Great Horned Owl Gets “Owl” Up in an SUV’s Grille
An owl who ran afoul with an SUV in Virginia got stuck in the vehicle's grille for nearly 160 miles
Because great horned owls are highly sedentary birds, they rarely travel more than a few miles outside of their established territories, even while hunting. Recently, one owl in Virginia traveled far more than a few miles, though probably not in a way that it enjoyed. Last week, Petersburg Animal Care and Control discovered an owl […]
GM Reportedly Considers Using Carbon Fiber for the Beds of Its Upcoming Pickup Trucks
The carbon fiber material will reportedly reduce the weight of GM's premium pickup trucks while also increasing their price
General Motors is facing something of a conundrum while developing its upcoming generation of pickup trucks. The automaker is aiming to improve fuel economy by reducing weight, but the easiest way to do that would be to equip models like the Silverado and Sierra with aluminium bodies, a move which GM has criticized Ford for in […]
Cars.com Decorated a Chrysler Pacifica as the Joker for Halloween
The automotive website put a smile on the Pacifica's face/grille
If you noticed fewer kids ringing your doorbell for candy this past Halloween, then you are not alone. In many areas of the country, traditional trick-or-treating is taking a backseat to trunk-or-treating events. Said events involve members of the community handing out candy from the trunks of their vehicles in a parking lot or other […]
Prepare for Winter with New Tires in Fall
You already know that autumn is the season of everything pumpkin-spice, changing leaves, Halloween, corn mazes, hayrides, and apple-picking, but did you know that it is also the best time for a tire check? Yep. Because winter falls after fall, if you pay attention now to your spinning wheels, you’ll be well-prepared for winter-weather woes. […]
Four Modern Car Features That Would Have Saved the Pope’s Face in Colombia
Pope Francis, known to many, Catholic or not, as “the cool Pope,” recently had something of a mishap on his Popemobile tour of Colombia. When travelling slowly through the crowd in the city of Cartagena, the driver appears to lose concentration for a second and nearly runs into the preceding car, sending the poor Pope, […]
Taylor Swift “Drives a Maserati Down a Dead End Street” in Music Video for “Look What You Made Me Do”
It’s no secret that Taylor has been throwing some shade over the last few days. The country-gone-pop star’s new single and music video have created quite the buzz across the Internet. Her new song, “Look What You Made Me Do,” directly references her feuds throughout her career with artists like Kanye West and Katy Perry. […]
Bad Vibrations — Reasons Why Your Steering Wheel Shakes
Holding on to a steering wheel that shakes and vibrates is not only worrisome, it’s grueling. Driving a car shouldn’t include a target-toning workout for your arms, and if it does, then you know where you need to steer your shaking wheel—the mechanic. And, although you definitely know there is a problem, you might not […]
IHS Markit Loyalty Data: Crossovers and SUVs Are, Like, So Hot Right Now
Know what’s really hot right now? You know, apart from the weather, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 winner Sasha Velour, fidget spinners, and the takes being issued by suited pundits on various news programs? Crossovers. The most logical and obvious answer. According to IHS Markit, SUV and crossover loyalty is at an all-time high, with […]
Recall Alert: FCA Recalls Nearly 297,000 Dodge Grand Caravans for Inadvertent Airbag Deployment
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been having a string of bad luck recently in terms of vehicle recalls. A month ago, the automaker recalled more than 1.25 million Ram trucks to address a safety defect. Since then, the automaker has gone on to recall every single Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid model delivered so far, due to malfunctioning […]
Southern Ohio OEM Reveals Electric Range-Extended Pickup Truck (And GM Should Maybe Buy Them, Too)
It seems that I was not the only one to think that what the electric car market needed was a good truck. First, we had indications of a Wrangler-esque electric SUV/truck from Bollinger Motors, without many details about performance. Now, we have the introduction of a range-extended electric pickup from Workhorse Group called the Workhorse […]
Acura Removes Its Signature Beak Design from the Front of Its Vehicles
A new grille design for Acura will debut alongside the 2018 Acura TLX
One of the most recognizable design aspects of a vehicle is its front grille. Several automotive brands have iconic grilles found throughout their vehicle lineups. BMW has the twin kidney grille, Jeep has those seven vertical lines, and Acura infamously has its signature sharp silver beak. Or at least it used to. With the introduction […]
Minivan Sales Down 20% During the First Quarter of 2017
Only minivans from FCA managed to experience any sort of sales gains during the first three months of 2017
If you thought that sedans were suffering in the current automotive market, then wait until you see how minivans are performing. During the first quarter of 2017, minivan sales were down by 20%. In fact, only two minivan models outperformed their sales results from the first quarter of 2016: the Chrysler Pacifica and the Dodge […]
Rumor: New BMW M8 Set to Arrive in 2019
Could the long-awaited supercar model from BMW finally be on its way?
One of the most mysterious models to ever be designed by the team at BMW was the BMW M8. Envisioned as a supercar competitor to the Ferrari brand, the M8 only truly reached the conceptual stage before its production met an abrupt end. However, according to the reports from BMW Blog, the M8 might be receiving another […]
Dodge Invokes Newton’s Third Law to Shed Light on the Dodge Demon’s Drag Mode
Newton’s Third Law of Motion is as follows: When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body. In other words, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Dodge is now invoking the spirit […]
Is Ram Truck Production Moving from Mexico to Michigan?
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is considering moving the production of Ram heavy-duty pickup trucks to the United States if it receives the proper motivation from President Trump's administration
It’s no secret that one of President Donald Trump’s many goals on a rapidly-growing list is to bring automotive production back to the United States. His efforts have resulted in mixed outcomes, with companies like Ford cancelling plans for a new Mexican plant, while companies like BMW push forward with production in Mexico. Nevertheless, it would […]
The Chrysler Portal Concept Looks Even Funkier in Person [Photos]
Hidden at the back of Chrysler’s display at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show was the new Chrysler Portal Concept, which made its world debut earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This all-electric model uses the same platform as the award-winning Pacifica minivan, but it comes with a futuristic design that […]
FCA Reports Nearly Identical Vehicle Sales in 2016 Compared to Previous Year
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sold a total of 2,244,315 vehicles across the United States in 2016, which is only a slight decrease from the 2,252,877 units moved by the company in 2015. FCA’s biggest seller in 2016 was its Ram pickup truck. This model accounted for 489,418 units moved in 2016, making it the third […]