Filed under: Green,Volkswagen,Diesel How does that sound? Continue reading VW offers US dealers a $1.21 billion over diesel scandal VW offers US dealers a $1.21 billion over diesel scandal originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email Read more
There’s something so cool about a long drive up a desolate dirt road that continually winds and turns. Moving along a gradual grade that makes getting to your destination all that more special. In a land where stage coaches once ruled, carving a path with the echoing sounds of open Read more
More than 3 million people a year flock to Frankenmuth, Michigan to get a little taste of old Bavaria. The small town located about 90 minutes north of Detroit was founded by Bavarians in the mid-1800s and has deftly marketed itself as a tourist destination based on a downtown decor, Read more
Mazda always talks about developing vehicles with Jinba Ittai—“horse and rider as one.” Recently the company disclosed that it accomplishes this in part by studying the way humans move and engineering vehicles that mimic or facilitate such movements. Two terms that emerged from this research caught my ear: minimum jerk Read more
If you’re like me and have thoroughly enjoyed at least one of the soon-to-be five movies in the Transformers franchise, you probably know that all of the gritty explosion-ness and car flipping is mostly done for real, just minus the giant robots. But how do they convincingly get all those Read more
Keith Montgomery knows his way around a race car. He has worked as a crew chief at the highest levels of the sport including the NASCAR Cup and XFINITY series. Montgomery has since brought his knowledge back to the short track world and has begun a series of seminars in Read more
The 2016 Paris auto show has room to spread out in eight halls, so plenty of guys with a bright idea can afford space in the corners and odd spaces around the big manufacturer booths. Day two is for ferreting these things out, and we found some doozies. Formula Giol Read more
Von Dutch in a Basement Kenny. When Michael Lightbourn agreed to look at an old hot rod buried in a garage apartment basement in El Paso, Texas, he never expected to find a work of art. “I’ve known Gary Hawkins for years. I grew up around him with my uncles, Read more
Grab yourself a bear claw and a blue cocktail, preferably served in a goldfish bowl. Sure, we had a feeling this was coming—PHRASING—but FX’s animated spy comedy Archer will end after its 10th season. We’ll still be getting three more seasons, but they will only run eight episodes each. Read Read more
Filed under: Green,Paris Motor Show,Volkswagen,Skoda,Autonomous,Electric Electric cars and autonomous vehicles go hand-in-hand. Continue reading Volkswagen Group looks to add ridesharing brand to portfolio Volkswagen Group looks to add ridesharing brand to portfolio originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of Read more