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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Auto news - CNNMoney.comThe automaker knew of a brake problem in 43,500 Genesis cars a year before it told owners and issued a recall.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Mercedes-AMG is revving up its upcoming, twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, which carries the internal code name M178. (Read our deep dive on the engine here.) Officially, the company has thus far only confirmed its use in the AMG GT sport... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Automotive spy shots are hard to obtain. While some manufacturers just parade their cars around, most actually want their future products to remain secret. So getting the photos means being in exactly the right place at just the right ti... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Largely on the strength of its ute-y wagons and wagony utes, Subaru recently posted U.S. sales numbers that put the company ahead of the Volkswagen brand. Now the Japanese firm is hoping that its new Legacy finally will make real inroads... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
We haven’t been shy about our general disdain for the current Nissan Versa and its all-encompassing penuriousness. Even as the refreshed model was introduced at this year’s New York auto show, we had a hard time mustering any enthusiasm ... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedIf there ever was any doubt that Lexus is serious about its venture into the world of luxury, its new Crafted Line puts those questions to bed. The Crafted Line is available on a handful of Lexus models, including the LS 460 F Sport , GS...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top Gear Car NewsWant to spend your hard-earned wafting around in utter serenity? Here are our picks
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from freepThe Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken a computer disk and internal Ford emails in a continuing investigation of a former employee fired in June after the company found recording devices hidden she had place in a building on its D...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedTwo simple facts: Hennessey is known for making crazy horsepower numbers by tuning already-powerful cars and many enthusiasts complain the new Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is underpowered. The solution: let Hennessey tune your 505-horsepower Ca...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from freepThe 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 4Matic comes closer to autonomous driving than any other vehicle you can buy, thanks to a suite of sensors that can accelerate, brake and - in limited circumstances - steer the big luxury sedan.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Nintendo must be in a Pebble Beach state of mind—the high-dollar, suede-underpants concours is just over a week away—or its product-placement deal with Mercedes-Benz for the Mario Kart franchise is simply really, really well-timed. That&... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Chevrolet’s Volt plug-in hybrid has been on sale in its current form since the 2011 model year, so it’s about time for a new one. Our latest spy photos of the 2016 model proved that the next-gen car is on its way, and now Che... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedBugatti stunned the entire world in 2005 by releasing the Veyron , its first production vehicle in 10 years. At first it was powered by a quad-turbocharged, 8.0-liter, W-16 engine rated at 987 horsepower, which was later uprated to deliv...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from freepThe next-generation Chevrolet Volt will have more technology than the current Volt, Chevrolet's chief marketing officer says. After sales for the first-generation Volt underwhelmed, GM is under pressure to deliver significant advancement...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedWell, the live show is over. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who tuned it and chatted with us. You guys make this even more fun. If you tuned in last week to take part in the fiasco that was my terrible Internet service, I apologize, ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
C/D: So have you added anything to your own collection lately? CJ: I think the last thing I bought was a new ZL1. General Motors made it with the same numbers as my ’69 Camaro ZL1. READ MORE ›› -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedCar collecting has taken on a whole new meaning thanks to one British dentist who amassed the largest private collection in Britain with multiple warehouses stocked full of antique Jaguars , Bentleys , Austins, and Minis . However Dr. Ja...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
The way TRD has arranged the lighting on the face of Toyota’s new racing truck, it seems to be demanding of its bro, “Come at me!” The Monster Energy decal on the door only seems to reaffirm the clarion call of dunderheaded 21st-century ... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedBack in 2005, Bugatti launched the Veyron , a supercar that would end up becoming one of the most important cars of this generation. It’s already 2014 and 405 of the 450 Veyrons Bugatti planned to produce already have owners. That ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Last year, we applauded Plymouth for building what we thought was the best looking Detroit car of 1967, the Barracuda. A remarkable feat, considering the Chrysler Corporation’s odd, unstable styling history which, since the Airflow... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
By the time the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray was ready for launch, engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov had already spent a fair amount of time laying the groundwork for what would come to be known as the Z06 package, which created track-ready weapons ... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top Gear Car NewsThese are the big ones, the cars most of you will actually buy. And here are the very best
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedWith the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance just around the corner, time has come to have a look at what this year’s edition of the world-renowned event has to offer. The charitable event has drawn huge interest ever since it w...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Auto news - CNNMoney.comRead full story for latest details.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from freepWith so many vehicle and part launches this year, automakers and suppliers need each other, Andrea said.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedThe Fiat 500 first saw life back in 1957 as the Fiat Nuova 500 and was an inexpensive little city car that became extremely popular throughout Italy. Its small, two-cylinder engine displaced roughly 500cc — hence the name — a...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedThe six-wheeled Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG is beyond ridiculous — either in a good or bad way, depending on your specific taste. Based on the 2014 G-Class , but with a host of upgrades, the 6x6 has five differentials, a $615,000 price t...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Automotive industry | The GuardianUS president need only inform a federal judge that vulture fund billionaire Paul Singer is interfering with the president's sole authority to conduct foreign policy. He hasn't. But why not? The "vulture" financier now threateni...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top Gear Car NewsFootage of lightly camo’d prototypes hooning around the ‘Ring sound like the real deal
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top Gear Car NewsGinetta boss and former Le Mans winner will champion this 420bhp V8 racer in 2015
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top SpeedAfter years, of patent leaks, spy shots, and endless rumors about its feasibility, the Cadillac LTS flagship sedan may finally become a reality. That’s the sentiment within the ranks at Cadillac after a high-level source told Autob...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Top Gear Car NewsGinetta boss and former Le Mans winner will champion this 420bhp V8 racer in 2015
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from freepFiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne did his best today to tamp down concerns that the merger that would create Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is in jeopardy even though trading of Fiat's shares were halted Tuesday.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
When the current Volkswagen Beetle launched for 2012, the company made Winnetka-grade noise about having constructed a retromobile that would finally appeal to men. Yet the general consensus of men we know who’ve driven the new car seems... -
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from freepNissan is bringing sexy to the commercial van segment with a rock love song video featuring heavy metal rocker Bret Michaels.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Car and Driver Blog
Porsche’s guilty pleasure, the Cayenne SUV, is back and ready to keep cash billowing into company coffers. Of course, the Cayenne never left, but for 2015 Porsche has given its purist-infuriating high-performance crossover a modest refre... -
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News FeedIn-car voice recognition systems work so poorly that automakers should give up trying to add new features and go back to the basics, said Kristin Kolodge, JD Power's executive director of driver interaction.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from AutoblogFiled under: Safety , Technology , Australia It used to be that all it took to steal a car was a slim jim and a deft hand. But as the recent hacks of models like the Toyota Prius and Tesla Model S shows, these days it takes some real tec...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from AutoblogFiled under: Government/Legal , Safety The argument regarding the legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado has its fair share of both supporters and detractors. Some point to a drop in violent crimes and big bumps in tax reve...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Automaker News FeedThree proxy advisory firms are recommending that Superior Industries International Inc. shareholders vote for the supplier's four board nominees at its annual meeting next week.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from International Business TimesSeven months after Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) created a separate unit for the Middle East and Africa, its head dismissed rumors that the world’s sixth-largest car company has settled on Nigeria as the location of a new factory on the contin...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from International Business TimesTesla Motors’ electric crossover sport utility Model X vehicle will make a huge splash in the automobile market next year, with potential to be far more successful at a much better value than the Tesla Model S luxury electric sedan, Mor...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from International Business TimesTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has reportedly settled a trademark dispute that had threatened its plans to expand in China.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from International Business TimesChina has been the world’s largest auto market since 2009, and if officials there are correct, it’s going to stay that way indefinitely as it emerges as a major economic player with a burgeoning population of urban consumers with money t...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Automaker News FeedToyota's plan to move supplier development and purchasing staffs to its technical center in Ann Arbor will improve suppliers relations, a top executive said today.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Breaking News FeedADESA has acquired a 50 percent stake in a software company that has created a system to help franchise dealers buy and sell vehicles among themselves, ADESA's parent company said today.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Automaker News FeedThe auto industry will have to side-step social unrest and political obstacles to take advantage of a coming decade of overseas growth opportunity, says GM's chief economist.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from AutoblogFiled under: Sedan , China , Government/Legal , Tesla , Electric After years of fighting, Tesla has finally put its trademark dispute in China with businessman Zhan Baosheng behind it, thanks to an undisclosed settlement. The news comes ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Automaker News FeedThe $14 billion global market for collision avoidance and driver assistance is expected to grow about 25 percent a year -- a growth rate that has established active safety as one of the auto industry's hottest segments.
- China plant in fatal blast was dusty deathtrap, ex-workers say; Beijing to overhaul safety practicesWednesday, August 6, 2014 from Automotive News Automaker News FeedThe weekend blast at a Kunshan auto parts plant, described by former workers as a dusty deathtrap, prompted China to overhaul workplace safety practices, and reignited concern about occupational hazards in the world's second-largest econ...
