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…
Detroit Tigers ace/car lover/rich man Justin Verlander Keith Allison/Flickr Let’s be real: it’d be super nice to be Justin Verlander. The guy is one of the most solid pitchers in baseball today, bar none; he’s won the pitching Triple Crown (led the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA), the Cy Young, and the MVP; he’s…
Chevrolet yesterday announced that its second-generation electric Volt would benefit from an all-new Voltec EREV propulsion system that will be built using data collected from drivers of current Volts. (EREV, of course, stands for extended electric range electric vehicle.) The new Voltec EREV propulsion system will be showed off early next year at the North…
Detroit hosted the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise this past weekend, with the annual event once again attracting the cool cars and hot weather people have come to expect. This year, though, there were even more Camaros than usual, since Chevrolet was celebrating the classic muscle car’s 50th anniversary. Reportedly, over 200 Camaros showed up for the…
There are some things that, if missed, you can shrug off and say, “I’m glad I didn’t put on pants and stayed home to eat that tub of ice cream with my cat.” Then there are other things that, dare we say, are worth putting your pants on for. Dodge at the 2014 Woodward Dream…
Cadillac is moving to New York City in 2015 to create some distance from the other GM brands. It’s been rumored for a few weeks that Cadillac is moving to New York City, but we never had official word—until now. General Motors today confirmed that it would be relocating its Cadillac headquarters to New York…
Welcome to the new face of Built Tough: the 2015 Ford F-150, the first in the next generation of powerful, capable, efficient Ford pickups. The all-new F-150 debuted today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit with plenty of surprises up its sleeve—er, tailpipe? “F-150 is well-known for being Built Ford Tough. Now,…
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