Monday, September 16, 2019

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On strike: UAW workers walk off GM factories and set up picket lines, 2019 Goodwood Revival Parking Lot Mega Gallery | The best car park in the world, 2020 Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator reportedly facing numerous QC issues and more...

Sep 16, 2019

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On strike: UAW workers walk off GM factories and set up picket lines

DETROIT — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. Workers shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nin…

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2019 Goodwood Revival Parking Lot Mega Gallery | The best car park in the world

Chichester, U.K. — It's no Ferrari 250 or Ford GT40 paradise, but the parking lot at Goodwood Revival is still a must-see for anyone attending the British motoring event. The locals call it the car park, and we legitimately lost count of how many Jag…

2020 Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator reportedly facing numerous QC issues

A lengthy report in the Detroit Free Press delves into a range of quality control issues confronting the 2020 Ford Explorer and its luxury platform sibling, the 2020 Lincoln Aviator. Freep says it's been following the issue for two months, tapping va…

The Vision Mercedes Simplex looks back 118 years to the first modern car

Mercedes-Benz claims the honor of inventing the first car in 1885, but that depends on how you define the word "car." Giving Mercedes credit for having created the first modern car is a far less ambiguous laurel wreath to bestow. That Mercedes 35 PS …

Alpine A110 vs Alfa Romeo 4C Review | Two sports cars enter

YORKSHIRE, U.K. – A proven ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is all part of Alfa Romeo's romantic charm. With bodywork like red satin draped over a carbon fiber tub and the promise of a mid-engined, Italian exotic for Cayman money, th…


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Global energy prices spike after Saudi oil attack

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Global energy prices spiked on Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, an assault for which President Donald Trump warned that the U.S.…

Second trailer for 'Ford vs. Ferrari' hints at a good racing drama

The second trailer for the movie "Ford vs. Ferrari" just dropped, and ooooh, the movie that director James Mangold calls "Butch and Sundance in the world of racing" is looking good. We previously covered Entertainment Weekly's sneak peak into the fil…

Chevrolet working on a Silverado ZRX hardcore offroader?

Muscle Cars & Trucks cites "sources familiar with General Motors truck plans" for the nugget that Chevrolet is working on a Silverado ZRX trim. Perhaps a few dozen folks will remember that GM's already familiar with the ZRX name, using it on the …

2020 BMW X7 Review and Buying Guide | Ultimate Opulence Machine

To play on a long-time slogan, the 2020 BMW X7 is the Ultimate Opulence Machine. It's big, it's plush and it'll pamper six or seven people in indulgence. It can have the finest, ornately stitched leather this side of Rolls-Royce, controls topped in g…

Travel through time across America with this 11,710-photo gallery

The United States Library of Congress has published 11,710 photos taken across America between 1969 and 2008. They depict buildings, businesses big and small, houses, and signs that provide a fascinating glimpse at how America's landscape has changed…