– Fresh after last week’s recall of nearly 400,000 late-model Fords for faulty door latches, the Blue Oval is recalling another 554,314 cars in the U.S. for a variety of problems with fuel pumps, heat shields, steering gear, and parking lamps. – – The biggest of the four new recalls affects the 2013-2015 Fusion, Lincoln MKZ, and 2015 Edge for bolts on the steering gear motor that can rust out,
– When Volvo announced it was producing another run of its sporty S60 and V60 Polestar models to meet unexpected demand, it also mentioned that there were plans in the works to spread goodness from its racing partner Polestar to other models. Just a few months later, Volvo has confirmed exactly what we wanted to hear: That it’s rolling out a slew of tuning kits for models equipped with the automaker’s next-generation Drive-E
– It’s a Chevy Spark like you’ve never seen: An airy, swivel-seat lounge space that belongs parked inside Amsterdam’s funky Schiphol airport, instead of outside on the rental lot. Euro travelers napping on beanbags, all aboard the Clemson Deep Orange 5. – – America’s only automotive engineering graduate program, the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, is back with its fifth concept. After building an open-air BMW X3 and
– 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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