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,…
No. 77 Mazda RT24-P prototype Mazda Team Joest emerged on the IMSA radar at the beginning of the year as a new race team. Now, it is already leaving its mark on the racetrack by scoring a major success in its first season. Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez drove the No. 77 Castrol/Modspace Mazda RT24-P…
Recently, Buick unveiled a massive and comprehensive update to its Chinese sedan portfolio. This update saw the debut of such 2021 vehicles as the Verano GS, Regal GS, and Excelle GT Mild Hybrid. Buick also took the opportunity to launch the 2021 Buick LaCrosse, the latest iteration of the company’s flagship Asian-market sedan, which has…
Another look at Cadillac’s unnamed EV During the North American International Auto Show earlier this year, General Motors unveiled a brand-new, all-electric Cadillac. The Cadillac EV serves as a preview for Cadillac’s future electrification efforts. If that electric-based future doesn’t pay off, then top GM execs say that Cadillac may not have much of a…
Photo: Ford Motor Company The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is undeniably a handsome, eye-catching vehicle. You really only need take a look at it to understand that on an emotional level. Still, it’s always nice for things like this to be substantiated with hardware, and the 2019 EyesOn Design Award for Best Production Vehicle does just…
It may have been the sixth-gen 2016 Chevy Camaro that stole the show at this year’s Brickyard 400, but the pony car wasn’t the only new 2016 model that Chevrolet brought along to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Silver examples of the 2016 Chevy Volt and the 2016 Chevy Malibu were also on display at the track,…
Is a FCA merger finally happening? Photo: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Prior to his death last year, one of Sergio Marchionne’s main goals as the CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was to secure a merger for the company. It would seem that Michael Manley, the current CEO of FCA and Marchionne’s successor, has similar ideas. Earlier…
Unifor looks to secure a new production mandate at Oakville Photo: Ford One day after Labor Day (or, in Canada, Labour Day), Unifor announced that Ford Motor Company will be its target as it pursues new contracts with Detroit’s big three automakers. Unifor will work toward a new three-year deal to secure the future of…
The first-place winning sketch for the FCA US Drive for Design competition, designed by Ben Treinen of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio Four aspiring car designers have shown us the future of the Dodge Hellcat. Fiat Chrysler’s annual high school design competition has come to a close, and we have our winners. The…
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