Renting a Ford Focus SE Offers a Look Into the Non-Enthusiast Life
The key tag said "Ford Focus, grey." Despite my insistence that this key must belong to the Focus RS in the middle of the dealer's showroom, they led us to a more pedestrian Focus SE—our rental car...
View ArticleWatch This Hilarious Clip of a Chevy Silverado Hitting 500,000 Miles
The Chevy Silverado has been a reliable, well-liked vehicle on the U.S. car market since its birth in 1978, when it was just a trim on the C/K pickup. In 1999, the Silverado became the official model...
View ArticleSlot Mods Raceways Builds Incredible Slot-Car Racetrack Replicas
Love slot-car tracks and have money to burn? Well, the fine people at Slot Mods Raceways will custom-build a perfect scale replica of any racetrack of your choosing. Slot Mods produces slot car...
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Stunning 1984 Toyota Camry DLX With 99,574 Miles – The Drive's Daily Curbside...
What can you say about a single owner who kept this car on the road in mint condition for nearly a third of a century? The 1984 Toyota Camry DLX was a combination of the last of old school Toyotas and...
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New Lotus Elise Cup 250 Sheds Even More Weight, Somehow
Lotus has come a long way with its golden-child Elise. Starting as a no-frills featherweight with a tiny four-cylinder powerplant, the original version has been remembered fondly throughout the car's...
View ArticleMcLaren 720S Headed to Italian Open-Air Car Show
The new McLaren 720S has been the talk of the automotive world since its debut in March. Since it's the first vehicle to replace another car in McLaren's model range, McLaren's newest Ferrari killer...
View ArticleFormer Ford CEO Mark Fields Tried to Fire Top Exec Prior to Being Ousted Himself
Major change-ups in Ford's front office have created numerous headlines over the past few weeks. The firing of CEO Mark Fields shocked the industry, and the position switches that followed have kept...
View ArticleUber Lost $708 Million Last Quarter
The unpleasant headlines just keep piling up for Uber. In a Wall Street Journal story that went live on Wednesday, the ride-hailing company admitted it had lost $708 million in the first quarter of...
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The US Navy's Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work
The U.S. Navy has finally gotten the first of its latest class of supercarriers, the future USS Gerald R. Ford. Though the service expects to commission the ship within months, there are still...
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Red Bull GRC Returns to New England This Weekend
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is a brand new venue for Red Bull GRC, which will be running two events there this weekend. But New England is no stranger to the series. Though no event has been...
View ArticleWatch This Off-Road Lincoln Town Car Limousine Blast Around in the Dirt
Who said your offr-oader had to be a four-by-four SUV with a ton of ground clearance? Well, a lot of people, but apparently the proud owners of this 1994 (or somewhere in that area) Lincoln Town Car...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars Will Be Useful for Surveillance, Intel CEO Says
Ever notice those license plate readers mounted around toll plazas and on the back of police cars? All those autonomous vehicles in the future may be a lot like that...but in far greater numbers....
View ArticleAmerica's Cup Sailboats Are Actually Airplanes
The America's Cup racing series is not a boat race, it's an air race. The boats are airplanes that rise up on foils, using the same principles of lift as an aircraft—with none of the safeguards, and...
View ArticleWill Antonio Giovinazzi Replace Kimi Räikkönen in Formula One?
Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen has been racing in Formula 1 for a long time—long enough to see both of Ferrari's two most recent Monaco Grand Prix wins, in fact. Middle age is creeping up on him, and...
View ArticleMajority of Cars Equipped With Takata Airbags Yet to Be Fixed, Senator Says
According to a recent report from Reuters, 65 percent of cars equipped with faulty Takata airbag inflators remain unfixed. A U.S. Senator pointed out this deficit at a recent meeting, urging...
View ArticleCzech BMW i8 Police Car Crashes Less Than a Month Into Its Service
Last month, police in the Czech Republic were loaned a BMW i8 as part of a collaboration between the German automaker and the Czech police. They were to keep the hybrid sports car for six months or...
View ArticleSubaru to Raise Money for Cancer Patients Across America
Subaru of America will partner with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help people affected by cancer as part of the carmaker's annual Subaru Loves to Care month. Subaru will be working with the...
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Atlanta's Giant Airport Using Drones to Maintain Its Runways
According to NPR's Marketplace, the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta is using drones to maintain its runways. It makes complete sense for the world's busiest airport to use drone technology to...
View ArticleHyundai's New Electric Bus Can Drive 180 Miles on an Hour's Charge
Hyundai announced Thursday that it has a new electric bus called the Elec City that can transport passengers over a distance of 180 miles with just over an hour of charge, according to Yonhap News....
View ArticleGermany Says Audi A7, A8 Models Cheated on Diesel Emissions Tests
The specter of Dieselgate continues to haunt the halls of Ingolstadt. According to a new Reuters report, the German Transport Ministry now accusing Audi of cheating on emission tests for its high-end...
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