[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] By Yvette VanDerBrink I have to admit; this GM gal has a dirty little secret. I love the 1930s Fords. Yep, I even have a pink V8 tattooed on my left ankle. I grew up with Chevrolets, and I never really saw or was around any of the old Fords. Though, I remember…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Life Is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture opens June 15 TOLEDO, Ohio – The rise of the automobile as a popular visual symbol of American culture will be explored in Life Is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture. The exhibition will feature approximately 125 works of art in a wide variety of media…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] “You stuffed it good,” Chris Duplessis laughed while giving the Mazda Miata one final, futile push. “The wheel’s too packed with snow to even turn.” I wedged my large frame through the narrow opening in the roll cage and ineloquently fell into the snowbank I had just driven us smack into at about…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] This is a two-door sports car that fools you into thinking it hides an almighty engine under the prolonged front hood and nothing more only to find out it’s actually a modern plug-in hybrid that features cues from the Ferrari 250 GTO and the Shelby Cobra and delivers 951 horsepower in exchange for…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Euro version of the Escape is the first Ford to offer mild- plug-in and full-hybrid powertrains, and is more indicative of what to expect of the Australian model. Ford of Europe has revealed the all-new Kuga, the Euro-market version of the Escape, at an event in Amsterdam. Underpinned by a version of the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The French brand is gunning directly for its Japanese Alliance partner with an all-electric compact car, destined to sit above the little Zoe. Renault is readying two new electric cars for 2022, one of which will go head-to-head with the Nissan Leaf. Reports from Auto Express have revealed the brand is waiting for…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan Cars.com images by Christian Lantry Pickup trucks and compact SUVs. It was like “Clash of the Titans,” but instead of an Olympian face-off between powerful beings from Greek mythology, it was two of the biggest-selling automotive segments in America battling it out for the top spot among our 10 biggest…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Audi has released sketches of its new concept car called the AI:me that will be unveiled at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show. The AI:me is Audi’s vision of a fully autonomous city car. The basic outline reminds you of the Audi A2, but with not so contemporary and conventional looks. Unlike the automaker’s…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] It’s hard to imagine BMW could improve on the original M2. But with the BMW M2 Competition, the German brand has done exactly that. Pros and Cons Pros More performance from the new twin-turbo six Better dynamics from a stiffened chassis and tweaked suspension tune Precise handling Sounds glorious at full noise Plenty…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] 2019 Jeep Cherokee Cars.com images by Christian Lantry In our 2019 Compact SUV Challenge comparing seven all-wheel-drive utilities, we expected our Jeep Cherokee Limited test SUV to lead the pack in performance. Its 271-horsepower, 3.2-liter V-6 was the most-powerful versus six four-cylinder SUVs. But we also expected it to bring up the rear…