AUTOS
-The appeal of the new tiny-crossover format lies in the intersection of a tall seating position, easy-to-park footprint, and all-wheel drive for year-round traction. Yet the explosive sales of the front-drive-only Kia Soul (more than 145,000 found homes last year) indicate that maybe the booster-seat effect and bite-size dimensions are more important than four driven wheels. All this is to say that the two-wheel-drive Honda HR-V reviewed here is a
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– When we took possession of our long-term Tesla Model S two short months ago, the honeymoon was sweet. “Insane mode” launches! Svelte styling! Cruising the streets of Ann Arbor in a $140,000 luxury electric car that, thanks to state franchise laws, can’t actually be sold in Michigan equals exclusivity! Then we remembered that the Model S is here to cover 40,000 miles, a specious task given the sedan’s EPA-rated 253-mile
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-Overview: If pop music can teach us anything, it’s that a familiar hook can make for a big hit. The same applies to cars, and Nissan’s application of a proven formula—provide a lot for a little—to its 2015 Altima sedan keeps the model scoring big on the sales charts, behind only the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord among mid-size sedans. The Altima was last redesigned in 2012 for the
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Hot Wheels and superheroes are at the top of nearly every grade-school kid’s list of things that are awesome. Put them together, and you get even more awesome, as seen here: A real-life, full-sized Hot Wheels Twin Mill decked out to celebrate the upcoming movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. – Currently being shown off at San Diego Comic-Con, this life-size dream machine started out identical to the Hot
– A poster on the Ford Focus RS Club forum—and first reported by Jalopnik—has discovered something mighty interesting in the form of a patent application filed on June 25: Ford may be working on vehicle body panels and elements that light up. – The way it would appear to work is that panels would be stratified either as separate pieces or via injection molding, with inner and outers sandwiching a layer that,
– Kurt Cobain’s credit card, the paradoxical plastic conduit for the autograph of a grunge icon who despised materialism, pulled in more than $27,000 during a recent auction. In southwest Washington state, Cobain’s mother wants $400,000 for the family home, which is surrounded by $100,000 bungalows in a neighborhood that locals once called Felony Flats. Nostalgia for Nirvana runs high these days, buoyed by aging Gen Xers. Because if you
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