Chevrolet Honors Mariano Rivera, Refurbishes Baseball Field
Chevrolet honors Mariano Rivera, refurbishes baseball field As the Official Vehicle of Major League Baseball, Chevrolet will honor the Most Valuable Player of last year’s All-Star Game, Mariano Rivera, by…
Denny Hamlin Tears ACL, Still Plans to Race in Richmond
Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota Camry Photo: James Marvin Phelps Believe it or not, a tear to the ACL is quite unpleasant. Many athletes are benched after experiencing…
Denny Hamlin Takes Toyota’s 13th Sprint Cup Regular Season Win
It was just a week ago that we reminded our readers (again) that Toyota couldn’t seem to help itself from winning in NASCAR, and well—you’ve guessed it—it happened one more…
Denny Hamlin Finally Undergoes Knee Surgery
Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota Camry Photo: James Marvin Phelps Back in September, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin tore his ACL while playing basketball. Despite this, Hamlin continued driving…
Dearborn Mayor O'Reilly Gives Thumbs Up to Ford's Potential Michigan Central Station Purchase
Photo: Albert Duce While neither side will confirm a report that negotiations are ongoing, there is at least one fan of the idea for Ford to purchase the long-abandoned Michigan…
Dare to Compare: Which Three-Row SUV Gets the Best Gas Mileage?
SUV sales are on the rise, and so are our fuel emissions. SUVs are known for being gas-guzzlers, making it difficult to balance the need for a family-friendly vehicle with…
Dan Ammann Named CEO of Cruise Automation
From left to right: Cruise Automation COO Dan Kan, Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt, and new Cruise Automation CEO Dan Ammann General Motors on Thursday announced that Dan Ammann will…
CX-9 Wins Strategic Vision’s Total Quality Impact Award
Mazda must have a whole wing of its headquarters for its lineup’s various awards. But now, it is going to have to clear a little more room, because the 2017…
What Are the Differences Between the Chevy Corvette C7 and C8?
Photo: Chevrolet In the blur of excitement surrounding the debut of the 2020 C8 Corvette, it’s easy to lose sight of exactly what about this model is new from the…
Cookie Monster Joins Waze Voice Options
Children around the world have grown up with Cookie Monster and all of his friends on Sesame Street. If you miss hearing his voice watching the show, relive your childhood…
And Here We Have Santa in a GT-R
Santa in a GT-R? Santa in a GT-R. Santa Claus has long been able to travel the world over in a single night in order to bring joy to millions…
Consumer Reports Names Its 10 Lowest-Rated Vehicles of 2017
Automakers love it when their vehicles earn an award or title for being the best in the industry. However, those same automakers are understandably less thrilled when their vehicles end…
Colorado Woman Narrowly Escapes Her Vehicle Before It Collapses Into a Sinkhole
A Colorado woman found herself extremely lucky to be alive earlier this week, after narrowly escaping her vehicle before it fell into a sinkhole on the road. Sinkholes are caused…
Collection of ’56 Chevrolets and More Is eBay Gold Mine
A man has put his collection of ’56 Chevrolets (as well as some ‘55s, ‘57s, a ’58 Pontiac convertible, an Impala SS convertible, and more—50 cars in total) as well…
City:One Michigan Central Station Challenge Winners Announced
Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company has announced three winning projects in its City:One Michigan Central Station Challenge. Mercy Education Project; AbleLink Smart Living Technologies; and a team consisting…
Ford Announces City:One Michigan Central Station Challenge
Michigan Central Station Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is teaming up with the City of Detroit and PlanetM, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s mobility initiative, to launch the $250,000 City:One…
Chinese EV Chargers Outnumber American Ones 8-1
If you’ve been paying attention to electric vehicle-related news, you’re probably aware that the U.S. has made progress in expanding its current infrastructure of public charging stations. Despite this progress,…
2015 Chevrolet Equinox Overview
If you’re in the market for an SUV with a fair amount of power and excellent fuel economy, consider the 2015 Chevy Equinox. [wptab name=”What’s New”] What’s New for the 2015…
Chevrolet, Trailering Leaders Join Forces to Make Trailers Better
2016 Chevrolet Suburban Photo: © General Motors Every year, millions of trucks and SUVs hit the roads with RVs, horse trailers, boats, car trailers, construction equipment, or anything that can…
Chevrolet Silverado HD Takes Top Spot in JD Power Dependability Study, Crushes Meh Competition
Chevrolet’s engineers designed the Silverado HD to be a strong, dependable truck, with a maximum towing capacity of 18,000 pounds, a maximum payload of 3,534 pounds, and a frame built…
Chevrolet Planning for a New Crossover
The new Chevrolet Crossover would be slightly larger than this Chevy Equinox With the Chevrolet Trax, Equinox, Traverse, Tahoe, and Suburban, you would think that Chevrolet has all the bases…
Chevrolet Developing All-New Lineup for Growing Global Markets
Today General Motors announced its plan to invest $5 billion in developing an all-new Chevrolet vehicle lineup to expand its market share in emerging global markets such as Brazil, China,…
Check Out the Retro Escalade That Never Was
A good romp through the Alternate History genre typically allows you to explore nightmarish dystopias and engage in provocative thought experiments about the course of society. But not every peep…
Central Park is Now Car-Free
Photo: Patrick Gruban Good news for clean air advocates in the New York City area. As of this week, much of Central Park is officially a car-free zone below 72nd…
Catch a Glimpse of Kia’s Telluride Concept in the Wild
Kia has offered consumers a glimpse of the Telluride Concept out on the road The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) was the site of many amazing debuts from car…
Cars you didn't know were in “Joker”
Photo: Annette Wamser There’s a lot to be said about the role that cars play in film. Sometimes they share the main character distinction with a human lead, a la…
Car News In the Rearview: Cuba Is a Bummer
Welcome once again to In the Rearview, where I, your friendly neighborhood farmer of car news, carefully harvest the kernels from the past week’s stories, bring them to you here…
Camouflage That Now Stymies Spy Shots Was First Used to Ward Off German U-Boats in World War I
Dazzle camouflage on a U.S. cargo ship in 1918 Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command As a loyal reader of The News Wheel, you’ve probably noticed the stories we publish…
California Start-Up Seeks to Make Automated Driving Safer with Remote Navigation
Photo: Roadshow Safety is one of the most important concerns as manufacturers continue to tweak automated vehicle technology. Case in point: the recent pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving Uber, in Tempe,…
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The 2020 Toyota RAV4 has officially joined Toyota Canada’s lineup of 2020 models with a new TRD Off-Road model certified to bust trails. It joins a rugged and extensive lineup…
2015 Honda CR-V Overview
The new 2015 Honda CR-V The new 2015 Honda CR-V goes on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, 2014, and today the automaker is touting this most recent iteration of America’s…
Buick's Most Powerful Models for 2019
If you’re looking for a new Buick model with plenty of horsepower under the hood, read on to find out which of the brand’s cars and SUVs offer the peppiest…
Mopar Muscle Monster Truck Stampedes into Monster Jam Series
Chrysler Group LLC announced Friday that Mopar, its service, parts, and customer-care brand, will be bringing some of its vaunted “muscle” to the Monster Truck Racing Series in 2014. The…
General Motors Announces Partnership with Navistar
General Motors announced on Wednesday that it has reached a long-term agreement with Navistar to develop and produce medium-duty, conventional cab Class 4/5 commercial vehicles for Chevrolet. Get excited. Need…
Starting in July, Florida Will Let AVs Use Public Roads Without a Safety Driver
This year, Florida will commemorate Independence Day by granting autonomous vehicles their own independence. Starting July 1, the state will allow AVs on public roads without safety drivers on board. …
Baojun 310 Released in China, Priced from RMB 36,800
SAIC-General Motors-Wuling has released the all-new Baojun 310 hatchback, a vehicle that boasts a deft combination of efficiency, functionality, spaciousness, and technological savvy. Offered in four different trims, the Baojun…
Best Road Trip Destinations: Grand Canyon
Best Road Trip Destinations: Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is the perfect road trip destination if you’re looking to be inspired by the sheer power of nature (or for a…
Baojun 310 Wagon Officially Launches in China
SAIC-GM-Wuling this month unleashed the new Baojun 310 Wagon, launching it in China months after it successfully drummed up attention with its world premiere at the Auto Shanghai 2017 show…
Law Enforcement to Stop Car Smuggling With Science
Image: Sam Greenhalgh International trade hubs currently have a big problem: they are really, really big. So big, that is, that each shipping container can’t be visually checked before it…
Take a Gander at the 2015 F-150 Appearance Guide
July proved to be a promising month for prospective 2015 F-150 buyers. First, they learned the specs of the new additions to the pickup’s powertrain lineup. Then, they learned about…
Arizona's Last Surviving Drive-In Theater Leads a Double Life
Two of the Nine screens at the Glendale 9 Photo: Michael Kilgore Arizona was once a booming capital for the drive-in movie business. At its peak, the state boasted nearly…
Australians First to Get Amazon Alexa in Their RVs
Photo: Jayco Australia Recreational vehicle manufacturer Jayco has announced the launch of its 2019 Silverline Caravan, which will feature Amazon Alexa technology to make it the world’s first voice-activated caravan.…
Adult Swim's Free Drive-In Tour Returns this Fall
Last year, Adult Swim toured the country with a pop-up drive-in theatre, screening unaired episodes of its current and upcoming television series. The cable channel took its unique and surreal…
Apparently Failing Your Driver’s Test is a Sign of Intelligence
Students who do well on tests and get good grades are generally labeled as “smart” and “intelligent,” but a new study by Privilege DriveXpert , an insurance company in the…
Woman Sets Man’s Car on Fire at McDonald's
Woman Sets Man’s Car on Fire at McDonald’s Things got a little rowdy at a Jacksonville, Florida McDonald’s the day before St. Patty’s Day, and I can’t say I’m surprised:…
Add Shopping to List of Dangerous Habits of Drivers in 2019
Distractions behind the wheel come in many forms — there’s adjusting the radio, yelling at the kids in the backseat, eating, messing with the temperature controls, and of course, the…
Uber to Require Its Drivers Go Electric or Hybrid in UK
Uber has, to put it mildly, been having a terrible time lately. However, as the company struggles to improve its image amid repeated scandals, it has announced that it will…
All About Jaywalking
Photo: Vivian Chen When someone says “jaywalking,” you might picture someone crossing a street where there isn’t a designated crosswalk. It turns out that this term has a more nuanced…
Actor Who Played Batman Dies in Car Crash
Robinson was considered a real life Batman for his charitable work with sick children Photo: Kevin Dooley During one of his recent campaign stops in Des Moines, Iowa, presidential hopeful…
Add These 4 Car-Related Gifts to Your Christmas Wish List
If your loved ones are already asking what you want for Christmas or you’re looking to splurge on a gift for yourself or you need ideas for those on your…
