has revealed its list of the top 10 best cars of 2017. To be a Top Pick, a model has to have an exemplary Overall Score in its category. That score comes from ‘ four key pillars: road-test performance, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction and safety. Each car is also road tested...
Making its official debut at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, this is the Citroen DS 7 Crossback. Citroen has ambitions of entering the U.S. market with its DS luxury sub-brand, and an attractive crossover would be an ideal model to start. Under the hood is a plug-in hybrid powertrain featuring a...
Spy photographers have caught the BMW i8 Spyder testing in the most unfavorable conditions for a convertible. Being put through its paces during winter testing in Sweden, it’s no surprise the BMW i8 Spyder has its top up with all the snow around it. Although we don’t expect very many...
French automaker Alpine has previewed its new A110 sports car. Now under Renault and Nissan ownership, Alpine previewed its new sports car last year with the Alpine Vision Concept. The production model is finally ready to debut at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show and the company stuck to what made...
In case you’re a particularly macabre automotive collector, Tupac Shakur’s murder car is currently available for purchase. California’s chotchkie dealer, Moments in Time, is listing Death Row co-founder Suge Knight’s black 1996 BMW 750iL on its website for a cool $1.5 million. That’s...
has a new international trailer. The eighth movie in a franchise no one believed would live past one will arrive in movie theaters April 14, and the latest trailer is packed with everything you would expect from a Fast and Furious movie. The last trailer we saw revealed Vin Diesel’s...
The all-new 2018 Ford Expedition will be the first vehicle to ever offer SlingPlayer integration. Heading to dealerships in the U.S. this fall, the 2018 Ford Expedition has an available Wi-Fi hotspot that can support as many as 10 devices at once, up to 50 feet from the vehicle. Combined with an...
From clunky sealed-beam units that dominated vehicle fascias through the 1990s to modern LED-powered lamps, automotive lighting has advanced dramatically over the past two decades. Today, it’s poised to make the next big leap. Soon, lasers will be guiding us through darkness, offering...
Beleaguered airbag maker Takata Corp. is facing fresh claims of collusion in its cover-up scandal, with lawyers alleging certain automakers knew the parts were dangerous but continued to use them. Court documents filed in United States federal court in Miami claim five automakers were aware of...
A former Ferrari salesman has turned into a whistleblower with a big claim: Ferrari is knowingly rolling back the odometers on its cars so they can be re-sold for more money. The claim surfaced out of a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by Robert “Bud” Root against New Country...
Mitsubishi has revealed the new Eclipse Cross, a compact SUV that will sit between the Outlander Sport (called the RVR in Canada) and standard Outlander. Its distinct styling, with that sharply raked rear roofline, is the biggest difference between the Eclipse Cross and its other SUV...
When Volvo reveals the new XC60 next week at the Geneva Motor Show, a new set of safety features will be among the revisions, allowing the SUV to steer itself in order to avoid crashes. The City Safety system has three new features, all of which are designed to help mitigate crashes by using...
It appears the Hyundai Sonata is getting an aggressive facelift. The Korean automaker posted two teaser images on its Facebook page in the form of sketches, giving us a hint about how the facelifted Sonata will look. Considering the new Sonata was introduced as a 2015 model, a refresh is...
Last year, millennials purchased 4.1-million vehicles in the U.S. Making up the fastest growing segment among vehicle buyers, millennials are estimated to represent about 40 percent of new vehicle sales in the U.S. by 2020. Currently the segment accounts for 29 percent of the market, according...
callPlayer(xml_url,"nRlmnPuFB8g","galleryPlayer_1","640","390","0"); Welcome to s weekly news roundup, where you’ll get a quick rundown of the week’s five biggest automotive news stories. Well, there are only four stories in this week’s roundup. It’s been a slow week, but blame...