Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately 270,000 2013-2014 Ford F-150 pickups for an issue involving the brake master cylinder. The Problem: In certain vehicles, brake fluid could leak from the brake master cylinder into the brake booster, which could reduce braking effectiveness, potentially leading to a crash. The automaker says the issue only […]
Why would a swarm of bees find interest in someone’s Mitsubishi? Apparently, the army was after its queen bee, who was trapped inside the car. Here’s an unusual sight. Thousands of bees surrounded one woman’s Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid SUV when she was out shopping in Haverfordwest, West Wales. The woman with the Mitsubishi had […]
Despite selling 652,000 units globally, Lexus has struggled to gain momentum in the European luxury market, which is worth around 750,000 cars yearly. Part of Lexus’ future strategy is to take advantage of the move against diesel-powered cars in city centers, with Uyttenhoven noting “300 European cities now have some law concerning access.” Due to […]
And although only pre-production cars were on the assembly line at the time, the facility was brimming with potential energy. Finally, after what seems like the longest gestation in automotive history, the plant has produced the first production 2017 Acura NSX. Back in March, we got a glimpse behind the curtain of Acura’s brand new […]
In the ensuing months, nearly every other major automaker worldwide has come under increased scrutiny regarding real-world vehicle emissions and fuel economy—and some of what’s been discovered seems a little bit shady. It seems Volkswagen wasn’t alone in trying to outsmart regulators. When Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating software was discovered in September of 2015, it rocked the auto […]
Now, 105 years after that first race and just before the start of the 100th Indy 500, the AP has released its original report from that fateful first race more than a century ago. The first Indianapolis 500 took place in May of 1911. 85,000 people gathered at the large banked oval of Pressley Farm on Decoration […]
And then there are Harley riders, with their corpulent bodies and dry wells for eyes and tattoos up and down their arms like seedy strip malls and packing more weapons than the average Texas citizen. And that’s just the women. My wife Lisa, the guiding goddess of motorcycling on account of her 40 years of […]
One Romanian driver found a new, terrifying way to go through one. Literally, they went over it. Roundabouts are a fairly common way to negotiate an intersection. They’ve been around for ages, everyone knows how to go around one. We don’t know what caused this driver to go over the roundabout and jump like this, […]
Professional and fast, they’re exactly who you want to see after an issue because you know you’ll be in good hands. Safety workers in professional motorsports are the best in the business. That’s what makes this incident at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix all the more perplexing. What we have here is a disabled McLaren M23 F1 […]
Which is what makes this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage particularly special. Police cars are perhaps the most unloved of any vehicle. The folks who drive them put them through incredibly severe use, and the rest of us dread the sight of them. They’re used hard, stripped down, and auctioned off like the unromantic work […]
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