The Lexus Heart Racing Car Photo: Lexus/Wired UK Well, sort of. Lexus Australia has partnered with M&C Saatchi Australia’s creative tech division, called Tricky Jigsaw, to create a car that uses electroluminescent paint to show just how exciting it is to drive a Lexus. Sensors attached to the car’s driver monitor their heartbeat and then translate…
How do you know Michael Strahan is a big deal? Here he is with Jubstin Beavers, Urrsher, Jubstin Beavers’ stupid hat, and Jubstin Beavers’ ridiculous dirt stache Photo Source: @MichaelStrahan/Twitter How do you know that yesterday’s launch of 2015 F-150 production in Dearborn was a big deal? Why, because former New York Giants defensive end…
The Chevrolet Corvette keeps getting racier. Ever since its total rework for the new generation—you know, the one that introduced the controversially rectangular taillights?—the Corvette has been lauded as one of the best sports car you can buy for the money, bar none. It even goes toe-to-toe, or surpasses, its European contemporaries despite having lagged…
Ford’s head of product development and purchasing, Hau Thai-Tang, confirms that the automaker will cut the number of platforms underpinning its vehicles to just five and add nine new nameplates to its lineup in the next five years. Thai-Tang spoke at the 2018 J.P. Morgan Auto Conference in New York earlier this month where he…
This weekend is the annual Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Springs, Florida, where hundreds of classic and one-of-a-kind vehicles will cross the block and be sold to the highest bidder. A great many of the featured vehicles on the docket are Bowtie-branded, so we wanted to take a look at just a sampling of some of…
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The holiday season is one of great surprises, and it seems that Chevy has a surprise gift for us all: the redesigned 2019 Silverado, which the brand brought to a Chevrolet Truck 100th anniversary event in Dallas, Texas. And, to reveal the new truck in a manner fitting the occasion, Chevy brought it in by helicopter (the…
Cadillac is one of the auto industry’s most iconic brands of all time, but it’s far more than that. The word “Cadillac” now signals a general ideal of heightened luxury and quality that extends well beyond the brand’s actual vehicles into American culture at large. So it’s a little ironic that Cadillac is named after…
The Chicago Auto Show is almost on us, with doors opening to… This year is the 109th anniversary of the Chicago Auto Show. Every… When Chevy unveiled the life-size LEGO Batmobile it had built to promote… With the upcoming release of The Lego Batman Movie, we thought we’d… Okay, Chevy is officially just screwing with…
With the new and improved (and colorful!) 2016 Chevy Spark EV on its way to market, General Motors decided last month to lower the cost of 2015 Sparks. GM knocked almost $700 of the price, bringing the 2015 model’s MSRP down to $25,995. Even more enticing, the automaker lowered lease prices from $199 to just…
Photos: eBay For the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Ryan Gosling—star of the hit film Drive and general heartthrob deluxe—brought along a film that he had written, produced, and directed entitled Lost River. Billed as a fantasy-neo-noir, the movie seems to borrow elements from the work of auteurs ranging from David Lynch and Harmony Korine to…
The 2018 Lincoln Navigator, an enormous and completely loveable luxury boat, was named the 2018 North American Truck of the Year on Monday at the 2018 North American International Auto Show. The new Navigator, which hit the market in late 2017 and has already been pulling in impressive sales numbers, bested its cousin—the 2018 Ford…
Last year, Ford F-Series pickup trucks were the best-selling vehicles in the United States with 780,354 units moved. However, the American automaker was not satisfied with just offering the same truck again for the 2017 model year and has announced several updates regarding the new Ford F-150. Available in Regular Cab, SuperCab, and SuperCrew configurations,…
The Nissan Rogue has been gaining a lot of popularity in recent months, partially thanks to the special edition of the crossover released to celebrate the latest addition to the Star Wars science fiction franchise, Rogue One. In fact, according to The Car Connection, the Nissan Rogue is now actually the fourth bestselling vehicle in…
Trucks are some of the most versatile vehicles on the road today,… For the third year in a row, Nissan is flexing its fundraising… Back in 2016, we reported that Microsoft and the then-named Renault-Nissan Alliance… While Nissan is wowing crowds with the IMs concept in Detroit, they… After Naomi Osaka’s big victory at the…
If the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we… This spring, Honda will launch what it calls the best hit ever… The 2015 Ford F-150, which made its long-awaited debut this morning at… Earlier today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Toyota… Introducing the all-new Jeep Cherokee. These are…
The 2015 Honda Fit has received a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the highest score possible from the government organization. Additionally, the Fit has earned both a Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and an NCAP 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the NHTSA for 2015. “The Fit…
If you happen to live in the Midwest, you’re likely already planning on the multiple layers of clothing and cold-weather accessories you’re going to wear the rest of this week. Why? Two words: polar vortex. But have you considered what you can do to help prep your vehicle for this week’s sub-zero temperatures? Here are…
The all-new 2020 Lincoln Corsair Photo: Lincoln The all-new 2020 Corsair is the latest vehicle to join the ever-expanding Lincoln crossover and SUV lineup, slotting between the compact Nautilus and three-row Aviator. Replacing the Lincoln MKC, a crossover that was key to the brand’s revitalization (especially its ads, which launched Matthew McConaughey has the brand’s…
OnStar is launching a new ad campaign to bring the focus back to its safety services Photo: Wikimedia Commons A new OnStar ad debuting on TV today is designed to re-emphasize the GM service’s safety and security functions. The ad, titled “Horn,” shows a montage of wilderness scenes that become more and more ominous as…
Might the Challenger’s future incorporate electrification? The Dodge Challenger has long been associated with powerful HEMI engines and ludicrously high horsepower ratings. However, as the automotive landscape moves away from internal combustion engines as a source of power, the viability of the Challenger’s current strategy is brought into question. It’s obviously a dilemma that has…
The entire Toyota lineup will be on display at the 2019 Chicago Auto Show taking place from Feb. 9-18, including the new 2020 GR Supra that made its world debut in Detroit. The Supra was developed by the Toyota GAZOO Racing organization and inspired by the Calty-designed FT-1 Concept first presented in Detroit in 2014….
The all-new Lincoln Aviator promises to be a big-picture pleaser with its sleek shape, three-row comfort, and various cutting-edge technologies. By replacing the standard informational beeps and bloops you’d expect from a vehicle with recordings provided by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln is poised to make sure that the Aviator is also pleasing when it…
Mary Barra’s promotion to the CEO of General Motors was game changing; in her role, Barra is the first female CEO in the automotive industry. Background A Michigan native, Mary Barra was born in Waterford. Her father, Ray Makela, was a factory worker at General Motors, giving her a taste of the company from a…
GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra shows off an autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV Photo: © General Motors Drivers are hungry for more Chevrolet Bolt EVs, and General Motors is planning to ramp up production to satisfy the market’s appetite. GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra made the announcement Wednesday during her speech at the annual…
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