IndyCar has announced that the first four events of the 2020 calendar will be postponed due to the ongoing concerns over COVID-19, including the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg that was originally scheduled to take place this weekend. The other suspended events are the Grand Prix of Alabama (originally to be held on April 5),…
Ford sure does love a good survey, especially when the results can be used in some way or another to prop up some of its latest innovations. Recently, the Blue Oval commissioned a study to determine what causes stress on the roads over the holiday season, and as it turns out, backseat drivers are a major…
The opening line of Ford’s press release detailing the new back seat kit for the Shelby GT350R Mustang reads: “Fun in the back seat has never been this exciting…” There are all sorts of things that we could say about this, but given our preference to keep matters PG, we will simply say that this back seat…
To earn the title of Women’s World Car of the Year, the Mazda3 beat out some impressive competition, including the Audi e-tron Quattro, the G20 BMW 3 Series, the Tesla Model 3, and the Volvo S60. Here’s a look at what that honor means. Looking for a New Car? Check out the Mazda3 hatchback About…
Nobody seems to really know anything about this mid-engine two-seater Mustang somehow Photo: Ford Performance courtesy of John Clor It’s not very often that an automaker turns to its fanbase to help get some details on a vehicle it made. It does happen, though, and it’s happening now with Ford reaching out for help with…
Recently, we here at The News Wheel were contacted by Liberty Mutual Insurance through a PR agency, offering us an interview with an “HGTV star” who they only referred to as “Chip.” After some brief searching and a quick email, it turned out they were offering us an interview with none other than Chip Wade,…
Photo: Nissan Two Nissan engineers have developed tech to help drivers remember to check their rear seats after setting their car in park. Elsa Foley, an industrial engineer, and Marlene Mendoza, a mechanical engineer, teamed up to develop the Rear Door Alert (RDA)* technology. “We pushed each other along and knew we were on the…
Have you ever been playing a sandbox-style video game, such as Grand Theft Auto, when suddenly something in the coding goes wrong and moving items suddenly just start moving in ways that they clearly shouldn’t? These wheels are like that. Those are called omnidirectional wheels, and are usually used on things like forklifts that need…
Nissan is seriously committed to autonomous driving technology. The automaker has been conducting tests of its systems in its home country of Japan, as well as in the United States, but this week it was announced that they have also been taking the vehicles for a spin east of London. This is the first time…
These two racecar drivers take road rage to a whole new level. Saturday night, the Anderson Speedway hosted a racing event that ended in a fist fight and two drivers handcuffed in the back of police cars. The night’s penultimate race began as usual, but during the middle of the race, a black race car,…
Doug DeMuro is well-known for his columns on Autotrader as well as his often viral car review videos on YouTube. Doug travels the United States, checking out viewers’ cars to review them and give them a quick test drive. Recently, Doug hit the 1 million subscriber mark on YouTube, a huge milestone for any creator. To…
2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV A new study from Crescent Electric has found the cheapest places to drive an electric car, based on electricity costs in the nation’s 52 largest cities. At the very top of the list is New Orleans, where a daily commute of 15 or so miles per day costs just $54.03 per year….
Photo: GDJ February is known as American Heart Month. According to the American Heart Association, this month-long observance started back in February 1964, after Congress urged President Lyndon B. Johnson to initiate it. Back then, cardiovascular disease caused more than half of U.S. fatalities. It’s still a major health risk for Americans, as well as the rest of the…
“First, lemme take a s–“*crashes into tree* *makes mother proud* Logically, taking selfies has to be, in some way, connected to the continued existence of the human race. Otherwise, there is no excuse for the following. Four people were injured in a crash where an SUV ran off the road and collided with a tree…
Welcome to our series, the World Cup of Cars. In this series of articles, we take a look at some of the most popular vehicles from each country competing in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and pit them against each other to see who will be the ultimate winner. We’ll be updating daily, so…
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