2014 Scion FR-S Overview
Since the Scion FR-S was introduced last year, there aren’t many big changes coming in the year 2014. A touchscreen audio system is now standard with additional padding on the…
PSA: Stop Posting to Your Instagram and Snapchat Stories Behind the Wheel
You’d think that after people nearly died behind the wheel using Snapchat’s speedometer feature, users would think twice about using social media apps behind the wheel. But apparently not. Honestly,…
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GMC and Buick are two of General Motors’ upscale brands. So how do their small SUVs stack up against each other? Here’s a look at their similarities and differences. Looking…
F1 to Add New DRS Zones to Circuits as Short-Term Solution to Overtaking Issue
Photo: MorganaF1 Formula One race director Charlie Whiting says that upcoming circuits on the calendar could feature additional DRS (Drag Reduction System) zones to aid overtaking, which has become a…
Matthew McConaughey, Winding Refn Sign to Promote Lincoln MKC
“Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.” – Rust Cohle, no doubt talking about driving the Lincoln MKC Undeniably,…
Study: Millennials Fear Bad Drivers More than Death
Ford really loves conducting studies to that aim to learn more about young buyers, a trend continued by a recent Penn Schoen Berland poll. According to the results of the…
4 Drive-Thru Holiday Light Displays in Michigan
Photo: Jeremy Mikkola via CC December in Michigan can be magical, especially if you like looking at light displays. With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, consider one of these drive-thru…
GM Workers Train to Safely Build COVID-19 Ventilators
An employee undergoes training to build Ventec ventilators at GM’s Kokomo plant Photo: AJ Mast for General Motors More than 1,000 workers at General Motors’ plant in Kokomo, Indiana, are…
Forget Christmas – Detroit is Getting Ready for an Auto Show
Every year it seems as if Christmas decorations and music creep earlier and earlier into the season before it. You know it’s getting bad when some Christmas items end up…
4 Cars Owned By Donald Trump
Republican presidential candidate and former A Flock of Seagulls member Donald Trump is big news right now, thanks to his inexplicable position as the GOP’s top contender for its November…
NHTSA and IIHS Will Never Crash-Test Certain Cars
Photo: Tumisu via Pixabay Almost a half-million cars purchased every year have not received crash-test ratings, and many of them never will. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance…
Why Are Car Engines in the Front of the Vehicle?
Photo: The News Wheel Cars have not changed much since they were invented over a century ago: They still run on four wheels and have the same underlying mechanical systems…
Create a Custom Pickup Truck Online with the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Configurator
Before you buy a new Silverado, build a custom one online The new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado model is one of the year’s most highly-anticipated vehicles. While a limited supply of…
Yes, Some People Actually Got New Luxury Cars for Christmas
For some reason, this holiday gift Cadillac doesn’t have a bow on it Let’s be honest: Most of us didn’t wake up on Christmas morning in an expensive house, look…
China is Fine-Tuning a Phase-Out Date for Petroleum Cars
China unveils an ambitious timeline for switching over to EV at a country-wide level. Photo: Newsy Although many international auto manufacturers have started to focus on adopting electric vehicle (EV)…
UK Man Spends More Than $37K Fighting a Speeding Ticket
Back in 2016, Richard Keedwell from Yate, Gloucestershire received a speeding ticket for going 35 mph in a 30-mph area. Since then, he has spent nearly $37,000 in legal fees…
King Kong Drives a VW in this Amazing Vintage Commercial
King Kong: you just never know where he’ll turn up Photo: Joe DeSousa via CC When it comes to Hollywood icons, few are as big — pun intended — as…
List of Most Likely 200,000 Mile Vehicles Includes 7 GM Vehicles, One Car
On Monday, Chris Woodyard of USA Today offered up a list of the top 10 models most likely to be 200,000 mile vehicles. The data, culled from www.iSeeCars.com, was obtained…
Chevy Cruze Diesel Sedan Manages 4.5 L/100 KM Highway Rating
The Cruze Diesel is available with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed auto Chevrolet Canada has announced fuel efficiency ratings for the 2017 Cruze Diesel Sedan, which manages a highway…
Renault Boss ‘Worried’ About Honda’s F1 Investment
Photo: Joe McGowan Despite planning an all-new Formula One engine for 2019 and making promises to close the gap to Ferrari and Mercedes, Renault is looking over its shoulder at…
Opel Mokka Sales Reach 500,000-Unit Milestone
The Opel Mokka, the European cousin of the best-selling Buick Encore, has reached a sales milestone of its own. This week, the landmark 500,000th order for the Mokka was placed,…
Chevrolet Makes List of Top Global Green Brands
Chevrolet Makes List of Top Global Green Brands For the first time in company history, the Bowtie Brand has landed a spot on Interbrand’s Best Global Green Brands report. Chevy…
General Motors RemoteLink App Kept Us Warm in January
Last month’s Polar Vortex left much of the nation’s people cold, wet, and threatening to move to South America (after all, we’ve always heard that Peru is lovely this time…
What to Do If Your Car Is Stolen
Photo: Bastian Pudill via Unsplash License It’s happened to the best of us: That panicky moment where you go to where you last parked your car to find that it’s…
The History of Touring, the First Car-Themed Game
Photo: The News Wheel Over the past hundred years, dozens of excellent car-themed board games and card games have been made, but it all started with Touring, the very first…
Yikes! BMW's Most Expensive Paint, Pure Metal Silver, Costs $10,000
If you’ve ever wondered why BMW is a brand associated with financial lavishness too excessive for many people, consider the cost of BMW’s most expensive paint. For those of us…
Unifor Memo: GM Adding 500 Jobs, Second Shift for Truck Production at Oshawa
According to a memo released by Unifor Local 222, General Motors intends to add 535 employees and a second shift to its Oshawa Car Assembly Plant in order to support…
Jay Leno Teaches Brad Paisley How to Do a Burnout in the 2017 Camaro ZL1 [VIDEO]
Brad Paisley is many things—a country music star, a South Park character, an accidental racist… But one thing that he is decidedly not is a professional driver. That fact was…
Toronto-Area Thieves Find New Way to Steal Luxury Vehicles
When you invest in a premium vehicle, the last thing you want is to have it stolen. Unfortunately, though, thieves have found a new way to drive away in fancy…
Illinois Bill Would Ban “Rolling Coal” in Diesel Trucks
Photo: Mackenzie via Pinterest If you live anywhere in the United States, you’ve probably seen several people with seemingly more money than brains with lifted diesel trucks pour clouds of…
OPEC: ‘Electric Vehicles Won’t Catch On’ Everyone Else: ‘Suuuuure’
Image: Loco Steve Quick refresher: OPEC stands for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries—that is to say, OPEC is a group composed of a bunch of countries that have…
Software Updates: Coming Soon to a Car Near You
Photo: Capgemini Group While over-the-air (OTA) updates are common on electronics like smartphone and laptops, it’s not so common on vehicles. Many mainstream automakers are considering implementing OTA updates for…
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Every year, I peruse the leading automakers’ current lineup of vehicles to see which models can be ordered with green exterior paint. Green has become a rare color option in…
Oil Prices Thrashed By Conflict and Production Changes
Image: Paul Lowry One commodity price that has enormous influence over the American mood is oil. Our country’s dependence on our vehicles to get to work, school, and other essential…
Reminder: Don't Speed During the Quarantine
If you’re a vehicle owner, you might be enjoying one unexpected benefit of the COVID-19 lockdowns: a lack of traffic. Quieter roads can definitely make it more tempting to speed…
Deadly Distracted Driving on the Rise in Canada
Photo: Hershel Venkat Talluri Distracted driving has turned into a costly — and dangerous — problem on Canada’s roads. Ontario’s government notes that, since 2000, distraction-related fatal crashes have doubled…
Raj Nair: 2017 F-150 Raptor to Produce 450 Horsepower
2017 F-150 Raptor to Produce 450 Horsepower: Ford Global Product Development VP Raj Nair We’ve all been hot to learn more about the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor since its debut,…
European Initiative to Require EV Charging in Every New or Refurbished House
Photo: byronv2 Although it isn’t the largest car market in the world, Europe is certainly shaping up to be the greenest soon, as a new draft EU directive that’s expected to take…
Mid-Engine Corvette C8 Delayed for 6 Months
A spy shot shows what might be the new mid-engine Corvette C8 Photo: Sixgun Sled Sports car enthusiasts who’ve been eagerly awaiting the new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8 will have…
Lightning McQueen and Friends Celebrate “Haul-O-Ween” at Disneyland Resort
It’s not like the Cars franchise has shied away from puns before Photo: Joshua Sudock Halloween may still be a month and a half away. However, a certain set of…
Trump Admins Consult with Automaker Execs as Huge Brawl on Fuel Efficiency Ruling Draws Near
Capitol Hill The argument over fuel efficiency standards has flared up again as the final date for the EPA’s decision looms on the horizon. Before Scott Pruitt announces the decision,…
Older Drivers Need to Talk About Driving Anxieties Sooner Than Later
Ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away. Instead, it makes what could be a small issue morph into a major anxiety that can hinder the way you live your…
2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Overview
Photo: Chrevrolet The brand-new 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV is a bigger, better-equipped version of the brand’s popular Bolt EV. It offers unique styling, additional passenger space, and more tech tools…
Yup, the National Corvette Museum is Building a “Sensorama” Sinkhole Recreation
The National Corvette Museum’s “Thunderdome” room under construction Strange as it may seem, the sinkhole collapse in the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome may be the best thing that ever happened…
Infographic: Spring Car Maintenance
After a long, frigid winter, during which large parts of the country were buried under dozens of feet of snow, spring is finally in view. For you, that means you…
Best Road Trip Destinations: Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Water Gardens : BFS Man San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston are some of the more prominent cities in Texas. However, a hidden gem lies in North Texas that…
GM Korea Sales Total 45,366 Vehicles in February
GM Korea sold a total of 45,366 vehicles in February, including 11,117 vehicles sold domestically and 34,139 exported. Though domestic sales were down from the year prior, sales of the…
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A number of GM recalls and stop-sales materialized over the weekend, to no one’s surprise. I’ll save you the time of having to endure my now trite cynicism of The…
Rookie RV Mistakes to Avoid
Photo: Tim Gouw | Pexels Are you buying or renting a recreational vehicle for the summer? You’re not alone. Millions of millennials and Gen Zers are expected to go camping…
2016 Chevy Camaro Comes to Cincinnati for All-Star Game
The new 2016 Chevy Camaro and the special edition 2015 Silverado Midnight hit the big leagues in Cincinnati After the 2016 Chevy Camaro debuted in Detroit this past May, the…
