| Toyota S-FR Racing Concept: Another Face for the Tiny Sports Car |
Dec 3rd, 2015 |
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Until now, we could only refer to Toyota’s S-FR sports-car concept has having a single face. It was a happy face, inspired by the classic Toyota Sports 800 sports car’s, and news that the little coupe would reach production made this year’s Tokyo auto show a fun one. For the Tokyo Auto Salon—essentially Japan’s SEMA—Toyota […]
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| Custom Auto Trim Announces High Quality NCAA Truck Decals now Available for Christmas Season |
Dec 3rd, 2015 |
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For many college football fans, college team decals for their truck would be a wonderful Christmas gift. Leading online car and truck detail and accessories shop Custom Auto Trim, recently announced their selection of premium NCAA Truck Decals
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| This Crazy, One-Off Amphibious Corvair Pickup Can Be Yours |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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How wild were the 1960s? Not only did automotive giant General Motors launch a whole lineup of air-cooled, rear-engined, flat-six-powered cars, vans, and pickup trucks, but two of its engineers created an amphibious variant. And they almost succeeded in getting it put into production. Witness the Corphibian, a charmingly batty one-off that actually seems to have […]
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| On the Ground Like a Stealth Potato: Red Bull’s 4×4 Party Van Is Insane |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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Oh, you masterful Austrian tweakazoids. Last night, we were pondering the vodka Red Bull, thinking that the only way to best its amped-up booziness would be to invent a liqueur called “Creme de Meth.” Which might or might not be a great idea, depending on one’s self-regard. Today, this thing pops up: an Australian-built facet-crazy […]
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| On the Ground Like a Stealth Potato: Red Bull’s 4×4 Party Van Is Insane |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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| What Your Car Lease Really Costs: Five Things to Know |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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According to IHS Automotive, a quarter of all new-car buyers lease their vehicles, and the number goes up for luxury shoppers. For example, more than half of all retail buyers chasing a new BMW, Mercedes-Benz, or Lexus drive off in a leased vehicle. And while financing is a relatively straightforward process, leasing is not. Here’s why. […]
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| Google Patents Autonomous Car–to-Pedestrian Communication System |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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The gestation of the fully autonomous car is turning up all manner of new hurdles. Google, which has tested its own, vaguely koala-esque self-driving car (it plans to supply systems to automakers rather than become a full automaker, however), has proposed a solution to one such problem: how autonomous cars will communicate with pedestrians. As the Washington Post discovered, […]
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| The Best Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and More for 2016: Editors’ Choice Awards |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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Presenting our 2016 Editors’ Choice awards—these are the vehicles we’d recommend to savvy buyers shopping in every category. Our editors consider these vehicles to be the best cars, pickup trucks, crossovers, and SUVs for 2016. READ MORE ››
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| Experian: Leasing Maintains Record Pace in Q3 |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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Consumers continued to lease vehicles at a record pace in the third quarter, while captives claimed their largest share of new-vehicle financing since the Great Recession.
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| Volkswagen Suffers 24.7% Drop in Unit Sales |
Dec 2nd, 2015 |
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The effects of Volkswagen’s diesel engine scandal are beginning to sink in, with the automaker reporting a 24.72% drop in November sales.
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