A prototype for the next-generation Ford Fiesta ST has been spotted out in the wild. The performance-focused hot hatch, which is expected to arrive in late 2017 as a 2018 model, was seen testing alongside a current Ford Fiesta ST. While few details are known about the next-gen Fiesta in general, this recent sighting of the ST suggests […]
It was looking like the partnership between Ford and General Motors to develop a 10-speed automatic transmission would only benefit Ford trucks, but a dealership parts database suggests otherwise. As reported by Mustang6g, the 2018 Ford Mustang might be getting a 10-speed transmission of its own to match the gearbox already bound for the 2017 […]
Honda today released another video to demonstrate how tough the truck bed is in its new 2017 Ridgeline. It’s a follow-up to a previous test where the automaker dropped 60 heavy stones into the Ridgeline’s composite bed, which resulted in minimal damage to the surface. This time around, Honda pushes a toolbox (filled with tools) […]
The horsepower mavens over at Hennessey Performance celebrate their 25thanniversary this year, and to pay tribute to the last two-and-a-half decades, Hennessey revealed a special variant of the HPE800 Ford Mustang. Essentially, this is a visual upgrade to the already-available HPE800 super ‘Stang. Underneath the hood, a 2.9-liter supercharger is perched atop the 5.0-liter V-8 engine. Substantial upgrades […]
Aston Martin has confirmed that its sexy Vanquish Zagato concept will indeed enter production. But only 99 copies will be sold. The automaker says the production model is “closely related” to the concept that debuted at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy, last month. From the looks of it, not much has […]
Women in Saudi Arabia can’t do all sorts of things, like dress how they want, travel without permission from a man, or drive. Though there is at least a way around that last one. If you were to list all the countries of the world by their gender parity, you’d find Saudi Arabia in the bottom […]
In February, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said “we are not gonna show everything about the Model 3 until a lot closer to production time,” and just this month, he said it still needed six more weeks of design tweaks. When Tesla introduced the Model 3 back in March, the company was up front about the fact that the […]
Massa’s pit crew took just 1.92 seconds to fit four new tires to his car, shattering Red Bull’s previous tire change record of 2.05 seconds. This is what teamwork looks like. Felipe Massa may have only earned a single point at this past weekend’s European Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan, but his team has walked away with […]
Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS arrives to skepticism in Washington, where Detroit’s dream of cars talking to cars is running into Silicon Valley’s wireless aspirations. General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades […]
Robot makers are struggling with the same scale challenges that the auto industry overcame with the “miracle” that occurred when Henry Ford developed the assembly line, according to Gill Pratt, the chief executive officer of Toyota Research Institute. Toyota’s vaunted production system later showed how to make cars both more cheaply and reliably, despite mistake-prone […]
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