In terms of exterior appearance, not much has changed from the last time we spotted the next-generation Mazda3 out testing. Oh, sure - we can see plenty of details that clearly show the new Kodo design influence (that front end reminds us a whole lot of the sleek new Mazda6), but these …
Strategic Vision has released its annual Total Quality awards, and some of the winners may come as a surprise. To quote Alexander Edwards, President of Strategic Vision, “For the first time in over a decade our comprehensive and complete study of Quality resulted in more domestic winners than …
Those that hanker for the days when automobiles were generally simple machines - responsive only to the will of their human masters - probably don’t work in R&D at Visteon. The Michigan-based automotive supplier, with a track record in climate control and electronics manufacture, …
One driver in Portland, Oregon, USA should make a hefty donation to his or her local wildlife conservation group after a family of ducks got the person out of a speeding ticket. A Portland police officer clocked a car going 83 km/h (52 mph) in a 56 km/h (35-mph) zone, but when the officer went …
A few weeks ago, we bid a fond happy 40th anniversary to the automotive dark ages of 1973-84 that have come to be known as “The Malaise Era” - the performance ice-age when 160 horsepower was a lot and a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of under 10 seconds was remarkable. Like music in the 1980s, …
Well-known NASCAR racer Dick Trickle has dies of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Trickle was 71 years of age.
According to reports, police in Lincoln County, NC were informed via an anonymous phone call (very likely made by Trickle himself) prior to the suicide where to find the …
Controversial Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is facing bribery charges from German prosecutors. The long-rumoured indictments stem from the 2006 sale of the racing series from Germany’s Bayern LB bank to CVC Capital partners. The charge could result in Ecclestone facing jail time and losing …
Mercedes-Benz isn’t a brand afraid to put on a show for any old reason at all - like, just because it’s Tuesday - but the premiere of the 2014 S-Class, even by the standards we’re used to, was Broadway-theater intense. Held at a purpose-built venue inside a hanger at the Airbus …
Take the Race of Champions, keep its wide-ranging motorsports disciplines but replace national teams with duos called Red Outrageous, Yellow Powerful, Blue High Tech and Green Superfast. Give them rides from a toy store shelf and the cockiness of Top Gun, put them on courses from Mad Max and mix …
According to a report on the Chrysler Communications Facebook page and one fairly grainy image of the production line, at around 11:00AM Eastern this morning, the one-millionth Jeep Wrangler JK will roll out of the company’s Toledo assembly plant.
The third-generation or “JK” Jeep Wrangler …
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