Filed under: Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Mazda, Earnings/Financials Auto sales in Europe have been a tricky proposition for some years, but Mazda has seen some success on the backs of the CX-5 and new Mazda6. According to a report form Automotive News Europe, though, that doesn’t mean we should be looking for Read more
The Audi RS4 is a rare beast here in America, as everyone and their mom’s got a fancy BMW M3. That’s probably why I like the Audi more. Exclusivity always means better, right? Either way, you can now have an Audi RS4 of your own, as long as you don’t Read more
Snake and Mongoose is a drag racing movie coming out on September 6th, and I can promise you now it will be the best drag racing movie of the summer. Mostly I can promise that because it is the only drag racing movie this summer, but it actually doesn’t look Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal, Ford The dirty secrets of the multibillion-dollar wiring harness industry are being uncovered bit by bit, as more suppliers are found to be connected to a global price-fixing scandal. Automotive News reports that Ford is now suing a Japanese supplier that admitted to fixing prices of wiring Read more
Filed under: Motorcycle, Electric Wired Autopia honcho and Autoblog alum Damon Lavrinc is finished with the internal combustion engine. And four wheels. And a closed cabin in which to commute. For the next six months, Lavrinc will be staring Range Anxiety right in its cold, dead (battery) eyes, while splitting Read more
Gawker Mystery Grandma Stuns Drum Shop Staff with Killer Skin-Slapping Skills | Deadspin Dwyane Wade’s Ex-Wife Is Having A Meltdown In Downtown Chicago | Gizmodo Scientists Created an Impossible Supermaterial Totally by Accident | io9 If nothing else, the Walking Dead season 4 trailer is phenomenal Read more…
Welcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today we’ve got reports from Slate, AteUpWithMotor, and ArsTechnica. Read more…
Filed under: Crossover, Nissan, Long-Term Garage When we say that our long-term 2013 Nissan Pathfinder has been busy, we mean it. Want proof? In the past month, the big, brown Nissan was only idle enough for us to take it in for its 11,500-mile routine service and to shoot a Read more
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Lincoln The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid has been something of a hit for Ford since the beginning, exceeding the company’s modest projected 15-percent take rate for more than two years (we say “modest” because that still means an overwhelming majority of Lincoln customers are passing up Read more
Remember yesterday how I wrote about an article in the LA Times that claimed the museum was taking a "major detour" and would shift its focus to motorcycles and French cars? I talked to the director of the Petersen, and he thinks that story is bullshit. What’s going on? Read Read more