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Watch Tesla Sentry Mode Surprise Hooligans, Foil Model 3 Break-In
Wonder what the video-capturing Tesla feature can do for owners? After trying to open the door, the would-be thieves start kicking the charging port, but Sentry mode scares them off.
Refreshed 2020 Audi A5 and S5 Will Cost $500 to $3400 Less
Along with the price cut, aggressive front-end styling and infotainment upgrades come to the coupe, convertible, and four-door Sportback.
It’s Not “Which SUV?”—It’s “Why SUV?”
Sport-utility vehicles, the high-riding machines that have captivated American hearts and pocketbooks for a quarter of a century and more, have been a source of eternal bedevilment to me. Especially since I wrote the world’s first anti-SUV op-ed for the New York...
The Best Car-Related Gifts for 2020
The holiday season is an annual excuse to play with some of the coolest and most fun items we’ve come across throughout the year, but the recommendations don’t stop being any less relevant whether you’re a last-minute shopper or looking for a...
The Most Expensive SUVs for 2020 We’d Park In Our Garage
Today in the realm of über-luxe SUVs, it’s decisions, decisions. But a little more than a decade or so ago, there were only a couple such vehicles on the market that stickered for more than $100,000. Sure, you had Cayenne Turbos, Range Rovers, and super...
The 2020 Toyota Highlander Starts $2,770 Higher Than Before
Toyota has released pricing details on the redesigned 2020 Toyota Highlander, an all-new version of its family friendly staple midsize crossover. The new model isis priced from $35,720, making it more expensive than key competitors when you compare base...
2020 Porsche Macan GTS: The Sweet-Spot Performance Trim Is Makin’ a Return
Porsche’s options list is one of the most exhaustive—and exhaustively easy to spend too much money on—in the car industry. You can splurge on LED lighting, leather-wrapped air-conditioning vent slats, paint-matched key fobs, and, yes, even fancy...
Owner of Vaydor G35 Kit Car Has Ingenious Use for It as Tree Carrier
Strapping a tree to your wing might damage the paint, but it will get you noticed.
Inside the Porsche Taycan Factory: How Porsche Will Build Its Electric Sports Car
Porsche is betting big on the Taycan. Make no mistake, Taycan is more than just greenwash, more than just a hastily improvised mea culpa for the Volkswagen Group’s dieselgate shenanigans. Porsche is spending more than a billion dollars to bring its first...
First Look at the Electric Ford F-150’s Frunk
As shown in a patent application, the upcoming truck's front trunk will have two separate compartments and can be accessed without opening the hood.
In Illinois, You’ll Pay Hundreds More for a Car So They Can Fix the Roads
Dealer, title, and registration fees will all be higher on January 1, and the gas tax has been doubled.
2020 Audi Q7 Gets New V-6 for America, Four-Cylinder Coming Later
The new turbo V-6 has more torque than the old supercharged V-6, but far worse EPA-rated fuel economy.
We Uncork Ford’s Mustang GT4 and GT GTLM Racers on VIR
After warm-ups in a simulator, Ford hands us the keys to its full-on Mustang and GT racecars for proper hot laps around Virginia International Raceway.
2019 GMC Savana
Review, Pricing, and Specs
Watch This Chevy Straight-Six Engine Get Rebuilt in 10 Minutes
Watching this tired Stovebolt engine getting reassembled is supremely satisfying.
Truck Carrying Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Cars Flips on Freeway
The pair of Shelby Mustangs were rescued with apparently only minor damage.
Hot Wheels Pays Tribute to Led Zeppelin with 5 Special-Edition Models
The little cars with designs inspired by the group’s albums are sure to get a Whole Lotta Love.
2021 Kia Optima Looks Sharp, Gets AWD
Two turbo engines have been confirmed for the U.S., and all-wheel drive is coming to the global model and very likely to the U.S. Optima, too.
Washington Post Hacked into a Chevy Volt to Show How Much Cars Are Spying on Their Owners
Your car is collecting and transmitting a lot more data than you think, as this investigation graphically depicts.
2019 Genesis G70 Long-Term Update 2: Genesis = Value + Performance
Having returned from the dealership to solve some baffling transmissions issues, our long-term Genesis G70 now appears ready to romp around Los Angeles, its snarling 3.3-liter twin-turbo V-6 full of energy and excitement. As such, we were ready to take our still-minty...
The Porsche Macan GTS Is Back With 375 Horsepower
Porsche’s options list is one of the most expensive in the car industry, with everything from exhausts, to LED lighting, to leather-covered air vent slats on offer. But, if the options list is just too exhaustive for you (as it is for some of us), there’s...
What's next for Ford-VW partnership? Here are some possibilities
Next week at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, global auto giants Ford and Volkswagen are expected to detail a deepening alliance that started last year as ...read more
Hyundai shows off holographic head-up navigation system
Hyundai and its partner WayRay unveiled on Tuesday a prototype for a holographic head-up display system at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. The new system projects functions usually reserved for ...read more
2020 Ford Explorer revealed, Classic cars to buy, 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus: What's New @ The Car Connection
2020 Ford Explorer debuts: More power, more safety for evergreen crossover SUV Thirty years after fanning the first SUV flame, the redesigned 2020 Ford Explorer bowed Wednesday with a new ...read more
Fiat Chrysler to pay $800M to settle diesel emissions suits, fix vehicles
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay more than $800 million to settle lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and states, and to fix vehicles fitted with a diesel V-6 ...read more
Toyota adds 1.3 million more vehicles to Takata airbag recall in US
Toyota on Wednesday added 1.3 million more vehicles to the Takata airbag inflator recall in the U.S., which comes a month after a follow-up recall for another 65,000 cars. The ...read more
2019 Lincoln Nautilus 2.7T AWD First Test: MKX Dresses Up
If there was a luxury brand in need of an image transformation, it would be Lincoln. Fortunately for Lincoln, the fourth-generation Navigator, which went on sale in late ...read more
2020 Ford Explorer: 6 Cool Features
Mercedes introduces its latest/greatest tech in the S-Class; Ford rolls out its best and brightest features in top sellers like the Explorer (best-selling SUV of all ...read more
How the 2020 Ford Explorer Gained Interior Space by Switching to RWD
Ever since Sir Alec Issigonis launched his miraculous Mini, popular wisdom holds that a sideways engine and front drive is the surest-fire way to maximize interior volume in a given ...read more
2020 Ford Explorer
The 2020 Ford Explorer has a new lease on life with its powerful turbocharged engines, wide array of standard active safety features, and new underpinnings. Ford ditches the outgoing model's ...read more