| 2016 Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen First Drive: The Poor Man’s CTS-V Wagon |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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One of our journalist colleagues doesn’t get it. We’re standing in the pit lane of the Ascari racetrack near Málaga, Spain, when he asks, “Why would you make a wagon that drives like a sports car?” At this very moment, a Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen roars by at full blast, the four-outlet exhaust popping angrily […]
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| 2016 Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen – First Drive Review |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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| Evo Grows Up? Future Mitsubishi Evo May Be Based on Next Outlander Sport |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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As you probably know, the Mitsubishi Lancer–based Evolution is officially dead, and it won’t be replaced with a similar model. The important thing there, however, is “a similar model.” Because while we don’t know many specifics about Mitsubishi’s plans for the next-generation Evo, if there is such a thing, we are again hearing inklings that Mitsubishi is […]
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| Ride in a Helicopter, Drive an R8, Hang Out with Tom Kristensen at the Primland Driving Experience |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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Have you ever wondered what we experience on a manufacturer’s press launch? As near as we can figure, about the closest one can get to some of the more epic events we attend is the Primland Driving Experience. Held at the Primland Resort in the wilds of Virginia and at Virginia International Raceway—the latter being […]
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| Ride in a Helicopter, Drive an R8, Hang Out with Tom Kristensen at the Primland Driving Experience |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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| 2015 GMC Canyon 2.5L Automatic 4×4 Tested: An Okay Truck in Search of Two More Cylinders |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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Six cylinders. That’s what we’ve found to be a requirement as we’ve made our way through the various available configurations for the Chevrolet Colorado and the GMC Canyon, General Motors’ highly anticipated, recently introduced mid-size pickup twins. The 2015 GMC Canyon tested here has just four cylinders, and it isn’t exactly the full-size truck replacement […]
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| Ally to Replace Mitsubishi’s Captive Finance Company |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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Ally Financial and Mitsubishi Motors North America have announced that Ally will become the preferred financing source for Mitsubishi Motors in the U.S., replacing the brand's captive finance company.
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| EXCLUSIVE First Look: The Cars of “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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No film series has captured the anarchic dystopian science-fiction vibe as giddily as George Miller’s "Mad Max" movies. It's time to meet the cars of the newest film, "Mad Max: Fury Road".
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| Powering Your Car with Water: Audi Realizes the Green Dream, Synthesizes Diesel from H20 |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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Maybe EVs aren’t inevitable after all. Audi, together with the German energy company Sunfire, has announced that it is able to synthesize diesel from water and CO2, and that the product can fuel automobiles. The process involves heating water to 800 degrees Celsius, creating steam. Electricity—from a green-energy power source, naturally, biomass in this case—heats […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 219 |
Apr 27th, 2015 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until midday Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open […]
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