Seller Turns Chevy SSR into Chevy dinoSSauR
Remember that god-awful endeavor of Chevy’s from the mid 2000s, called the Chevy SSR? It was incredibly polarizing in the way that the Nissan Juke or the Murano CrossCabriolet is—you either love it or you hate it. Unfortunately for the Chevy SSR, most people hated it, meaning it was only in production from 2003 through […]
2015 VW Golf GTI Wins “Cheap Speed Challenge”
Looking to get a powerful performer without breaking the bank? Cars.com and USA Today’s “Cheap Speed Challenge” suggests that those wanting a performance-oriented ride without paying more than $30,000 would be best suited to turn their attentions to the 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI, which topped seven other new vehicles for the crown. “Not only does […]
GM Receives Most Initial Quality Awards, Again
In this year’s Initial Quality Study℠ results, released yesterday by J.D. Power & Associates, General Motors achieved 11 spots in the top three. Of those 11 models, six were top-ranked. For the second consecutive year, GM took home more initial quality awards than any other automaker. In addition, the General had the most models ranked […]
Buick Encore Ranks Highest in Segment in Initial Quality Study
J.D. Power & Associates today announced the winners of the 2014 Initial Quality Study℠. The 2014 Buick Encore managed to nab the top spot (tied with the Kia Sportage and the Nissan Juke) in the small SUV segment. This is the second year in a row that the Buick Encore has earned this honor. Buick […]
2015 370Z NISMO Unveiled, and It’s Lookin’ Good
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As promised, Nissan unveiled the 2015 370Z NISMO at today’s ZDAYZ event. As expected, it’s awfully purty. “NISMO is the heart and soul of Nissan performance, both for the track and on the street, so it’s fitting that we are showing the dramatic new 2015 370Z NISMO for the first time at a gathering of […]
Vincentric Names 2014 Veloster, Forte Koup “Best Value in America” Winners
While Toyota may have won the overall “Best Value in America” award this year, Vincentric was also sure to honor the sister Korean car companies with recognition as well. In fact, Vincentric named the 2014 Veloster and the 2014 Forte Koup “Best Value in America” winners in the subcompact segment and compact coupe segment, […]
Consumer Reports Releases 2014 Most and Least Fun to Drive List
Leave it to the experts over at Consumer Reports to find a way to quantify something as nebulous as a vehicle’s fun factor and turn it into a list. In the lead in to their 2014 Most and Least Fun to Drive list, they lay out what their idea of fun is: “[A] car can […]
2014 Geneva Motor Show Lineup: World and European Debuts
A rundown of what's hot at this year's auto show in Geneva: concepts, new models, and familiar faces (oh my).
The 2014 Geneva Motor Show is upon us, and automakers from the world over are trotting out their best and boldest for auto enthusiasts around the globe to see. Here’s a look at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show lineup for world and European debuts from some of the most prominent brands: Alfa Romeo 4C Targa […]
2014 Chicago Auto Show: Production Cars on Display
Get the full list of production models on display at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show offers us the most square feet of any major auto show in the United States. With all of that volume, you’ve got a lot of cars to look at, buddy. Here is your definitive list of which production cars will be on the Chicago show room floor. (Looking for reveals and […]
Back to Black: Subaru’s 2018 Forester Offers a Safer, Sportier 2.5i Black Edition Package
In both the cinema and car realms, black seems to be the Color of the Year for 2017. While moviegoers can look forward to films like Justice League, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Kong: Skull Island, car enthusiasts can anticipate the new 2.5i Black Edition of the Subaru Forester. With mainstream powerhouses Audi, Honda, […]
Mitsubishi Design Boss Says Production Models are Finally Coming
If you’ve kept up with Mitsubishi news at all in the last year, you’ve no doubt seen that its recent history is full of concept vehicles and mostly devoid of actual new production models. Most notably, there was the XR-PHEV Concept shown at the 2014 Tokyo Motor Show, the GC-PHEV Concept at the 2015 Chicago […]
Mitsubishi Unveils XM Concept Crossover SUV in Indonesia
Mitsubishi’s plan to focus mostly on SUVs in its lineup is no secret. In fact, the Japanese carmaker has even gone as far as to promise a new SUV each year until 2021. Because of this, it should come as no surprise that Mitsubishi is already on the way to creating another new SUV—but this […]
Japan Opens Gates for Side-View Cameras
What do the following three concept vehicles have in common? If you guessed “thin, squinty headlights,” you aren’t wrong, but that isn’t exactly what we meant—if you said “no side mirrors,” then you are right on the money. In concept after concept (especially for electric vehicles), the one modern feature that always seems to have […]
GM Partners With Lyft to the Tune of $500 Million
General Motors just took another major step forward in its drive to realize it vision of self-driving rental car fleets, to the tune of a $500 million. On January 4th, the ride-sharing company Lyft announced a $1 billion funding round, half of which was picked up by GM, creating a very strong partnership between the […]
Honda Says Autonomous Cars are 15 Years Away, Cites Kangaroo Risks
Nissan and Toyota have both set the year 2020 as a target date for fully autonomous vehicles, but one other Japanese automaker thinks that kind of timeline is a bit too optimistic. Self-driving cars are still at least 15 years in the future, according to a Honda engineer who has been working on them for […]
What if You Could Play a Soccer Video Game Using Your Car?
That titular question seems to have grasped the imagination of Nissan engineers, because now we have this: That is an official video of Project Controller, or, as Nissan puts it, “an interactive expedition to turn a Nissan Crossover into a Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 controller.” Using a combined team of car engineers, gamers, and UX […]
Chevrolet’s “Hidden Gems” Campaign to Make Millennials Want a Trax
We’ve all seen those millennialtastic ads for the 2015 Chevy Trax, which feature a pair of trendy twenty-somethings driving their small SUV from one adorkable location to the next. Well apparently, those urban ads were just a preamble to a broader, hipper marketing campaign for the Trax called “Hidden Gems,” which enlists the aid of various […]
New 2015 Trax Commercial is MILLENNIALTASTIC!
Chevrolet launched the new Trax small crossover earlier this year, and based on the first few ads, it’s clear that Chevy will be taking no chances in making absolutely sure that the world is aware that this is a crossover geared toward Millennials. Guys. It has Wi-Fi! Built in! Take a gander at the 15-second […]