– Overview:–2015 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Black Label, base price: $46,500. Technology package: $2495. Multi-contour seats: $595. Full-length sliding glass roof: $2995. THX sound system: $995. Chroma Flame metallic red paint: $1750. Grand total: $55,330. READ MORE ›› –
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-After two years of selling the current-generation IS sedan with a strange, underpowered 2.5-liter V-6 engine (in addition to the optional and way better 3.5-liter V-6), Lexus has wised up and replaced the base engine with a new, turbocharged four-cylinder from the NX200t. The newly created IS200t brings Lexus’s IS lineup in line with pretty much every single one of its competitors, from the Cadillac ATS to BMW’s 3-series to the
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– Only in a place where the locals live in the shadow of volcanoes and eat sheep heads can you drive off the Hertz lot in a Land Rover Defender. In Iceland, renting a Defender is a deliberate choice. There’s no getting stuck with an “or similar.” The alternative is another Defender, lifted on 38-inch snow tires. Completely normal here. – With Britain’s most storied and soon-to-be-discontinued SUV but a
-Before we give our full attention to the 2015 Ford Transit 350 XLT that is the subject of this test, let’s take a moment to give a shout-out to its predecessor, the legendary Ford E-series/Econoline. Debuting in the early 1960s, the first-generation Econoline employed a forward-control layout that positioned the driver and passenger above the front axle and placed the engine between them. But by the end of the decade,
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– The late 1960s were an exciting time for NASCAR. For most of the decade, Ford was dominant and Chrysler was right on its heels. Both companies spent vast sums of money investing in racing—creating vehicles such as this 1968 Ford Torino coupe NASCAR stock car. – The Torino was introduced in 1968 as a top-shelf version of the company’s Fairlane sedan. Of particular interest to Ford Racing was the Torino’s
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– Those pesky Swiss, so smug with their chocolate and francs and Sepp Blatters and 0-to-100-kph acceleration records. They needed to be taken down a peg. And if the Porsche 959 and Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser taught us anything, it’s that when the Swabians need to remind the world who’s boss when it comes to engineering, Stuttgart will gleefully and precisely rise to the occasion. – In this case, a group