Jimmy Fallon asks about a truck, and Detroit runs to answer
Jimmy Fallon's first weeks as the new host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" has been warmly received. So when Fallon opened his show Wednesday night with a comment about wanting to buy a truck, Detroit's truck marketers fell over themselves like teen-agers hearing Kate Upton wants an invitation to prom.
MotoramicFelix Baumgartner To Race Audi R8 In Nürburgring 24 Hours
Austrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner, the man who famously jumped from a height of 24 miles in 2012’s Red Bull Stratos mission, has been confirmed to drive an Audi R8 race car in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, set for June. While Baumgartner won’t be reaching speeds anywhere near…
MotorAuthorityAuction Car of the Week: 1966 Brabham BT8
Sometimes, we’re looking for good deals in our Auction Car of the Week. Other times, it’s some unique vehicle you just don’t see every day. Today, it’s some of one and none of the other with this amazing 1966 Brabham BT8 listed on eBay. It’s got a Buy It Now price of $265,900, so it’s […]
BoldrideMartini Racing officially returns to F1 with Williams
As a car culture, we throw the word "iconic" too much, but if there's anything it has ever applied to – when it comes to racing liveries especially – surely it's the legendary stripes of Martini Racing. The Italian vermouth brand has sponsored everything from Porsche endurance racers to Lancia…
AutoblogLA Apartment Building Offers Free Electric-Car Charging, For Life
So you just bought a new electric car. If you live in Los Angeles, there's a new and potentially very attractive option: The Elysian rental apartment building will offer residents who own electric cars free charging--for life. Linear City believes charging should be made available to renters, who…
Green Car ReportsBest wagons and minivans
These people-movers are just the thing for many families on the go. Today’s wagons are few and far between, but they combine the cargo-carrying flexibility of a small or midsized SUV with the rid...
ConsumerReports.org'New Fisker' Website Launches As Wanxiang Prepares To Restart Electric-Car Maker
Fisker Automotive is slowly returning. A new website isn't the be-all and end-all of a company back on the right track, but the new site is the first sign of stirring life within the company under its new owner, Wanxiang America, the U.S. arm of China's largest auto-parts firm. What's clear is…
Green Car ReportsNissan to make 85% of the vehicles it sells here in US
We could be in for a big push from Nissan in the manufacturing realm if Vice President of US Sales and Marketing Fred Diaz has anything to say about it. Speaking to the Automotive Press Association recently, Diaz ...
AutoblogAmerican LaFrance fire engines shuttered after more than 180 years
We often talk about companies like Ford and Mercedes-Benz that have their automotive roots over 100 years in the past, but those aren't the only old-timers in the industry. One of the oldest had been American LaFrance, a company that had been building firefighting vehicles for over 180 years.…
AutoblogMazda says 83 percent of new cars bear Skyactiv moniker
Mazda's US sales are down a little bit but the company's fuel economy is almost assuredly up. That's because its fuel-saving Skyactiv drivetrain technology is essentially taking over US vehicles sales. To the tune of about five out of every six vehicles sold, at least.
AutoblogMarch 7: Rally champion Walter Röhrl was born on this date in 1947
It wasn't just Walter Röhrl's two titles in the World Rally Championship in 1980 and 1982 that made him one of the most respected race drivers in the world. It was the way he won, and the machines themselves; no racer so successfully tamed the monsters of the mid-80s rally world like the 550-hp…
MotoramicChris Harris Pits The Alfa Romeo 4C Against The Porsche Cayman: Video
The Alfa Romeo 4C is almost here, finally, and while we wait to be handed the keys, here’s some driving impressions from one of the U.K.’s top journos, Chris Harris. He’s put up a review of the 4C for his online series /DRIVE, and brought along one of the Italian beauty's closest competitors, the…
MotorAuthorityManhattan Motorcars Signed As Dealer For Koenigsegg Supercars
Unlike many of the wild supercars sold overseas that never make it to U.S. shores, Koenigsegg’s various products have made the trip, with the first example, a CCX, actually landing as far back as 2006. Koenigsegg is now further solidifying its presence in the world’s biggest market for supercars…
MotorAuthorityWe obsessively covered the 2014 Geneva Motor Show
With just under 80 debuts rounding out our coverage of the Geneva Motor Show, it's fair to say that we are spent. It's been a busy couple of days, and once again, the Swiss expo proved to be a great venue for hot, new debuts from global automakers. We've got our full roundup of coverage posted…
AutoblogElon Musk: Tesla Model E will be 20 percent smaller than Model S [w/video]
Somewhere between a Lexus CT 200h and an Acura ILX. But a little quieter and definitely bigger than a breadbox. That's the best comparison we could come up with when trying to get an idea of how big Tesla's more moderately priced sedan will be when it hits the market sometime around 2016.
AutoblogLatin music star René Pérez destroys own Maserati to send kids a message
Can destroying a car be art? That question comes a bit too late for the Maserati Quattroporte seen above. The act depicted is from the music video for Adentro by Puerto Rican hip-hop act Calle 13 new single .
AutoblogHonda installs 3-minute, fast-fuelling hydrogen fuel station in California
OK, but let's see how well Honda can control hydrogen refueling temperature in Houston or Buffalo. That's what some pessimists may be saying now that the Japanese automaker has installed a fast-fueling hydrogen station in the oh-so-temperate environs of Torrance, CA. That city is about 20 miles…
AutoblogPeugeot 308 SW is the kind of small wagon that's tough to come by in America
The Peugeot 308 SW may not exactly stand out against the backdrop of tuner specials and concept cars here at the Geneva Motor Show, but with the action winding down we can already say that it is one ...
AutoblogIs Mini Metro the Next Angry Birds? [video]
So you’ve finally grown weary of playing Angry Birds, and after losing several hundred dollars on high-stakes games of Words with Friends, you’re burnt out on that game too. So what is a cubicle-dweller like you supposed to do to kill time? We may have found the new craze. RELATED: A Tragedy But…
BoldrideOpel Meriva gets refreshed with more chrome and new diesel
Opel's Meriva hatchback has received a slight refresh at the Geneva Motor Show with new styling and two tunes of a new 1.6-liter diesel engine. Its tech gets a slight upgrade as well with better smartphone integration for the infotainment system. The Meriva still features its suicide opening doors…
Autoblog
Top Rated Cars
MSRP $23,080 - $29,105
MSRP $21,350 - $26,800
MSRP $47,250 - $59,450
MSRP $21,195 - $27,595
MSRP $20,845 - $33,525