a Jet Black 2015 Chevy Suburban
Retiring NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon gives the crowd a thumbs up In a recent Chevy Silverado ad, NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. discussed his family’s long-running connection to the bowtie…
Jeep Teases Two New Concepts for 50th Annual Easter Jeep Safari
The Jeep Crew Chief is one of the two teased concept cars Jeep is creating for the 50th annual Easter Jeep Safari Every year, off-roaders join together in the backcountry…
Corvette Velocity Yellow Color Option Gets Cut
Say goodbye to this shade of yellow ©GM First they came for the Champagne Silver Impala, and I did not speak out, because I do not drive an Impala… There…
Consumer Reports Praises the 2016 Cadillac CT6
The starting MSRP of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 is $53,495 It wasn’t that long ago when Consumer Reports didn’t have too many nice things to say about GM automobiles, but…
Chrysler Brand Sales Up 14% in November as FCA's Overall Sales Fall 4%
Chrysler had some surprisingly great sales in November Throughout Fiat Chrysler’s sales reports in 2017, there has been one constant: Chrysler brand sales have been on the decline. However, November brought…
