– What It Is: Lincoln’s new Continental sedan, captured here wearing an exclusive new, trippy-ball body wrap while testing near Ford’s global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Despite having only just debuted in concept-car form at the 2015 New York auto show, the Continental project has allegedly been well underway for some time, an assertion backed up by the largely complete-looking car you see here. READ MORE ›› –
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-Now that the rubber dust has settled and five test cars have stopped smoking, the story can be told. We have a champion, a car we can confidently proclaim the best handler in all the land: the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. READ MORE ›› –
– Dennes Dale Boon, who would’ve been 57 last week, had the portly sage of San Pedro not died in a van accident at the age of 27, would likely have termed me an “anxious mofo”. And if I’ve externally mellowed with age, I’m certainly still often a knot of torqued-up doubt and inherited Hiberno-Teutonic worry. I’m also a terrible student, despite my love of learning. Needless to say, I
-Cadillac has come a long, long way from the overstuffed luxury barges of its (sales) heyday. And no current Cadillac illustrates that fact better than the light, lithe ATS coupe. Cadillac offers up its two-door take on the ATS in several different permutations, however, so allow us to help lead you through the morass of choice as we create the anti-DeVille. – MODEL: – Cadillac ATS 2.0 RWD Premium coupe
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– Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. – – I have taken a break from the Conti for a few months, but now it’s back, typed aboard a United 777 en route to the Shanghai auto show, which is becoming
– Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. – – I have taken a break from the Conti for a few months, but now it’s back, typed aboard a United 777 en route to the Shanghai auto show, which is becoming
– Another year, another swirling rumor of the imminent return of the iconic Volkswagen Microbus. The latest actually has some credibility, however, given that they started at a group interview with VW product-development board member Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neusser making comments that making “lifestyle vehicles,” such as the next-generation Beetle and yes, perhaps even a new Microbus, will become a priority at VW moving forward. – Dr. Neusser described both the Beetle