McLaren Is Looking at IndyCar for 2019
Regardless of where Fernando Alonso moves or doesn't move for 2018, it seems that McLaren is eyeing a factory effort in IndyCar starting in the 2019 season, according to Spanish sporting website Mundo...
View ArticleUber Investor Benchmark Sues Former CEO Travis Kalanick
Benchmark, the Silicon Valley investment firm and major Uber shareholder, is suing recently-ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. In a Delaware Chancery Court filing spotted by Axios, Benchmark accuses...
View ArticleTrump's EPA Wants to Hear from You About Revising 2025 Fuel Economy Guidelines
You've got a voice in this fight. On Thursday, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency opened an official public comment period regarding the Trump Administration's...
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This Diesel Drift Mercedes Benz Wagon Is a Black-Smoke Monster
There are few automotive cult followings larger than those of the drift crowd and diesel junkies. When you mix the two, you're sure to get a surefire response that will, more than likely, break the...
View ArticleTesla's Model 3 'Production Hell' May Raise Tensions Between Carmaker, Workers
Tesla is about to enter what CEO Elon Musk dramatically calls "production hell," the push to ramp up production of the Model 3 and ultimately meet Musk's goal of producing 500,000 cars per year by...
View ArticleLotus Turns a Profit for the 'First Time in Years'
Lotus has, for the "first time in many years," reported a profit, according to the press release from the automaker. Lotus called this event a "radical financial turnaround" and "a major milestone" in...
View ArticleSEAT Trademarks 'Cupra' Name, Rumored to be Creating Performance Division
Volkswagen Auto Group subsidiary SEAT may not be well known (or known at all) in North America, but the Spanish car company has been putting out sensible European hatchbacks since the 1950s. It now...
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Verifly Allows Pilots to Insure Their Drones on the Fly
Verifly offers a service that many recreational and commercial drone users may be interested in—on-demand insurance for your unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to Verifly, they are the...
View ArticleUber Is Giving Away Ice Cream to Win Back Your Heart
Uber is giving away free ice cream and to get it, all you have to do is request an ice cream through the Uber app on Friday. If you get matched, presumably a car or maybe a truck of some kind carrying...
View Article2018 Ram 3500HD Passes Ford Super Duty to Become Pickup Truck Torque King
Every member of Detroit's Big Three has its hat in the ring when it comes to heavy duty trucks, and each one wants to beat out the other in terms of towing capacity and torque. While Ford introduced...
View ArticleThe Mini Cooper Oxford Edition Is a Hatchback for Students…Or Is It?
Transportation is among the most critical needs for a college student. There are classes to attend, pizzas to deliver, parties to crash, and speeding ticket high scores to beat. For that reason, Mini...
View ArticleOne Tesla Model S Owner Wanted a Wagon So Badly He's Having One Made
Wagons rule. Unfortunately, they were all but replaced by the minivan, which itself has been all but replaced by the crossover/SUV. Now, few wagons remain available in the U.S. They're more popular in...
View ArticleAudi Will Let You Drive an R8 V10 Plus at Circuit of the Americas
Driving the $190,000 Audi R8 V10 Plus is a frighteningly fun affair, but it's one that most fans won't ever get to experience. Audi's motorsport division, Audi Sport, wants to change that, offering a...
View ArticleHow Photographer Larry Chen Inspired a New Generation of Car Enthusiasts
You've read about it before—young millennials aren't into cars (at least so they say). Maybe it's because social media, smartphones and video games fulfill the lives of teens in ways cars cannot....
View ArticleVideo Shows Car Plunge 7 Stories Off Parking Garage, Narrowly Miss SUV
Authorities have released video showing the moment a BMW 4 Series plunged seven stories off the edge of a parking garage in downtown Austin, Texas earlier this summer, narrowly missing a man driving...
View Article100-MPH Dodge Hellcat Police Chase Ends in Fiery Crash Outside Auto Museum
As long as they've been making Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats, people have been crashing them. It's a fact of life, really. And so it's almost poetic that a man fleeing police in a small town outside...
View ArticleWatch This Motorcyclist Lose Control on a Mountain Road and Plunge Off a Cliff
A motorcyclist in southern California is lucky to be alive today after losing control and flying off the edge of a twisty road in the Santa Monica mountains, falling more than 250 feet—and the whole...
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US Army Wants Its Future Automatic Rifle to Adapt to Other Roles
As part of a slew of new small arms developments, the U.S. Army wants contractors to submit designs for a possible replacement for the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) called the Next Generation...
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American Diplomats In Cuba Have Fallen Ill From Mysterious Sonic Attacks
An odd diplomatic spat has erupted between the United States and Cuba in response to a series of bizarre incidents where members of the American diplomatic staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana were...
View ArticleWatch a Street Racing Infiniti G37 Push a BMW Underneath a Semi-Truck
If you had a half-competent drivers' ed program, decent parents, or even a quality group of enthusiast friends, you know that street racing and aggressive driving is illegal, dangerous, and can turn...
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