– What It Is: Ford’s Escape crossover, photographed here with camouflage covering styling changes that’ll arrive with the model’s mid-cycle refresh. Today’s Escape debuted roughly around the same time as the Ford Focus compact sedan and hatchback back in 2013, and all share the same platform. While still handsome, the crossover’s look is falling out of line with the younger faces in Ford’s lineup, such as the most recent Fiesta
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– After months of testing in private captivity, Google is ready to release its koala-esque autonomous pod into the wild. The Silicon Valley giant announced in a blog post today that its self-driving bubble-mobile will hit the streets of Mountain View, California, this summer. – The next step in autonomous testing will bring a human along for safety, Google assures us. “[D]uring this next phase of our project we’ll have
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– If you want a truck to let the neighbors know that you’re the baddest mofo this side of the Mississippi, do you get a Ford F-150/Chevy Silverado/Ram 1500? You do not. Nor do you get the F-250/2500HD/2500 versions of same. A Ford F-650 Super Duty or a Chevy Kodiak C4500 is getting closer but still isn’t quite right. No, the savvy choice is an International MXT, like this one
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– We’re almost to 2015’s halfway mark, which means the flow of 2016 models increases from an intermittent spurt to a ragin’, full-on firehose stream. Hyundai slips into the flow with the 2016 Elantra, adding features and a Value Edition, which bundles in a suite of oft-requested options while saving you money! – – Starting at $17,975, the Elantra line sees some changes: The Limited-trim cars now come standard with
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American special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader who helped direct the group’s oil, gas and financial operations during a raid in eastern Syria, U.S. officials said on Saturday. The White House said President Barack Obama ordered the overnight raid that killed the man identified as Abu Sayyaf. U.S. officials said his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured in the raid and was being held in Iraq.
Turkish military jets shot down a Syrian aircraft after it violated Turkey’s airspace on Saturday, media reported. Turkey’s NTV news channel said it came down in Syrian territory. A Turkish military official confirmed that two F-16 fighters flying out of the Incirlik base in southern Turkey had opened fire, but was unable to give any details about the target. NATO member Turkey has a 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria and
