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2020 McLaren GT | Grand Touring, with an edge
As the winter settles in, I find myself reflecting on the most memorable cars that I've tested this year. Chief among them, the McLaren GT
Carroll Shelby's personal 1965 427 Cobra will cross the auction block
Genuine examples of the Shelby Cobra are extremely sought-after in a sea of replicas built with varying degrees of accuracy. One of the most famous examples, chassis number CSX3178, promises to spark a merciless bidding war when it crosses the auctio…
2021 Toyota 4Runner Review | A living legend fends off Father Time
Like the canyons and mountains through which it traverses, the Toyota 4Runner is timeless. Mechanically, this latest 2021 edition is pretty much the same truck that debuted 12 years ago – an eternity in car terms. On the one hand, that's great: it ha…
Alpha Motor Corporation unveils Ace electric coupe
We're always tickled by the new startups producing what appear to be interesting and fun electric vehicles. Lately, it seems like the vast majority of those have been trucks and SUVs. Fairly quietly last week, a company called Alpha Motor Corporation…
McLaren Sabre revealed with over 800 horsepower and 218-mph top speed
The McLaren Sabre
Mini Cooper Hardtop will soon receive its biggest makeover in two decades
Now well into its third generation, Mini's retro-styled Hardtop has been around since BMW rebooted the brand 20 years ago
LG and Magna announce $1 billion joint venture to build electric car components
TORONTO/SEOUL — South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc and automotive supplier Magna International Inc are launching a joint venture that will make key components for electric cars, the companies announced on Wednesday. The joint venture, tentatively …
'Christmas Vacation's' Clark Griswold powers up again with help from the Ford Mustang Mach-E
This is the time of year when families all over America cue up "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" for a repeat viewing, reassuring themselves that whatever went wrong during their holiday season, it probably can't hold a candle to the travails t…
BMW to send its drivers in-car animated holiday messages
The proliferation of in-car screens and over-the-air updates provides an as-yet mostly untapped potential for automakers to communicate with drivers. As an example, here's BMW, beaming holiday greetings animations out to its owners. The New Year's g…
Elon Musk says he tried to sell Tesla to Apple, but Tim Cook snubbed him
Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he reached out to Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook "during the darkest days of the Model 3 program" to discuss the possibility of the iPhone maker acquiring Tesla for a tenth of its current v…
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