A lot of people didn’t like it when BMW separated the 3 and 4 Series cars from each other in 2013 to create a sportier selection in the 4 Series. It didn’t make sense, they said. People thought they still looked too much like each other, with the only difference being the number of doors at the time. As BMW added more models to include … Continue reading BMW 4 Series Receiving Minor Updates For 2018 Edition
It’s not news to see Porsches lapping the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. When the upcoming 2017 911 Carrera GTS manages to obliterate the previous GTS’s Nurburgring lap record by a dozen seconds? Well, that’s news. Porsche has reported that the new GTS lapped the ‘Ring in 7:26, which manages to not only wreck the outgoing GTS’s score but eclipses the Carrera S by four seconds. To do this, … Continue reading 2017 Porsche 911 GTS Destroys Previous GTS’s ‘Ring Record
Lexus will apparently be bringing a brand new SUV to market soon, Autocar has discovered in a recent search for patent names. In recent months Lexus has filed several new patents under the UX badge, including UX200, UX250 and UX250h. If Lexus maintains its normal nomenclature, these cars will all have small displacement engines, with one of them being a hybrid. Lexus unveiled the … Continue reading Lexus Producing CT200h Replacement And Three-row RX In 2018
It’s not an implausible complaint. You just dropped $70k for your new, fully loaded 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor but you just don’t know how to use it for anything but cruising to the job site and tailgating at the local university games. You’re afraid to take it out into the hills and break it. I know I would be after dropping that much change on … Continue reading Assault The Utah Desert In A 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
Mini revealed their new Countryman in October, and it was only a matter of time before they announced a hopped-up, hyperspace version in John Cooper Works (JCW) guise. The new model launches in April, after the Shanghai auto show, so if you have been holding out on a Countryman purchase then you might want to wait a little longer. The new Countryman offers more room, … Continue reading 2018 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman Is Bigger And Quicker
We already talked about McLaren’s upcoming new car, but the English company has released a bit more information on their second-generation Super Series. While the 650S is already an aerodynamic marvel, McLaren is claiming that this replacement will sport an additional 50-percent more downforce. It gets better cooling as well, with McLaren claiming the new car is 15-percent more efficient at keeping the temp meter out of the … Continue reading 2018 McLaren Super Series Will Be Cooler And Sleeker
The very same week that Volkswagen agreed to settle criminal and civil charges relating to cheating on diesel emissions tests through software manipulation, Fiat-Chrysler has been accused of similar issues in a Notice of Violation tendered by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have been working together since September, 2015, in an expanded testing program that searches for … Continue reading EPA Notifies Fiat-Chrysler Of Jeep and Ram Truck Diesel Emissions Violations
One could call the Lexus LS series many things over the years. Ground breaking, stylish, comfortable, classy. All of those words worked, but one of the things you could not call it was sporty. Sporty and Lexus LS are mutually exclusive terms in today’s world. Or are they? Lexus just introduced the 2018 LS 500, and with that release they’ve managed to stick their toe … Continue reading The 2018 Lexus LS 500 is Sporty? That can’t be right…
Parents are going to love the new 2018 Honda Odyssey. Kids? Well, they’ll love some of it, but they’re going to hate other parts of it. As expected, Honda rolled out the fifth-generation Honda Odyssey this week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It doesn’t look all that different from the controversial lightning bolt styling on the fourth generation, but it’s packed … Continue reading 2018 Honda Odyssey Will Be Loved And Hated
What do you do when you’re known for producing practical but stylish cars for mass consumption? Most would say that you continue doing exactly that. Don’t rock the boat. Don’t try to be something you’re not. Don’t try to enter a different niche in the automotive world. Just fly casual. Kia’s not subscribing to that philosophy, though, and at the NAIAS this year they made … Continue reading Why Kia’s New Stinger Is A Big Deal
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