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…
You searched for car color
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,…
