My First Experience at NAIAS
I was sitting at my desk finishing up a history page for the Ford Fusion when my boss nonchalantly asked me if I felt like road tripping it to Detroit this week for NAIAS. If it hadn’t been over instant messenger, I might have tackled her with a bear hug. (Did she seriously think “No” […]
2014 Audi A4 Overview
What’s New for the 2014 Audi A4 The Audi A4 remains widely unchanged for the 2014 model year in terms of styling. The German luxury automaker has managed to bolster output up to 220 horsepower, and a few previously optional features are now standard on the 2014 Audi A4, including Bluetooth and an iPod interface. […]
Got $30K? Buy Johnny Cash’s Black 1991 MB 560SEL This Weekend
How would you feel about driving a Mercedes-Benz? Okay, then how would you feel about driving a Mercedes-Benz driven by one of the greatest singer/songwriters of our or any generation? If you’ve got $30,000 to pony up, you can buy Johnny Cash’s black 1991 MB 560SEL. Yes, of course his Mercedes was black. That was […]
Cadillac Stands as 2013’s Fastest-Growing Full-Line Luxury Brand
2013 was a banner year for Cadillac: GM’s luxury arm introduced us to a breathtaking concept that may very well spell out its future, launched the first wave of its future-thinking Extended Range Electric Vehicle, and won a number of overall awards for its superior lineup. Perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of 2013, however, is […]
Stop&Go Pilot Eases Traffic Jam Tension
The long-awaited debut of the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is scheduled for December 16th. We haven’t officially gotten a fair look at the small sedan (wink wink), but we might have gotten in a couple good glances from some of Autoblog’s spy photos. (Okay, okay, we saw the whole thing.) Only a few features have been […]
Ram 1500 Named Motor Trend 2014 Truck of the Year
For its annual end-of-the-year list, Motor Trend announced last week that the Ram 1500 was its choice for 2014 Truck of the Year®. The announcement proper was made at the birthplace of Ram Trucks, the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan; Motor Trend’s report on what made the Ram 1500 its 2014 Truck of the […]
Mazda Rotary Engine: Celebrating its 50th Anniversary
After Felix Wankel invented the rotary engine in the 1950s, a number of different carmakers spent decades trying to implement it in their passenger vehicles. Auto innovators like Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Rolls-Royce all attempted to successfully incorporate the engine; none were able to achieve as much as Mazda rotary engine-equipped vehicles did, including the […]
Toyota the Most Valuable Automotive Brand in the World
Interbrand is a global consultancy firm, which annually publishes a list of the Best Global Brands. For 2013, 14 automakers made the list, but Toyota came in at No.10, effectively making Toyota the most valuable automotive brand in the word. Toyota retained the No. 10 spot that it earned last year, despite the Japanese automaker […]
Ford Named Best Engine in the World
Considered the parent country of brands like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Porsche, Germany is one of the leading automakers in the world—and its countrymen know it. Prouder than a dad whose kid was accepted into an Ivy League school, the Germans know their cars are good and may resort to violence if told otherwise. Imagine their […]
KBB Study Finds Women Prefer Volvos, Men Prefer Lincolns, People Like Cars
Kelley Blue Book has conducted a study to determine which brands men and women are more likely to prefer. The results suggest that men prefer luxury vehicles of European origins; women tend to prefer imports primarily from Asia, and both genders lean toward cars with four wheels. When compared to the preferences of men, Volvo […]
What is the World’s Most Expensive Car?
The 1954 Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow auctions for 31 million dollars.
What would it take for you to spend over $31 million on a car? Would it have to be the most luxurious, lavish car in the world? Or, would you want it to be the fastest? How about incredibly rare? Well, for a private bidder at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, the car […]
Cost to Own a Diesel: Green in More Ways than One
The popularity of diesel engine variants seems to have exploded in recent years (or, at least, their wicks have been lighted), as people have begun to distrust the commonly used but incredibly overpriced gasoline that we begrudgingly inject into our cars at the pump on a daily basis. But is opting for a diesel engine worth […]