– The HR-V draws deeply on past and present. In many ways, it’s a throwback to the best things 20th-century Honda ever did, such as elegant interiors, sweet suspension tuning, and well-considered details. And then it goes all Kendrick-Lamar-pimpin’-butterflies for its powertrain, electronics, even its very concept: This Honda is merely the latest to join the growing ranks of 21st-century micro-utes. READ MORE ›› –
Norwich City sealed an immediate return to the Premier League as a blistering first-half display saw them beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in a pulsating Sky Bet Championship play-off final at Wembley.
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– Just as German carmakers have mastered the art of slicing sausages into different lengths, such that an Audi A6 seems like just a foot-long hot dog to the A4 ballpark frank, McLaren’s staple ingredients are now being spread over a full menu. It ranges from the Big Mac—the million-dollar P1—to this new value-oriented 570S from the, uh, 180,000-dollar menu. With the 570S, McLaren replaces the special sauce in the
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-One of the few good things to come out of the German Occupation of Chrysler (when the entity was known as DaimlerChrysler) during the first few years of this century was the full-size Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger duo. Built on the bones of the second-gen W210 Mercedes-Benz E-class (Daimler had already moved on to the third-gen E-class by then) the pair marked a return to rear-wheel-drive performance and attitude—and set the
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– Suntanned California has always been a place where people come to experiment with their identity. Thus, the name is perfect for Ferrari’s lowest-priced model, which has been an experiment since it first hit the streets in 2009. It was the first roadgoing Ferrari to put a V-8 in front of its driver and the first with a power-retractable hardtop, and its price and daily practicality took Ferrari on a
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BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi’ite paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that fell to the Islamists a week ago in a major setback for the government. In Palmyra, the Syrian air force struck at buildings captured by the Sunni militant group, whose arrival has raised fears that the city’s famed Roman ruins will be destroyed. The air force leveled