Filed under: Coupe, Performance, SUV, Truck, Work, Chevrolet, Land Rover, Luxury, Off-Road, Racing, Ram 2015 Corvette Z06 wins on power and price We started off this happy Friday by learning that the 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 would come to dealers with a starting price of $78,000. That’s not an insignificant Read more
Anyone with the cojones to launch a new car in this day and age has our utmost respect. It’s a fool’s errand, but we’ll give them points for gumption. But crowdsourcing a supercar that’s ran out of development cash? That just reeks of desperation. Read more…
At the Monterey Historics, BMW handed Sam Smith the key (yes, it starts with a key) to its freshly restored 1970 Alpina 2002ti race car. It’s a former Alpina works racer that was later campaigned by Vasek Polak in the SCCA 2.5-liter Trans-Am. Read more…
Filed under: Budget, Minivan/Van, Performance, Safety, Work, Hatchback, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Fiat This or That: Fiat 500 Abarth vs. Ford Fiesta ST Two of Autoblog’s editors argue the finer points of hot hatches in a point/counterpoint rundown between the Fiat 500 Abarth and Ford Fiesta ST. Arguments are made, but Read more
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Crossover, Kia, Electric It’s official: Kia’s adorable Soul-hawking Hamsters have crossed that line. It was one thing when they first hit the scene, and we got a small chuckle out of their trimmer looks for the refreshed, 2014 Soul. This, though, is too much. This is Read more
Everyone loves the Honda Accord! Especially thieves, and who could blame them? It’s practical, reliable, fun to drive, and very popular. That’s why the Accord topped the NICB’s list of stolen vehicles for 2013. Read more…
Aston Martin built sort of a modern Ford GT90 called the DP-100 for Gran Turismo 6. It’s got a mid-engined twin-turbo V12, and it’s never going to happen in this form, but I still want to see those taillights on their next production vehicle, because it’s awesome. Read more…
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos To win a race, you have to finish the race. It’s the first lesson of racing, no matter what kind you’re into. In drag racing, though, if your opponent crashes out – as is not uncommon a sight – then victory is yours. But what if Read more
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Ford Drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. and his tuning shop, RTR has shown off a preliminary rendering of the tuned 2015 Ford Mustang it’s going to rock this year’s SEMA show. About two months after that, they’ll start showing up fully built in select Read more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is tasked with keeping our roads and highways safe, and generally they do a very commendable job. They recently started a new campaign to prevent teen drunk driving, and I think the subtext of it is impressively realistic: if you’re drunk in the woods, Read more