First Cadillac CT6 to be Auctioned for Cancer Charity in Palm Beach
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AUTOS
Release the Falcons! Startech Turns Range Rover into Haute Couture Pickup
-Some of the weirdest tuner projects are answers to unasked questions. In this respect, Startech, the sister operation to Brabus, has delivered. – Built for display at the Shanghai auto show, and available to deep-pocketed bored guys, the Startech Pickup is what happens when you break out the Homelite and turn a Range Rover Supercharged from an SUV into an SUT. – – The El Camino–fication process involves the removal
Sparking Sales: Chevrolet Lowers Price of Spark EV
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Driven: Ford Focus ST Diesel Wagon! (Too Bad It’s Stuck in Europe.)
– Like every U.S. automaker, Ford isn’t averse to wrapping itself in Old Glory when it wants to sell more product to patriotic ’Muricans. That’s why Ford F-150 advertisements feature the sort of gravelly voiceovers that make Clint Eastwood sound slightly effeminate—and usually contain more denim than the whole of Montana. Yet, despite calling Michigan home for more than 100 years, Ford also continues to deny its home market a
2015 Ford Focus ST Diesel Wagon – First Drive Review
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AEV Products for Ram Pickup Look the Business While Taking Care of Business
-Did you think the captains of cool over at AEV were going to stop at churning out bad-ass, Hemi-powered Jeep Wrangler conversions and a Rubicon’s worth of sweet Jeep upgrade parts? Hell no! The off-road specialists at AEV have turned their sights on the heavy-duty Ram 2500 and 3500 models, and following an enticing preview at last year’s SEMA aftermarket show in Las Vegas, they’re releasing the first batch of cosmetic
Drive This Crazy, 503-hp, AWD VW GTI … On Your Playstation
The Gran Turismo series has gone way beyond just a racing simulator game. With the Vision GT design series, real-life automakers dream up digital concept racers and unleash them into the hands of Playstation players the world over. Some, like Chevy’s Chaparral 2X VGT, are sci-fi spaceships that couldn’t possibly turn a wheel in real life. Some, though, hew at least a little bit closer to reality. Here’s what VW is bringing
Laziness, Tempered: Mazda Designs a Sofa and a Bike
– We really like symmetry—especially when it comes to design. It seems Mazda is on the very same page, reading the very same line, because for its “Mazda Design: The Car as Art exhibit in Milan,” the automaker has introduced two objects styled with the attractive Kodo design language proliferating throughout its car lineup. One is a bicycle, a perfect fit for Kodo’s energetic style—just look at the spunky 2016
Neat Neat Neat: Ford GT Inspires Sailboat, Guitar, and Foosball Table
-At this point we’re all used to supercar-branded tchotchkes. Grab yourself a pair of Ferrari sneakers! Compute to your heart’s delight on a Koenigsegg laptop! Get some luggage to match your Maserati, Ermenegildo! But for this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Ford explored a different brief. They commissioned a few conceptual objects inspired by the new GT, including a boat, an electric guitar, and a foosball table. – –
Neat Neat Neat: Ford GT Inspires Sailboat, Guitar, and Foosball Table
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