Ford Puma Titanium X Photo: Ford Motor Company The new Ford Puma is a unique-looking addition to the Blue Oval’s crossover and SUV lineup, but it has at least one thing in common with stalwarts like the Explorer Plug-In Hybrid and Kuga: safety. The new Puma is the latest Ford vehicle to earn the 5-star…
One of the prettiest tracks on the calendar. The question on everyone’s minds heading in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix went more or less along these lines: would Nico Rosberg be able to steal a sixth consecutive pole from Hamilton and would he score three wins in a row for the first time in…
The 2014 Hyundai Veloster made an appearance at the NAIAS Auto Show earlier this month, and it hit all the right notes. 2014 Hyundai Veloster Exterior The 2014 Hyundai Veloster is among the most unique and aggressively-designed vehicles on the market. The revolutionary three-door hatchback puts one door on the driver side and two on…
The 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 is completely redesigned for the new year with a reduced weight and a completely new lineup of more fuel-efficient engines including a V6. 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Exterior For the 2014 model year, the Sierra 1500 is built to be a refined workhorse. Striking new styling features combine with smart…
Ford Drugged Driving Suit Ford is taking its Driving Skills for Life tour out for its 13th year, and it is adding a new wrinkle to its offerings: a Drugged Driving Suit that seeks to give teen drivers a first-hand lesson in why they should not drive a vehicle under the influence of drugs. Ford…
The current rising star in the BMW lineup is undoubtedly the 2017 BMW X1. BMW’s most affordable SAV is experiencing massive sales growth so far this year, as the market for utility vehicles only expands at a more aggressive rate. For many drivers, the X1 serves as the perfect gateway into the BMW brand. It possesses…
But how do Florida police feel about bubble gun carjacking? Photo: Mart Usually, when you think of a carjacking, the perpetrator is carrying a gun. It’s for this reason that many carjackers are charged with armed robbery if and when they are caught. In order to avoid this felony charge, a carjacker in Florida recently…
Although official January sales figures don’t come out until tomorrow, GM is already bragging about the 2015 Chevy Colorado’s success in Los Angeles, where more units have been sold than in any other city to date. Partially thanks to that big boost from the City of Angels, the Colorado has now surpassed the Nissan Frontier…
Last week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) named the 2014 Nissan Rogue a Top Safety Pick Plus. To earn this honor, the all-new Rogue achieved the top rating of “Good” in all five of the Top Safety Pick categories and went on to snag the Top Safety Pick Plus designation due to its…
Photo: Digital Trends Last year, Google achieved a patent on its “sticky” car shell design which would help protect pedestrians during collisions; they would adhere to the car instead of bouncing off and landing on the hard asphalt to sustain even more injuries. (Cool—but seriously, “human trap” cars? Does Google view pedestrians as some sort…
Jeff Gordon’s famous rainbow paint scheme that was on his car for three of his four championships Photo: Darryl Moran Lost in the hoopla of Denny Hamlin’s victory at Chicagoland Speedway, and also overshadowed by the post-race altercation between Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson, a certain career milestone happened for one of NASCAR’s most legendary drivers…
The acclaimed 2016 Honda Civic Coupe recently earned another feather in its cap: the highest-available rating of Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for models equipped with Honda Sensing. The 2016 Civic Coupe is the latest member of the Honda lineup to earn a Top Safety Pick+ rating when equipped…
The obliviousness is strong with this one. On June 11th, Tom Funicello reported his car stolen, while probably thinking it was gone forever. That is, until he received a phone call from Marquis Whipple, who offered to sell the stolen car back to him for $200. Behold, the greatest Florida Man alive Funicello was, predictably,…
Volvo has announced that the upcoming XC90, which it has been revealing somewhat unusually from the inside-out, will be the first vehicle built upon the company’s in-house Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) modular chassis technology. Volvo specified that SPA will benefit both its engineers/designers and the consumers by providing a streamlined product that can be built…
2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Photo: © General Motors Coming equipped with a 455 hp V8 engine, the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is one of the most affordable performance cars on the market with a starting MSRP of just $56,395. This RWD vehicle also comes with a Bose premium nine-speaker sound system and rearview camera for…
While it’s true that Kurt Busch won the 59th annual Daytona 500, many auto enthusiasts will tell you the real star at Daytona was the sixth-generation Camaro ZL1. Chevrolet not only convinced retired NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon to drive the Camaro ZL1 pace car for “The Great American Race,” but the bowtie brand also used…
Coming in with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, conventional or hybrid, and now two-row or three-row is the 2018 Lexus RX, the mid-size luxury SUV that shows off the luxury brand’s vision and abilities. [wptab name=”What’s New”] What’s New for the 2018 Lexus RX? For 2018, Lexus has added two new versions of the RX: the RX…
The 2016 version of the Chrysler 200 also earned IIHS Top Safety Pick+ honors The 2017 Chrysler 200 is the latest vehicle from FCA to earn a five-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Fuel For Thought: What does a car’s torque actually mean? In order to earn this prestigious…
The 1985 Mitsubishi Canter Photo: TTTNIS If you get into an accident and need to have your car towed, you may be quick to trust the tow truck drivers that show up to help. However, as too many people have realized, not all tow truck drivers have your best interest at heart. There are a…
Photo: FORMULA 1 | YouTube For the first time ever, the entirety of the Formula One pre-season is being live-streamed — via the official F1 TV service — which has given the sport’s most enthusiastic viewership even more opportunity to watch the cars go round in circles and deliberate on what it all means. Testing…
The 2018 Toyota Prius c is the least expensive hybrid vehicle in Toyota’s considerable lineup. It is smaller and less powerful than its hybrid siblings but not lacking in character or attractive features, with many top-notch convenience and safety technologies offered as standard equipment regardless of trim level. The Prius c also gets nearly 50…
Hyundai’s lineup of SUVs might be limited, but the utility vehicles that the automaker does offer are efficient, affordable, and versatile. The Santa Fe—the largest crossover sold in the USA by the brand—has a starting price just above $30,000 and is packed with plenty of features to deserve that price tag. Additional Model Research: Detailed…
The Subaru brand is well known for equipping its vehicles with as many advanced safety features as possible, but there is one car in the Japanese automaker’s lineup that stands out from the rest. That car is the 2017 Subaru BRZ. While all other cars and SUVs that Subaru produces nowadays come standard with all-wheel…
There were concerned looks around the Formula 1 paddock when Mercedes came to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix with so many upgrades that their car might almost as well have been called the W09 rather than the W08, but Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel put those concerns to rest in the final part of qualifying…
Last year, the Nissan Altima was one of the 10 best-selling vehicles in the United States with a total of 333,398 units moved. Nissan was able to sell that many Altima midsize sedans because this model has a strong reputation for reliability, provides respectable fuel economy, and maintains strong resale values. In addition, the Nissan…
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