The 24 Hours of LeMons Traveling Circus has been coming to MSR Houston since way back in 2008, when the 10th-ever LeMons race took place here. The LeMons Supreme Court inspected about 80 vehicles today, which meant— because this is Texas— something like a dozen apiece Fox Fords and Nissan… Continue reading
In transmission-land, more speeds are usually better (so long as you keep total gear count to a reasonable level, lest you end up with an abominable CVT). So it is good news that, as part of a mid-model-year update to its new 2015 Yukon Denali line, GMC is now pairing a… Continue reading
Filed under: Hatchback, Subaru, Videos, Toys/Games, Concept Cars, Racing, Video Games The next vehicle in the Vision Gran Turismo series has poked its nose out as part of a new teaser video and it comes from all-wheel-drive specialists Subaru. Based on the Viziv Concept, the Viziv GT Vision Gran Turismo… Continue reading
Remember how Toyota and BMW decided to work together on a jointly-developed sports car back in 2012? It’s still happening: The two companies confirmed today that the project is now in the concept phase. In other words, it’s moving slowly, but it’s still on. The mid-size sports car is just… Continue reading
Cadillac once again has BMW’s segment-defining M3 (sorry, make that M4) in its crosshairs with the hottest version of the handsome ATS coupe. We don’t know if the muscle Caddy can take that throne just yet, but thanks to this brand-new teaser video from Cadillac, we know one thing for sure: This coupe… Continue reading
The future does not seem so amazing here, parked behind a grocery store in suburban Toledo, Ohio. It is raining, and without a canopy of protective solar panels over this particular Tesla Supercharger station, the one closest to our Ann Arbor, Michigan, office, we are resigned to sitting in the… Continue reading
Filed under: Audi, Luxury, Videos, Concept Cars, LA Auto Show Audi has just dropped another teaser for the A9 Concept it’ll be displaying at this month’s LA Auto Show. This time around, instead of one static image, we get a tantalizing video of the showcar narrated by new Audi design… Continue reading
These three Chevy SEMA truck concepts can be boiled down to big wheels, Borlas, and Brembos. What else were you expecting, a full-blown Tahoe SS? After our conversations with Chevrolet reps at last year’s show, however, it does appear we may be getting closer. Chevrolet Suburban Premium Outdoors concept Fitted… Continue reading
Filed under: Convertible, Mazda, Motor sports, Concept Cars, Racing, Performance At this point, we all know that the Mazda MX-5 Miata is a highly capable racing platform. Mazda even claims that the car is the most road-raced model in the world. Fittingly, then, the Japanese brand is making a huge… Continue reading
Filed under: Off-Road, Aftermarket, Ford, Concept Cars, Truck, Performance, SEMA Show Of Ford’s customized trucks, two feature the name of famous Ford racers. Of all the OEMs making appearances at the 2014 SEMA show, Ford owns arguably the most significant group of vehicles, thanks to its new 2015 F-150 and… Continue reading
Filed under: Crossover, Aftermarket, Jeep, Design/Style, Concept Cars, SEMA Show The cute little 2015 Jeep Renegade isn’t even on sale yet, but here at SEMA 2014, the Mopar folks are giving us a taste of what’s possible for the little CUV in the big wide world of customization. Part of… Continue reading
Toyota’s youth division has started to look like a neglected child. Outside of the Subaru-built FR-S, Scion offers an aging product line that all together won’t break 100,000 sales this year. However, Toyota is determined to prove that there is still life on Planet Scion. There was its raft of… Continue reading
Filed under: Aftermarket, Kia, Design/Style, Concept Cars, Sedan, Performance, SEMA Show Kia revealed a monster-powered K900 – with output approaching 650 horsepower – this week at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Fittingly called the “High-Performance” K900, the sedan gets a Garrett 2871R twin-turbo application, which boosts the 5.0-litre V8… Continue reading