Thursday, December 19, 2019

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Dec 19, 2019

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As GM readies Alexa convenience for vehicles, we ponder its dark side

SEATTLE — On the 30th floor of Amazon's glass tower, in a room with a breathtaking view of downtown Seattle, there's a beautiful bed that nobody sleeps in. It's near a kitchen nobody cooks in, a living room couch that no one crashes on, a kitchen tab…

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Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Heritage Edition celebrates 55 years of fast Mustangs

The high-end racing efforts executed by the partnership between Ford and Carroll Shelby were recently highlighted in "Ford v Ferrari," but the Ford GT40 Le Mans winner and its progeny weren't the only cars born of that relationship.  In 1965, famed …

California dealer asking $169,999 for 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

Ford Authority ran a piece on Koons Ford, a dealer in Sterling, Virginia, advertising a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 for $145,890 . Based on listed options like the carbon fiber track package, technology package, and $10,000 painted stripes, FA play…

$40 million Jeep Experience museum opening in Toledo, Ohio

Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is helping a nonprofit organization open a Jeep museum in Toledo, Ohio. Called The Jeep Experience, the $40 million museum is expected to open its doors in 2022. Jeep has manufactured its off-roaders in Toledo since t…

[VIDEO] Apparently it's not too hard to make a knock-off Cybertruck

If copying is the highest form of flattery, the Tesla Cybertruck must be feeling pretty peachy at this moment in time. Regardless of all the hullabaloo about its design , the thing certainly has captured the world's attention. Not only did it garner a…


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Tesla Model 3 owners can go quicker with a click

Is a half-second improvement in 0-60 time worth $2,000? Tesla reckons it is, and if you agree — and you happen to be the proud owner of a dual-motor Model 3 — then you're in luck.  Tesla's updated companion app now offers dual-motor Model 3 owners t…

You can own this motorcycle-engined road 'rocket'

It's a car, it's a plane, it's a motorcycle, it's street-legal, and it could be yours.This weird mashup is available now on eBay . Designed by aircraft engineer Jim Bede, the vehicle initially was known as the Litestar Autocycle, but the the name cha…

2020 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid First Drive Review | Mass appeal on wheels

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — What do you get when you try to please everyone? Generally something adequate and inoffensive. In the midsize crossover segment, that'd be something like the third-generation Toyota Highlander that's been around since 2013. Now, …

2020 Honda Passport Review & Buying Guide | Great success, minimal effort

Sometimes great success comes with minimal effort. Most cars and SUVs share their mechanical underpinnings with various other vehicles from within their brand, but they look so different that you'd have to be a car geek like us to know. The 2020 Hond…

Honda Civic Hatchback Luggage Test | A different kind of hatch

An indelible part of any hot hatch is its ability to be a practical daily driver as well as a fun plaything. The Honda Civic Type R definitely lives up to its practical end of the bargain as you're about to see, but its cargo area is shared with ever…