Wednesday, July 26, 2017

2018 Dodge Charger Pursuit ambush prevention system enhanced to protect cops

For the 2018 model year, Dodge has rolled out some minor but useful updates to the Charger Pursuit police car. It now features a larger infotainment screen standard. It moves from 5 inches to 7 inches. But if police departments wish, they can opt for a massive 12-inch touchscreen...

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Volvo V90 Cross Country versus XC60 | Slinky wagon takes on sporty crossover

Volvo wagons are back! They’re even cool, and it’s fantastic. Hipsters are driving the old ones around to pick up gourmet doughnuts and sixers of quadruple IPA, while the new ones are some of the best-looking cars on the road. Sure, the XC90 and XC60 are crossovers, but...

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2018 McLaren 570S Spider First Drive | A sweet breeze

The McLaren 570S Spider is madness. Not the car itself, which is a cogent convertible design based on the already handsome coupe. What is crazy is that a 562-horsepower machine that hammers to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds is only considered a sort-of, kind-of supercar. The Spider will be...

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1969.5 Citroen DS21 Drive | Meeting our hydropneumatic heroes

I’ve got a serious case of the jim-jams.
I’m standing fewer than 20 feet from a 1969 (and a half) Citroen DS parked in the shade of Point Mugu Rock, just a few miles north of Malibu on the Pacific Coast. The owner of the car, Jeff Suhy (Instagram’s Pynhead), is explaining...

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Takata airbags' 18th victim? Australian man killed by shrapnel in neck

SYDNEY – Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday it was investigating the recall of Takata Corp vehicle airbags, a day after police said the death of man in a Sydney car crash was likely due to a faulty airbag.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said...

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Solid-state batteries: Why Toyota's plans could be a game-changer for EVs

Word out of Japan today is that Toyota is working on launching a new solid-state battery for electric vehicles that will put it solidly in the EV game by 2022.
Which leads to a simple question: What is a solid-state battery, and why does it matter?
Back in February, John Goodenough...

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2018 Bentley Continental Supersports | More exciting than space travel

For the final song on their delightfully buoyant and mordant 1996 album This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, Pacific Northwest indie rock band Modest Mouse penned an even more cynical response to David Bowie’s already nihilistic ode to interstellar...

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Greatest Buick cars of all time

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Dipping its toes back in the performance waters

Buick is rightly proud of its long and storied history of innovation. Not only is Buick America’s oldest active automaker, it is the first to have produced a production engine with overhead valves, first to introduce...

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2017 Fiat 500 Abarth Quick Spin | Old dog masters old tricks

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GM profit beats Wall Street estimates, maintains 2017 outlook

DETROIT – General Motors on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly net profit from continuing operations despite falling revenue and the No. 1 U.S. automaker maintained its earnings outlook 2017.
The news sent GM’s shares up more than 2 percent in pre-market...

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Infiniti QX70 is fini, for now

We knew it first as the FX, debuting in 2003 as a bulgingly macho SUV/crossover thing with an impossibly long hood. It was quick and powerful, and lower-slung than typical SUVs, more like a tall wagon. Infiniti later dialed the cartoonishness of it back a few notches and started...

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Monday, July 24, 2017

2018 Audi RS5 First Drive | Boosted for your enjoyment

Spoiler alert: if you dig snorty, long-winded, naturally breathing V8s, you’ll have to add the 2018 Audi RS5 to the long list of cars abandoning the setup. Silver lining: if you like heady acceleration, unraveling twisty roads, and gobbling endless stretches of lonely tarmac,...

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Nissan's ProPilot Assist definitely isn't an autopilot, but is still quite useful

When the next-generation Nissan Leaf is launched in the near future, it will feature Nissan’s ProPilot semi-autonomous technology. The system was already available in Japan on the Serena minivan, but the Leaf will be the first Nissan in America to feature it. Fortunately, we...

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

BMW 'categorically rejects' reports of emissions manipulations

BMW on Sunday rejected media reports that the emissions treatment systems in its vehicles do not work effectively and that it colluded with rivals on their design. “Cars of the BMW Group are not being manipulated and are in line with the applicable legal requirements,”...

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2018 Chevrolet Equinox diesel has the highest base price of all Equinoxes

The third powertrain option for the new Chevrolet Equinox seems to finally have a pricetag. Automotive publication CarsDirect found pricing in a dealer order guide for the diesel-powered crossover, and it starts at $31,435 for the LT trim level and $33,930 for the top-end Premier...

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No, Cadillac is not killing its flagship CT6 sedan

Mark Twain never actually said that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. But if the Cadillac CT6 could talk, those are the exact words it would use. Speaking to Jalopnik, Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen confirmed, emphatically, “There is absolutely no plan, at...

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GM won't really kill off the Chevy Volt and Cadillac CT6, will it?

General Motors is apparently considering killing off six slow-selling models by 2020, according to Reuters. But is that really likely? The news is mentioned in a story where UAW president Dennis Williams notes that slumping US car sales could threaten jobs at low-volume factories....

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Jay Leno drives the Renew cannabis car - hemp you can't dent

Cannabis and cars usually aren’t a good combination. There is the rare exception, though. One example we can get behind is a carbon neutral car made from hemp. Bruce Dietzen, a retired Dell executive, is the man behind Renew Sports Cars in Key West, Florida. The company makes...

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Saturday, July 22, 2017

First US-spec McLaren F1 will be auctioned in August

To own any McLaren F1 would be a special experience. It was the fastest car in the world for many years with a top speed of over 230 mph, courtesy of a glorious 627-horsepower V12 from BMW M. But as special as each individual F1 is, there are some few with that extra something, and...

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Russian dash cam plows through a plague of locusts

We’ve been served up many weird and wonderful things over the years from the dash cams that Russians commonly use to document their traffic disputes – a fleeting glimpse of Bigfoot, a 200 mph tire blowout in a GT-R, a road-rage shovel-and-knife fight, a parking attempt...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/russian-dash-cam-plows-through-a-plague-of-locusts/

2018 Ford F-150 Police Responder is Ford's first pursuit-rated pickup

Ford introduced its latest police vehicle, the Ford F-150 Police Responder, today. It isn’t the first F-150 police vehicle ever, but it is the first one to achieve the same pursuit rating of other Ford police vehicles – including its Taurus- and Explorer-based Interceptors,...

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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody First Drive | Same snarl, more bite

By now, you’ve read a lot about the Dodge Demon, including our driving impressions from the drag strip. You’ve also heard a lot about the Challenger Hellcat, which we’ve had the pleasure of driving at Portland International Raceway, Willow Springs, and on our home...

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2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class First Ride | Truck deluxe

Cornering at 60 miles per hour in the passenger seat of the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class midsize pickup, it’s poise and agility impress. Following its global unveil in South Africa on Tuesday night, we’re given an early ride-along the next day on a private race track and...

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2018 BMW 230i xDrive | Drivers Notes

While we love the M2, not every version of the BMW 2 Series is a barnstormer. The looks and size promise a small, nimble sports coupe, but non-M or M-Performance variants fall a little flat on a back road. Then again, not everyone is in the market for a sports car. Some just want a...

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Friday, July 21, 2017

Audi under fire in China for ad comparing used cars with brides

BEIJING – Audi has come under fire from consumers in China for a TV commercial that compared buying a second-hand car to inspecting a bride-to-be.
Audi, which is attempting to revive its sales in the world’s biggest car market, said on Wednesday it deeply regretted the advert and...

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Lyft accelerates efforts to develop self-driving cars

Lyft Inc has formed a self-driving car division, company executives said, a bold investment for the second-largest U.S. ride-services firm as it jockeys for position in the highly competitive autonomous vehicle race.
The executives said on Thursday the company would soon open a...

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Next-generation Jeep Wrangler arriving at the end of 2017, diesel for 2019 model year

The folks at JL Wrangler Forums have come across some very juicy information regarding the next-generation Wrangler, thanks to an anonymous source who got the details from a dealer meeting. Among the information provided by the source is the timeline for the new Jeep’s...

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2018 Buick Regal's base price is almost $2,500 cheaper than last year's

Along with the launch of the Buick Regal GS, Buick released official pricing for all three versions of the Regal, and they’re very competitively priced, especially the Sportback. The part-sedan, part-hatch Regal Sportback starts at just $25,915. That’s more than $2,000...

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GM may kill 6 car models as it works with UAW to tackle sales slump

The president of the United Auto Workers union said on Thursday the union is talking with General Motors about the potential threat to plants and jobs from slumping U.S. car sales. GM’s response will be more trucks and SUVs, and sources say at least six slow-selling car models may be...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/gm-may-kill-6-car-models-as-it-works-with-uaw-to-tackle-sales-slump/

VW has received several tentative bids for Ducati

Italy’s Benetton family is vying with motorbike firms and buyout funds for control of Italian motorcycle brand Ducati, which is being sold by Germany’s Volkswagen, sources involved in the process told Reuters. Volkswagen, whose Audi division controls Ducati, has...

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Evora GT430 revealed, Lotus' most powerful road car ever

A new Lotus grows in the English garden of lightness and speed. Lotus bills the Evora GT430 as the company’s fastest, “most powerful and accomplished road car to date.” And the stats seem to back that up.
Lotus says the GT430’s 0-to-60 time is a brilliant...

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Volvo, Geely, Lynk & Co. to share tech as Volvo profits rise

Sweden’s Volvo Cars sold more vehicles in Europe and China in the first half that helped drive up earnings 21 percent and said it would set up a joint venture with its Chinese parent to share technology with other brands in the Geely group.
Under Chinese ownership since being...

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2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport | Affordable outlier

The $10,000 new car, truck or SUV is long dead, and the $15,000 price point is nearly so. To purchase a new vehicle and enjoy everything buying “new” implies (warranty, reasonably new tech, a long life and affordable financing), you have to spend $20,000, probably more...

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

New, never-sold 2006 Mitsubishi Evo draws $100K bid on eBay

Today, in the “OK, guess it must be worth that to somebody” department, we note that a California car dealer has an eBay listing for a 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, still brand new and never titled, with nine miles on the odometer. Just another day on eBay, right,...

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2018 Dodge Durango SRT First Drive | Speed, and space for six

We’re gathered along with other members of the media at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to drive a trio of new vehicles from Dodge’s performance arm. Alongside a pair of SRT Challengers – the Demon and the Hellcat Widebody – the 2018 Dodge Durango SRT towers over the...

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

2018 Buick Regal GS is the best Regal since the GNX

The 2018 Buick Regal GS, the third and final variant of the all-new Buick Regal, was revealed this morning. At the event, we were given a brief chance to drive the Regal Sportback, the Regal TourX, and the Regal GS at GM’s proving grounds in Milford, MI. Buick has been...

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Lucid Motors reportedly wants Ford to buy it

Update: Representatives from Lucid Motors and Ford sent us statements regarding this story. Ford’s representative said, “While we regularly speak with other companies inside and outside of the auto industry, we do not comment on speculation.” The Lucid...

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Audi's electric E-Tron Quattro spied for first time in testing

Last October, Audi’s chairman said the company would be launching its first mainstream full electric car: the E-Tron Quattro crossover. The car was first shown in 2015 as a concept, and now we got our first glimpse of a production version in testing, thanks to one of our spy...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/audis-electric-e-tron-quattro-spied-for-first-time-in-testing/

Mid-engine Honda sports car surfaces in EU patent drawings

Unlike the previous patent renderings of the car, this one has an interior, and the inclusion of it may be why the top and windshield are absent. The interior also leads us to believe that this design is for an upcoming concept. The steering wheel is a small, rectangular piece similar to...

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2018 Buick Regal GS : The 310-hp American hot hatch

Buick has spent the last decade shredding its perception as the low-level luxury vehicle for geriatrics, but the brand hasn’t always been associated with that crowd. In fact, ask some enthusiasts and you’ll hear about the GM 3800 series engines, IndyCar racing, and the...

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GM extends plant shutdowns, carries big backlog of Chevy Bolts, other cars

DETROIT – General Motors has extended a shutdown at the Michigan factory that builds the new Chevrolet Bolt electric car as part of a broader effort to get control of bulging inventories of unsold vehicles in the United States.
GM’s vehicle inventory in the United States hit a...

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Check out Aston Martin's zero-emissions AMR-SB race car

In the above video, Aston Martin reveals its AMR-SB race car. According to the chassis designer, it came at a time that was fairly busy, especially following the company’s Le Mans class victory. But they saw it through, and the result is an amazingly light, zero-emissions...

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2018 Subaru Crosstrek First Drive | Tall in stature, short on power

When the first-generation Subaru XV Crosstrek launched a few years ago, I was skeptical that more ground clearance and fender flares is all it would take to get more buyers. But sell it has. According to Subaru representatives, it’s the company’s third-best-selling...

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2018 Hyundai Sonata First Drive | An infield home run

Baseball’s boring. At least that’s what anyone thinks who doesn’t understand that it’s an exciting game of inches. To wit, the same can be said for the crowded midsize family sedan segment. Unlike the all-new Toyota Camry and the upcoming 10th-generation...

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Monday, July 17, 2017

Tesla Model S driver who blamed crash on Autopilot recants

Tesla, for better or worse, is pushing mass acceptance of autonomous driving technology with its Autopilot system. While it isn’t perfect, for the most part it works as advertised, even if the term Autopilot isn’t very clear. That said, when accidents happen, it’s...

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Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.33 million vehicles over fire, air bag risks

WASHINGTON – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Friday it is recalling 1.33 million vehicles worldwide in two separate campaigns for potential fire risks and inadvertent airbag deployments.
The Italian-American automaker said it is recalling about 770,000 sport utility vehicles...

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2017 MINI Model Year Preview and Updates

The team at MINI, BMW’s small car subsidiary, is taking its minimalist approach to motoring and – with the launch of the all-new Countryman (pictured above) – maximizing it. Built atop the same basic architecture as BMW’s X1 crossover, the newest Countryman is larger in...

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

R is for racecar: First Honda Civic Type R for the track debuts

We’ve only just met – and driven – the Honda Civic Type R, and already one is ready to go racing.
JAS Motorsport has announced the new Type R TCR, which becomes one of 19 models eligible for touring car racing in 2018. It will likely compete in motorsports beyond...

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2018 Honda Accord charges into slumping sedan market

DETROIT – Honda on Friday revealed its newest-generation Accord, one of four re-engineered midsize sedans that Asian automakers are betting on to win market share as Detroit automakers shift focus to SUVs, crossovers, and pickup trucks.
The new Accord, like rival Toyota’s all-new...

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Where to watch Formula E's historic NYC races

Formula E is about to make history by bringing racing back to New York City, and you’ll have plenty of chances to tune in – though not always live.
Fox Sports (the league’s official broadcaster) has detailed a coverage schedule for the two Brooklyn races on the weekend,...

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Acura is livestreaming an augmented reality race on Facebook

Honda’s luxury car brand Acura is set to livestream an augmented reality race featuring its 2018 TLX A-Spec sedan. The event will see four drivers hit a real track while wearing AR helmets that will create new virtual environments for each lap. Aside from spectating, viewers will also...

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Honda recalls 2.1 million Accords worldwide over fire risk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co said on Friday it would recall about 2.1 million vehicles worldwide to replace battery sensors due to the risk of fire.
Chris Martin, a spokesman for the Japanese automaker said the recall would include 1.15 million Honda Accord vehicles from the...

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2017 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth | Drivers Notes

We spent the week with a Grigio Argento Aluminum 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth, known to many simply as the Fiata. As you may know, the 124 Spider is heavily based on the current ND Mazda Miata. In fact, both cars are built side-by-side in Hiroshima, Japan. The Miata has been a staff...

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2017 Lamborghini Model Year Preview and Updates

Despite lacking the wide range of models offered by Aston Martin, Ferrari or Maserati, Lamborghini’s Huracán and Aventador provide a take-no-prisoners profile to those in the market for exotic looks and supercar performance.
LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR S: As the next generation of...

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2017 Mini John Cooper Works Clubman ALL4 | Pint-size performer with a premium price

Last September, Mini revealed the Clubman John Cooper Works (JCW). It applied the same general JCW formula used on the regular three-doors to the longest Mini by giving it even sportier suspension and the potent 228-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. But from...

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Friday, July 14, 2017

This 79-year-old is now the oldest person to drive an F1 car

Formula One has a reputation as a young man’s sport. There have been plenty of otherwise well-liked drivers making antiquated and sexist comments about what they believe it takes to handle an 800-horsepower track missile. In the sport’s nearly 70-year history, only a...

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Now you can Skype while you drive - assuming you wanted to

BMW is doing more with partner Microsoft to bring productivity to its vehicles. After adding Office 365 communications features to its BMW 5 series late last year, it’s now also bringing Skype for Business to its infotainment features, making it possible for users to connect to Skype...

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Nissan introduces 360-degree JukeCam for all-around fun

Dash cams aren’t anything new, as years of police chase footage and Russian YouTube uploads show, but it is unusual for a car company to offer one from the factory, which is exactly what Nissan is doing with the JukeCam. It’s not just a rudimentary one, either....

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Drivers waste billions of dollars in the battle for parking, study says

DETROIT – Motorists in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom spend billions each year in time and fuel searching for parking spots, then pay for more time than they need to avoid tickets that would likely cost less, concludes a study released on Wednesday by traffic data...

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2020 Ford Bronco rendered with four doors

Last year and just ahead of the official confirmation that the Ford Bronco was returning in 2020, our friends at Bronco6G released a number of high-resolution renderings of the new SUV. While we can hope that a two-door version makes it to production, we fully expect the volume...

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First Polestar model could be a 600-horsepower hybrid coupe

Just a few weeks ago, Volvo announced that its Polestar performance division would be spun off into a standalone automaker. Polestar cars would be performance electric vehicles and no longer wear Volvo badging. At the time, it was unclear how much Volvo would be left under the...

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Ford to sponsor 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise

Ford will sponsor the 2017 Woodward Dream Cruise as the automaker continues to enhance its image as a producer of performance-oriented cars like the Mustang Shelby GT350, Ford GT, and F-150 Raptor.
The deal was announced Tuesday morning and is for one year with an option to extend,...

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How disgruntled GM dealer persuaded Venezuela to seize a $100M car factory

CARACAS – Venezuela’s government has seized assets from dozens of foreign corporations in nationalizations by the late President Hugo Chavez and the embattled current government of Nicolas Maduro.
The man behind the confiscation of General Motors’ $100 million assembly...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/how-disgruntled-gm-dealer-persuaded-venezuela-to-seize-a-100m-car-factory/

2018 Lamborghini Huracan Performante First Drive | The Banshee of Sant'Agata

Lamborghini didn’t need to build the Huracán Performante. The folks in Sant’Agata could have just rolled out another special-edition Huracán – Superleggera, Tricolore, probably even Mostacholi – and sold every one. Instead, they gave the junior Lamborghini a...

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Lucid Air EV prototype hits 235 mph on a high-speed ring

A few months ago, Lucid Motors made headlines after announcing that the automaker’s Air Alpha prototype hit 217 mph on a high-speed ring in Ohio. It appears the car on that run had a top speed limiter as the company didn’t know how the Air would behave at those speeds....

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2017 Mitsubishi Model Year Preview and Updates

This ain’t your father’s Mitsubishi. And for those focused more on ‘economy’ than ‘Evo’, that’s probably a good thing. The Evolution is no more, Mitsubishi’s truck-tough Montero is no longer sold in the States, and the Mirage sedan...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Junkyard Gem: 2001 Pontiac Aztek

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The Pontiac Aztek remains a fairly common sight on the roads of Colorado, since it’s such a good camping vehicle.
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Middle of the pack powerhouse | 2018 Chevrolet Equinox 2.0T First Drive

Since 2010, Chevrolet has been limping the second-generation Equinox along, doing the bare minimum to keep it competitive in the compact crossover segment. But for 2018, Chevy finally gave the Equinox a ground-up redesign, with a lighter body (by 400 lbs) and chassis, and three new...

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2016 Ferrari 488 Spider First Drive | Pure, uncut spectacle

The majority of the cars that have rolled out of the gates at Maranello can be described as varying degrees of spectacular. Still, until you settle in behind the wheel, you wonder if a real Ferrari can live up to the hype.
The first thing I took note of in the Ferrari 488 Spider...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Should Tesla care that it sold zero cars in Hong Kong after incentives expired?

Tesla vehicles have been selling well in Hong Kong. That is, until the government stopped handing out tax breaks to EV owners, effective April 1, 2017. In April, as Quartz reports, Tesla sales dropped to zero in Hong Kong.
The data comes from the Hong Kong Transport Department,...

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Porsche posts six-month record despite slumping industry sales

Porsche posted its best six-month sales period ever in the first half of 2017, according to figures released Tuesday. Sales were up in every major market, with worldwide growth sitting at seven percent. Most notably, China has surpassed the North America as Porsche’s largest...

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BMW enters Formula E as official manufacturer in 2018

BMW has been involved with the Formula E electric racing series from the beginning, and now it’s going all-in. BMW announced Tuesday it will officially compete, supplying a newly developed electric powertrain to the Andretti team for the 2018-19 season.
Like other automakers,...

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Tesla is building more service centers alongside Model 3 launch

Tesla just completed its first batch of Model 3s and 30 cars are scheduled to be in their owners’ hands on the 28th. But with an estimated 400,000 orders waiting to be filled, Tesla’s production ramp up is going to put many more Model 3s on the road in the very near future. In...

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NHTSA says another 2.7 million Takata air bag inflators must be recalled

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that new testing is prompting Takata Corp to declare 2.7 million air bag inflators defective in Ford Motor Co, Nissan Motor Co and Mazda Motor Corp vehicles.
Takata air bag inflators are already linked to 17 deaths and more...

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Dodge Demon gets official insurance from Hagerty

Hagerty Insurance has been covering enthusiast and classic cars for years, and now it will be offering special policies just for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon owners – all 3,000 of them in the US and 300 in Canada, if they want.
The big advantage to the Hagerty policies will be...

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Faraday Future cancels plans for North Las Vegas factory

It’s really not funny anymore. The long and often comical tale that is Faraday Future has taken another turn for the worse as the automaker announced it was abandoning plans for a production facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Instead, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/faraday-future-cancels-plans-for-north-las-vegas-factory/

Mitsubishi 2017 Model Year Update

This ain’t your father’s Mitsubishi. And for those focused more on ‘economy’ than ‘Evo’, that’s probably a good thing. The Evolution is no more, Mitsubishi’s truck-tough Montero is no longer sold in the States, and the Mirage sedan...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/mitsubishi-2017-model-year-update/

Monday, July 10, 2017

Renault’s awful first turbo F1 car inspired this actual teapot

Renault is making a teapot to commemorate a terrible Formula 1 car. That doesn’t make a lot of sense on the surface, but with a little background info, it’s actually a clever tribute to the company’s F1 history.
You see, that awful F1 car, called the RS01, was...

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Sunday, July 9, 2017

VW execs knew the potential cost of its diesel emissions scandal a month before disclosure

A Volkswagen manager told the then chief executive and other managers that the carmaker’s diesel emissions cheating could cost up to $18.5 billion, almost a month before investors were informed, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported. Investors were told about VW’s...

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Ferrari SUV in the works, finally?

There are some things that Ferrari just won’t do. Pink cars. Electric vehicles. SUVs. Well, about that last one…
There’s long been talk about Ferrari taking the leap and producing a utility vehicle to rival the likes of the Porsche Cayenne (but, like, for way...

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Junkyard Gem: 1995 Mitsubishi Diamante Station Wagon

Chrysler sold Dodge- and Plymouth-badged Mitsubishis in the United States starting in the early 1970s, but it wasn’t until the 1983 model year that Mitsubishi sold cars under their own name on this side of the Pacific. The Diamante made its American debut for the 1992 model...

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Saturday, July 8, 2017

The only Liquid Blue Ford Fiesta ST could be yours

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Ford,Auctions,Hatchback,Budget,Performance

If the price is right.
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BMW Display Key: Technology nobody asked for?

When we got the 2017 BMW 540i xDrive in the office, there was much discussion about the car’s Display Key. The words “technology nobody asked for” were bandied about, and we chuckled over the fob’s somewhat comical size.
For those of you who aren’t...

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Friday, July 7, 2017

2018 Lexus LC 500 | Drivers' Notes

The 2018 Lexus LC 500 is the latest and greatest sports coupe from Japan. The 471-horsepower luxury spaceship looks like something straight off the auto show floor. Few cars have made the transition from concept to production with so little change, and unsurprisingly, the LC gets...

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Baby wildebeest thinks this passing car is its mother

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It even tries to suckle the car.
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Munich prosecutors arrest Audi employee in emissions probe

Munich prosecutors arrested an Audi employee on suspicion of fraud and false advertising in connection with the carmaker’s emissions scandal, the first arrest in Germany related to Volkswagen’s diesel scandal.
The Audi employee was arrested on Monday, at the behest of...

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Green car sales cool off a bit for June

Growth in US green car sales slowed last month as deficits from Toyota and BMW offset some of the continued gains from US automakers such as Ford and General Motors. Still, sales of hybrids and plug-in vehicles for the first half of the year remained well ahead of last...

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Aspiring automaker LeEco begs creditors as assets frozen

HONG KONG – The founder of China’s struggling tech group LeEco, Jia Yueting, on Thursday pledged to take full responsibility for the company’s debt troubles amid a deepening financial crisis and after some of the company’s assets were frozen.
Jia, writing in a post on...

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Audi officially takes over Abt Schaeffler Formula E team

Audi has been involved with Formula E from the very beginning of the open-wheel, electric racing series. The German luxury automaker has lent its name and a factory driver, Lucas di Grassi, the since Formula E’s inauguration in 2014. It has provided technical support and...

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The $170,000 Breitling in the Bentley Bentayga, and other cobranding stories

In the opulent and stylish presidential suite of New York’s trendy Gansevoort Park Avenue Hotel, journalists representing automotive and luxury titles gathered for a light lunch and an interesting branding pitch: Zenith watches and Range Rover were joining forces with the...

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Leaked order guide reveals 2018 Ford Mustang carbon fiber trim pack, other changes

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Rumormill,Ford,Car Buying,Convertible,Coupe,Performance

New stripes and grilles are also available.
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Bentley Bentayga plug-in hybrid spied using V6 power

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Green,Spy Photos,Bentley,Crossover,SUV,Hybrid,Luxury

Expect its debut by the end of the year.
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Trump wants a trade deal, but South Korea doesn't want US cars

SEOUL – US auto imports from the likes of General Motors and Ford must become more chic, affordable or fuel-efficient to reap the rewards of President Donald Trump’s attempts to renegotiate a trade deal with key ally South Korea, officials and industry experts in Seoul...

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Moller M400 Skycar VTOL 'flying car' is on eBay again

Flying cars are being explored as a viable form of transportation by a number of people and groups. To be fair, when someone refers to a flying car nowadays, they’re usually referring to a small vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, and not necessarily something that...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/moller-m400-skycar-vtol-flying-car-is-on-ebay-again/

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport gets a mild makeover

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New York Auto Show,Mitsubishi,Crossover,Budget

A new package is also available.
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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ouch, that smarts | 2017 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Cabrio First Drive

Some people don’t know when to quit. Chuck Wepner was one of these people. Wepner was famous for two things as a heavyweight boxer in the 1970s: having his face broken open (his nickname was The Bleeder) and going 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali in a title match for the...

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

China's 'elevated' bus was a scam after all

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Government/Legal,Transportation Alternatives,China,Commercial Vehicles

The folks behind the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) are under investigation for alleged illegal fundraising.
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F1's Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton face off again in Austria

SPIELBERG, Austria – Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday, but it can be safely assumed that Lewis Hamilton will not be bringing any gifts to Austria this weekend.
After the “road rage” of Azerbaijan two weeks ago, the Formula One title rivals head to the...

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Takata US subsidiary files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Japan’s Takata Corp, the firm at the center of the auto industry’s biggest ever product recall, will file for bankruptcy protection in Japan on Monday with liabilities of more than 1 trillion yen ($9 billion), a source said. The decision came at a special meeting of...

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Einride T-Pod is an electric, self-driving truck with no windows

Passenger vehicles are only one piece of the puzzle as transportation evolves to be cleaner and more automated. Along with people, a whole lot of goods travel by road as well. In 2014, medium- and heavy-duty trucks accounted for 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions within the...

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Ford 'F-22' Raptor is a one-off that'll be auctioned to support young pilots

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Etc.,Marketing/Advertising,Ford,Auctions,Truck,Off-Road,Performance

Get it? Raptor?
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GM China sales rebound in June; 10 new models coming in 2017

BEIJING – General Motors on Wednesday said sales rose in China in June after two consecutive months of decline, and promised to rebuild momentum in the world’s largest car market with 10 new or refreshed models in the second half of 2017.
The automaker, China’s...

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Junkyard Gem: 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo

When Diamond Star Motors, a Chrysler-Mitsubishi joint venture, came online in the late 1980s, the first products to come out of the Normal, Illinois assembly plant were versions of the first-generation of the Mitsubishi Eclipse. There was the Eclipse itself, the Eagle Talon, and...

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Monday, July 3, 2017

The cars we'd import to America if we could

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The heart wants what it can’t have.

Historically, the US has frequently been denied access to foreign automakers’ most interesting and exciting automobiles. Fortunately, things have become far better, what with the introductions of the Focus RS and Civic...

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Trump encouraged by talk of 'a level playing field' on trade with South Korea

South Korea is a longstanding American ally, but President Donald Trump has spoken harshly about U.S. trade imbalances and threatened to tear up the bilateral trade pact.
“We will do more to remove barriers to reciprocal trade and market access,” Trump said, adding...

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McLaren boosts sales by 99 percent in 2016, moves 3,286 cars

McLaren has been on a roll both critically and commercially since it returned to the road-car business in 2011. The MP4-12C was followed by the 650S, 720S, and the nearly unequalled P1. Sales have been up, and 2016 was the automaker’s most successful year ever, moving 3,286...

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Volvo’s self-driving cars are thrown off by kangaroos

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Green,Volvo,Australia,Technology,Autonomous

“When it’s in the air it actually looks like it’s further away, then it lands and it looks closer.”
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Volvo’s...

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BMW video teases the i8 electric roadster

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Design/Style,Marketing/Advertising,BMW,Green Driving,Emerging Technologies,Technology,Convertible,Electric

Our best look yet.
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Major automakers post mixed US June sales figures

General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV posted declines in US new vehicle sales for June on Monday, while major Japanese automakers reported stronger figures. Once again, demand for pickup trucks and crossovers offset a decline in sedan sales.
Automakers’ shares rose as...

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Sunday, July 2, 2017

700 horsepower Porsche GT2 RS is the wildest 911 ever

The Porsche 911 comes in a variety of flavors, each filling a certain taste for a certain customer. Sitting atop the range is the new 911 GT2 RS. In previous generations, the GT2 had a bit of a reputation as a widowmaker, a 911 with massive power that could snap and bite with the...

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Alpine's latest receiver brings wireless CarPlay to all, for a price

Apple CarPlay has finally gone wireless. After debuting the technology at CES this year, Alpine is now shipping the iLX-107, the first CarPlay receiver with support for wireless connectivity. And considering the tech world’s general disdain for wires and cables, it’s a surprise...

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https://skpsoft.com/car/alpines-latest-receiver-brings-wireless-carplay-to-all-for-a-price/

Aero and the Beast | 2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE First Drive

The 1LE badge wasn’t meant to conjure up an image of a track-dominating pony car, originally. It was just an ordering shorthand, a Regular Production Option, a box to check so the line worker knows what to bolt onto the next car. Some RPO codes have acquired a mythos,...

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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Introducing the 2017 Audi A4 Allroad, round 3 of our long-term test

It has been all Audi, all the time for the past few months here at Autoblog. The folks at Audi offered us a unique long-term test of the whole A4 line, a chance to see what it’s like to live with the car in all its iterations. We first spent time with a Glacier White Premium...

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2018 Volkswagen Atlas | Drivers' Notes

This week, we’re debuting our latest feature, Drivers’ Notes. A variety of cars, trucks, and SUVs roll through our office, but we don’t always have an opportunity to showcase them. Consider this a weekly logbook of sorts, with quick-hit contributions from a...

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Baidu, 30 other Chinese companies working on self-driving in Silicon Valley

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (Reuters) – Baidu, China’s leading internet search company, is set to announce the first vehicle manufacturing partners for its self-driving software next week, including Chery Automobile, one of the country’s biggest carmakers, according to a person...

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London’s range-extended electric cab gets trial run at Goodwood

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Green,Videos,UK,Electric

London Taxi Co. shows off a prototype of an electric TX5 with a range extender at UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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VW's French unit reported false delivery figures since 2010

Volkswagen’s French division reported inaccurate delivery figures to German headquarters for years to make its performance look better, Der Spiegel said on Friday, citing a report by the carmaker’s internal auditors. The auditors found a number of cars were registered...

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Mini may not build electric cars in England due to Brexit

BMW will decide whether to build its new electric Mini in Britain or elsewhere by the end of September, its board member for sales told Reuters, in a test of the country’s ability to continue to attract investment as it leaves the EU. Mini makes around 70 percent of its...

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Watch the Faraday Future FF91 set a Pikes Peak record

As Faraday Future continues to develop its FF91 luxury EV, the company has been putting the car through rigorous dynamic testing. The biggest challenge so far has been to tackle the 2017 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The FF91 took on the Colorado mountain in the Exhibition...

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