Add another event to your Monterey Car Week calendar. A Tribute to the Can-Am 50th Anniversary Gala will be held on Saturday, August 20, at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, the night before the Pebble Beach Concours. Porsche 917-30 Can-Am Spyder. Image courtesy of Porsche. Presented by title sponsors Victory Lane magazine and Rick Cole Auctions, the […]
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News This model year represented the first time we received the “facelifted” 2002, with its all-black plastic grille and larger, rectangular taillamps, along with — starting in January 1974 — the aluminum impact bumpers that added 9.5 inches and 110 pounds to the car. 1974 also represented […]
The 2016 Honda Civic is staggeringly good. Perhaps our loaded Touring trim and the accompanying turbocharged engine represents its best foot forward, but nevertheless, to me, the new Civic exists on a pedestal high above all others in the segment not named Mazda 3. In fact, when driving the Civic the other day I […]
On the other hand, a bad adaptive cruise control system can infuriate, leaving too much space to the car ahead, slamming on the brakes when it isn’t necessary and being slow to speed up once again. A great adaptive cruise control can make a road trip a far more pleasant experience, reducing fatigue and […]
The Verano “will be phased out in North America following a short 2017 model year run ending in October 2016,” wrote Buick spokesman Stuart Fowle in response to a query from Edmunds. “The decision underscores the changing consumer market dynamics where there is a growing demand for SUVs in North America.” DETROIT — The Buick […]
Following the likes of Apple, BMW, Daimler, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] and Google, which have all made major investments in ride-sharing in recent years, Toyota and Volkswagen on Tuesday came out with their own announcements regarding a segment that could potentially end the car ownership model for millions of people worldwide. Two more industry giants […]
While Camaro production officially began in August 1966, a month before Chevrolet unveiled its Mustang fighter to the public, Chevrolet needed to know that production would ensue smoothly, so the division set up pilot production lines at its Norwood and Los Angeles assembly plants to build – and in some cases re-build – 52 cars, […]
In the meantime, there’s plenty of Euro cars to identify in the background along with a couple of trucks. The farther back you go with your IDs, the more points you get. What do you see here? Not sure exactly where Porsche’s ad agency at the time shot this photo for an ad for the […]
Worse, many surviving examples have been customized by past owners, meaning those who wish to drive a stock Bug need to source both starting point and the parts needed to return it to as-delivered form. This 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, for sale on Hemmings.com, appears to be in (mostly) stock form, and benefits from a recent […]
On sale now at BMW dealerships, the 2016 X1 earned the award “after a redesign boosted its performance in the small overlap front crash test,” the IIHS said in a statement on Thursday. ARLINGTON, Virginia — The 2016 BMW X1 small luxury SUV earned the highest 2016 Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute […]
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