Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Etc., Videos, Misc. Auto Shows, McLaren As we wait for the McLaren P1 to enter production, it appears there are still some growing pains with the $1.14-million hybrid supercar. While on display at Italy’s recent Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza, this P1 – which appears to be 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 ScarbsF1, TTAC and Yahoo! Autos. Read more…
Only one car company would ever think to stuff a beefy 5.3-liter V8 into a car built on an ancient front-wheel-drive platform infamous for questionable build quality, and that company was pre-bailout General Motors. Read more…
Filed under: Car Buying, Lincoln, Luxury Complimentary scheduled maintenance programs have been great tools for luxury automakers to draw in new customers, but some are starting to scale their programs back considerably. According to Automotive News, Lincoln is joining Jaguar and Volvo on the list of automakers reducing the length Read more
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Subaru, Quick Spins Despite my best efforts to convince myself otherwise, I think I’m finally getting too old for this car. I remember the days when I would go ga-ga over the winged Subaru WRX STI sedan, my inner boy racer caring only about its turbo Read more
Here’s what the next Toyota Yaris is going to look like. It’s not terrible. Oddly, I’m kind of excited for the next Corolla. Read more…
See the little blue arrows in that video? Those are storm chasers in their vehicles. Now see that big white blob that moves across the screen? That’s the tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma that is considered the widest one in U.S. history and killed four storm chasers on Friday. Read Read more
Filed under: Minivan/Van, Work, Mercedes-Benz, First Drives, Diesel Ready To Battle Others Of Its Own Kind To the casual van observer, there are likely three seminal categories of big-box hauler. 1) The white Ford Econoline. 2) The decades-old conversion vans made by various manufacturers, with a porthole, an angel and Read more
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Porsche Despite being 50 years old now, the Porsche 911 sure is looking good for her age. And to commemorate this milestone anniversary, Porsche has created the 911 50 Years Edition you see here, which will make its debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show – Read more
You read about dozens of cars a day produced by foreign car brands with a penchant for naming things after dead Spanish bulls or regional wind patterns. Because you only see them in print, often, you may not know how to articulate those words. What’s the most unpronounceable automotive word? Read more