| Nissan’s Vision Gran Turismo Concept Comes to Life in Tokyo, Presages Next GT-R |
Oct 5th, 2015 |
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Nissan’s Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo has been available to “drive”—virtually—for over a year, but now Nissan has confirmed that the concept is making its real-life debut at the Tokyo auto show later this month. The concept also hints at the next-generation GT-R. The Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo was first revealed in June […]
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| Fast Facts: The Number of Configurations Offered By Today’s Car Manufacturers Is Staggering |
Oct 5th, 2015 |
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From the October 2015 issue Pickup trucks have long been the kings of configuration—long or short bed? two doors or four?—but now there’s a new challenger for multiple-choice supremacy: the van. Ford’s big Transit comes in three roof heights, two wheelbases, three overall lengths, and with a choice of three engines. All told, once a […]
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| 10 Things We Learned About the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace |
Oct 5th, 2015 |
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The 2017 F-Pace is a big deal—it has to be, if Jaguar is to ever beat its whimsical 15,000 annual sales in the U.S. last year—but the competition has already flexed their summer tires. We spoke with chief designer Ian Callum in Frankfurt, who never thought his pen would stroke such a project, and poked […]
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| 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Driven: A Mild Pick-Me-Up for Chevy’s Pick-’Em-Up |
Oct 3rd, 2015 |
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“This is a truck that’s easy to embrace. It knows what it wants to be.” That is the final line in our entry for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado in a recent four-truck comparison test, a test in which the Chevy finished second behind only Ford’s newer F-150. As we’ve been saying since the truck debuted […]
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| 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 – First Drive Review |
Oct 3rd, 2015 |
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| I Bought a Used Electric Vehicle—Here’s How It’s Worked Out So Far |
Oct 2nd, 2015 |
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My wife, Tina, watched the new owner of her old Volkswagen Golf reverse down our driveway and putter off. Then she went into the house and lay down on the floor and cried. In an effort to comfort her, I fanned her with the stack of fresh $100 bills, a stack that was even bigger […]
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| We Test Honda’s New Grom Minibike—Including in Our Office |
Oct 2nd, 2015 |
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Motorcyclists signal their two-wheel approval by dropping left hands while passing. But when you’re riding a Honda Grom powered by a 125-cc engine and the rider of a 1340-cc Suzuki Hayabusa making around 190 horsepower gives you the low sign, it’s hard not to laugh. That’s like a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat’s driver soliciting kinship […]
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| Wiped Out: Toyota Recalls 423,000 RAV4 Models for Windshield Wipers |
Oct 2nd, 2015 |
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Toyota is recalling 423,456 RAV4 crossovers for water-clogged windshield wipers, according to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Channels under the windshield cowl that normally drain excess water may deform over time due to misaligned pin connectors and allow the water to pool, which may then drip onto the joint connecting the windshield […]
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| EPA Gathering Used Diesels to Test If Other Manufacturers Cheated, Too |
Oct 2nd, 2015 |
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If there were any illusions that Volkswagen’s emissions-test cheating wouldn’t spark a broader investigation into diesel-car emissions, please allow us to disallow you of them. As reported by the Financial Times, the EPA is going to begin testing pretty much every diesel car model sold today, from all manufacturers, to determine whether companies not named […]
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| Honda Recalling 143,000 Civic and Fit Models for CVT Trouble |
Oct 2nd, 2015 |
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Honda is recalling 143,676 Civic and Fit models in the U.S. for transmission failures, according to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. On the 2014-2015 Civic and 2015 Fit, the continuously variable transmission (CVT) may have a weakened drive-pulley shaft (the part connected to the crankcase) that can break when exposed to high […]
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