Mazda 3 Named 'Coolest Car Under $18,000' by Kelly Blue Book
Kelly Blue Book has just released its latest Top 10 lists for 2017, and one of its most popular lists is "10 Coolest Cars under $18,000." Most modern premium cars start at upwards of $20,000, so...
View ArticleLotus Sold to Chinese Volvo Owner Geely
Malaysian car company Proton, Lotus's current owner, has been sold to Chinese auto group Geely, owner of Volvo. The new Chinese owner has securied a 51 percent stake in the company, according to the...
View ArticleJapan's 'Dekotora' Custom Trucks Combine Giant Gundam Cosplay, Light Shows,...
When did Japan's love affair with car customization begin? We don't have a clue, but before we saw street drifters in the '90s, Shakotan cars in the '80s, and Bosozoku tribes in the '70s, there was a...
View ArticleThe Lamborghini Countach Is So Wrong It's Just Right
"The Countach is wrong," says John Pogson, a lifelong Italian-car tech, former racer and owner of West Yorkshire's Italia Autosport. "The engineering and everything. Every area is wrong in that car,...
View ArticleUber Underpaid New York Drivers by Tens of Millions of Dollars
Uber said Tuesday that it had underpaid its New York-based drivers by tens of millions of dollars, due to a mistake in the way it calculated its commissions. The company plans to compensate the...
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A Classic Car Graveyard in the Middle of Nowhere
'If you ever get the opportunity to visit a junkyard, chances are you'll find out that the owner may have a chronic mental condition which is known in the car business called ACD—automotive compulsive...
View ArticleNew Details of McLaren's 'World's Fastest Gamer' Competition Emerge
At the beginning of May, McLaren and Logitech announced a new contest, called “World’s Fastest Gamer.” Fans of racing simulators, video games like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo will be given...
View ArticleThe Hoonigan Garage Modifies Three Fiat 124 Spider Abarths For #Hooniganswanted
In the most recent installment of The Hoonigan's Daily Transmission, the team took delivery of three 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Abarths and gave them the aftermarket treatment for an upcoming event. The...
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What I Learned After a Week of Daily Driving a Subaru Rally Car in NYC
About three weeks ago, I decided to finally fulfill one of my automotive dreams and buy a rally car. Was it a good idea? Probably not. Last week, that car—a logbooked 1987 Subaru RX—showed up in...
View ArticleAston Martin Will 3-D Scan Valkyrie Buyers' Bodies for the Driver's Seats
Personalized supercars are nothing new—Ferrari's "Tailor-Made" program has been flying rich folks out to Maranello to pick out thread color for ages, tiny manufacturers like Koenigsegg literally build...
View ArticleWatch a Lego Porsche 911 GT3 RS Fly Apart in a Crash Test
If you'd like to own a Porsche 911 GT3 RS but don't have $175,000 lying around, Lego has the kit for you. This $300, 2,700-piece, 1:8 scale, block-based replica of Porsche's track slayer features a...
View ArticleRenault Formula 1 Team Not Expecting to Win Races Until 2020
In the world of Formula 1, being part of a manufacturer-backed team is the goal of almost every driver. Works teams have the financial stability, technology, personnel, and cooperation between design...
View ArticleLeEco Cuts U.S. Workforce, Faraday Future Says It's Unaffected
Normally, being backed by a massive Chinese tech company would be a good thing for an electric-car startup. But in the case of Faraday Future, corporate patron LeEco has had as bumpy a ride as the...
View ArticleWatch the New Gameplay Trailer for DiRT 4
Rally racing simulator DiRT 4, which was announced in January, has a new trailer showing off the upcoming game’s “incredible rallycross content across various classes and circuits.” You can watch...
View ArticleElectric Cars Could Be Cheaper Than Gas Ones by 2030, Analysts Say
Electric cars currently make up a small percentage of new car sales, and part of the reason for that is the premium buyers often have to pay over gasoline or diesel cars for EVs. Government incentives...
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The Truck That Got Away: My Jeep Comanche Sob Story
My wife and I had just rented a house with an oversized two-car garage. With plenty of room for tools, cars, and motorcycles, we couldn't resist buying a friend's 1988 Jeep Comanche as a new project....
View ArticleWatch Hugh Jackman Stumble Upon Real Life Mario Kart in Tokyo Traffic
A jovial Hugh Jackman was sitting in traffic in Tokyo when he was pleasantly surprised by some rather serious looking Mario Kart racers. He shared his glee with Twitter. We're here waiting for the...
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Can the Volvo XC60 Redeem the Luxury Crossover?
Go ahead and guess the top-selling luxury crossover SUV in Europe. Wrong. It's not the Mercedes GLC300, nor the BMW X3, nor the Audi Q5. For the past three years, the volume king crown in this growing...
View ArticleVolkswagen's Joint Venture for Chinese Mass Production of Electric Vehicles...
The Volkswagen Group is investing quite a lot of its diverse resources in the development and production of electric cars, in order to future-proof its various brands. In order to overthrow the...
View ArticleHonda Donates Two Africa Twin Motorcycles to Redondo Beach Police Department
Redondo Beach Police Department has proven to be a forward-thinking department with their strong community impact through social media, beach patrol and an overall "behind the badge" kind of vibe....
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