2016 Mini Cooper S Clubman Rendered, Detailed: It’s Coming to Haul Your Stuff

– What It Is: To say the last Mini Clubman was a compelling oddball would be an understatement. It was half hatchback, half station wagon and almost entirely strange, with a five-door layout that included rear barn doors and a rear-hinged suicide door on one side only. It was too… Continue reading

Lightning Seed? Next-Generation Ford F-150 Performance Pickup Rendered!

– During the sport-truck mania of the 1990s and early aughts, Ford’s SVT unit graced us with two versions of the Lightning. Out of production since 2004, that hole in Ford’s lineup ostensibly has been filled by the flatbill-ready, improbably lovable Raptor. And while FoMoCo wasted no time displaying a second-gen Raptor… Continue reading

Driven: Ford Focus ST Diesel Wagon! (Too Bad It’s Stuck in Europe.)

– Like every U.S. automaker, Ford isn’t averse to wrapping itself in Old Glory when it wants to sell more product to patriotic ’Muricans. That’s why Ford F-150 advertisements feature the sort of gravelly voiceovers that make Clint Eastwood sound slightly effeminate—and usually contain more denim than the whole of… Continue reading

Daimler R&D Chief: G-class Could Go “Sustainable”, V-12 Lives On, and No Three-Cylinders

– We recently sat down with Daimler’s R&D chief, Thomas Weber, who told us that the automaker will continue to produce V-12 engines but won’t do a three-cylinder, that it’s considering a more comprehensive update to the G-class, and that it isn’t interested in a small seven-seat people-mover. – C/D: BMW has… Continue reading