2017 Volvo XC90 T8 Overview

After Ford sold the Volvo luxury brand to Geely Holding Group during the Great Recession, the first priority of the Chinese company was to launch a second-generation XC90 SUV. This model finally arrived in 2015 as a 2016 model year vehicle and went on to win a plethora of coveted automotive awards, including the 2016…

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Honda Launches 2020 Civic Si

Photo: Honda The Honda Civic Si is the last of the Civic models to get its 2020 model year update, and arguably this is the one you should be most interested in as the Si is the Civic to have if you care about performance but would prefer not to break the bank on a…

2016 Honda HR-V Debuts at LA Auto Show

Journalists come on stage to check out the all-new 2016 Honda HR-V crossover as it makes its American debut The 2016 Honda HR-V debuted yesterday at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, becoming the first all-new Honda model in years. Although essentially just an American version of the Japanese automaker’s Vezel, Honda’s latest offering in…

Toyota Recalls 6.4 Million Vehicles Worldwide

Toyota recalls 6.4 million vehicles, including the Camry. Apparently, Toyota wasn’t cool with General Motors hogging the recall spotlight anymore. The automaker was already in a close second for “Wow, sucks to be that car company right now” after their $1.2 billion payout last month following an unintended acceleration issue , but as Toyota recalls…

Reddit and Audi Take “Ask Me Anything” To The Next Level

If you have been a good denizen of the internet, you know about Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything” series, also referred to AMA. Celebrities, notorious figures, anonymous automaker employees and others submit themselves to questions from all corners of the online world. The results are usually funny and eye-opening, but they do lack a certain amount…

Ford Launches ST-Line Variants for Fiesta, Focus in Europe

Fans of Ford in Europe have yet another reason to get excited about the future, particularly if they’re crazy about the look of some of Ford’s most popular performance vehicles. Ford announced that both the Ford Fiesta ST-Line and Focus ST-Line are available for order now, and that two additional, as-yet-unnamed ST-Line models will be…

2003 – 2004 Toyota Avalon Recall Alert

At the end of last week, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a 2003 – 2004 Toyota Avalon recall, which affects certain models of the Avalon manufactured between June 5, 2002, and December 20, 2004. Reportedly, the supplemental restraint system (SRS) circuits in the affected Avalons are susceptible to internal shorting…

The Luxury Avenir Trim Is Coming to Buick Regal in 2019

The Buick Regal Sportback will receive the luxury Avenir trim in 2019 As we wrote last week, Buick customers are enthusiastically embracing the Avenir luxury sub-brand. The Enclave and the LaCrosse both offer Avenir trims that are quite popular. Now, it looks like buyers who don’t want a large crossover or full-size sedan will be…