Keselowski also won last weekend’s NASCAR race at Daytona Photo: © James Marvin Phelps In 2015, former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski only managed to win one race. In 2016, he has already quadrupled his win total and there are still 18 races left remaining. The 32-year-old Keselowski managed to use fuel strategy…
The Daytona 500 is the first points race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season and it’s also the biggest event of the year. Nicknamed the “Great American Race,” the event covers 500 miles and is 200 laps long. Richard Petty has the record for the most Daytona 500 victories with seven, while Bobby Allison is…
Impaired driving and drowsy driving are two major problems in the United States. In 2013 alone, there were 72,000 crashes that were caused by drowsy driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Even worse, the CDC reported that 9,967 people lost their lives as result of alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2014. For these…
Kevin Harvick was all smiles after his most recent NASCAR victory Photo: © Parker Anderson In a season that’s been dominated by Toyota racecars, driver Kevin Harvick was able to bring the spotlight back to the bowtie brand with his recent victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. Harvick led a total 128 laps and made the…
Photo: Toyota To win the Daytona 500 is arguably one of the most coveted achievements in NASCAR, and now Denny Hamlin has managed the feat twice at the wheel of his trusty Toyota Camry. He’s just one of 12 drivers to have done so. Hamlin had been duking it out with fellow Camry drivers for…
The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid version of the regular Toyota Prius, though it offers much more than just a new powertrain. With the addition of the word “Prime” in the Toyota Prius name comes distinctive new styling, a massive 11.6-inch touchscreen, and multiple driving modes including a Recharge mode that uses…
Following a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle, public trust in autonomous technology is on a rapid decline Earlier this year, a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. As a result of the incident, and several other incidents involving self-driving vehicles, increased skepticism surrounding autonomous technology in automobiles has…
Mary Barra credited GM staff as the reason for securing a place on the World’s Most Ethical Companies of 2020 list Each year, The Ethisphere Institute releases its annual list of World’s Most Ethical Companies. This year, GM placed on the 2020 list along with 131 other international companies across different segments. The organization commended…
As Hyundai’s luxury sub-brand, Genesis has designed its G90 flagship sedan with the same quality and practicality that the rest of the Korean automaker’s models possess. Sold at an incredibly low price for the amenities and powertrains it possesses, the G90 has already made many fans in its first year of production. Entering its second…
Drunk driving is a serious crime. Not only could the driver hurt themselves in a crash, but they could also injure or kill other people on their path to self-destruction. For decades, law enforcement officials have been trying to devise ways to discourage drunk driving, from offering free cabs on major holiday weekends, to high…
Photo: Toyota Toyota announced it will make its Total Human Model for Safety software freely available starting January 2021. The automaker hopes this will help improve vehicle safety as well as help improve the software itself. When it was first launched in 2000, THUMS was the world’s first software to simulate a virtual human body…
Subaru takes an emotional approach with its newest set of advertisements Subaru recently debuted a series of ads centered around the all-new 2017 Impreza that will truly pull at the heartstrings of literally everyone everywhere. The ads, “More,” “Moving Out,” and “Rewind,” all feature moments in the lives of Impreza owners and how the safety…
Photo: Hershel Venkat Talluri Distracted driving has turned into a costly — and dangerous — problem on Canada’s roads. Ontario’s government notes that, since 2000, distraction-related fatal crashes have doubled in the province. So far in 2019, more people (44) have died from distracted driving than from impaired driving (34). To combat the problem, police…
Driving has become an extreme sport in the modern world. Instead of being drivers with good manners, many people on the road are more like dukes of hazard. Many of us practice noble habits behind the wheel, but the charms of the bottle, the LOLs on the phone, and rebellion against the speed limit have…
It’s getting increasingly difficult to earn the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick+ award, the most coveted safety recognition in the automotive industry, but the all-new 2019 Honda Insight managed it with remarkable ease, acing every test the institute threw at it. To qualify for the award, a vehicle must earn the highest possible rating of “good”…
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