– In 1987, my parents bought their first new truck, a Dodge Ram D150. The Big Dodge Ram, as it came to be called, was so sparsely equipped that it should have come with a vow of celibacy. It had a manual trans hooked to an overtaxed 95-hp slant six. You sat on a bench seat and your headrest was the glass immediately behind your noggin. For options, it had
– We look at this cloned Mercedes-Benz G-wagen as heresy punishable by four years in automotive design school. But in China, where copyright infringement is encouraged by the government’s many state-owned enterprises, knockoff products are simply good business. – Unlike contracts other foreign automakers enter with Chinese companies, this isn’t a simple rebadge of a discontinued model no one buys anymore in Western markets. In this case, the Beijing Automotive Group’s
-The 24 Hours of LeMons crew has survived another weekend of torture testing tired vehicles on the track at Gingerman Raceway, although some cars’ engines left the circuit with lower percentages of intact internals than others. Nevertheless, most of the intrepid Midwest regulars and a few new faces managed to avoid showering the Michigan track’s racing surface with used-to-be-engine-innards. Let’s see who the weekend’s winners and losers were. – -Winning
-Optioning a test car for long-term duty will occasionally turn our office into a war zone. Sunroof lovers and haters, for example, nearly come to blows when the order sheets circulate. The arguments for and against introverted shades of gray or extroverted reds and yellows are hotly contested. But the one thing everyone could agree on: We need a long-term Volkswagen GTI. READ MORE ›› –
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– Jaguar’s rollout of the new XE sedan, its first four-door designed to effectively take on BMW’s 3-series, has been a long, slow process. And it’ll roll on, since the XE won’t actually go on sale in the U.S. until this time next year. In the meantime, Jaguar has outlined the specifics of two of the XE’s engine choices, while also dishing out a bit more on some of the
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By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Amena Bakr ADEN/DOHA (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes hit five Yemeni provinces as fighting raged in the southern city of Aden on Wednesday, and sources in the region said the kingdom was training armed tribesmen to fight the Iran-allied Houthi group. Houthi rebels’ tanks and snipers killed at least 12 civilians overnight in Yemen’s Aden as they advanced toward the centre of the city, residents said,
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Amena Bakr ADEN/DOHA (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes hit five Yemeni provinces as fighting raged in the southern city of Aden on Wednesday, and sources in the region said the kingdom was training armed tribesmen to fight the Iran-allied Houthi group. Houthi rebels’ tanks and snipers killed at least 12 civilians overnight in Yemen’s Aden as they advanced toward the centre of the city, residents said,
By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU/SINDHUPALCHOWK, Nepal (Reuters) – Nepali villagers blocked trucks carrying supplies for earthquake victims on Wednesday, demanding the government do more to help after last week’s disaster left more than 5,000 people dead and tens of thousands homeless and short of food and water. In the capital Kathmandu, about 200 people protested outside parliament, asking for more buses to go to their homes in remote
