– Toyota has only just broken ground on its new U.S. headquarters, in Plano, Texas, and it appears there’s already been a cultural rub-off. As evidence, we present this lifted, 4×4 Sienna minivan. – Perched high atop the chassis of a Toyota Tacoma pickup, this former mom-mobile now rolls on ultra-wide, off-road tires, and features cool, rear-hinged front doors. Fender flares and a new front bumper—both seemingly formed out of
– The competition version of Ford’s Mustang Shelby GT350R, the GT350R-C, will take to the track for the first time this coming weekend, in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge at Watkins Glen, New York. – Like the upcoming street car, the GT350R-C is powered by a 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V-8. Compared to the GT350R, the racing version utilizes a thoroughly revised suspension with a lower ride height and retuned
– This booty shot of the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia that we spotted on Twitter won’t exactly break the internet, but this is our first glimpse at the Italian sports sedan before its official debut Wednesday. – Someone snapped a photo at the Alfa factory museum outside Milan, where the international press will observe the company’s triumphant reentry into the sports-sedan segment; it’s been in the sidelines since the sultry 159 left production in 2012.
– Ford is recalling certain 2014 and 2015 Escape SUVs and Transit Connect vans for an instrument-panel issue. The gauge cluster and dashboard warning lights can quit working. Some 203,500 vehicles are affected. – – According to Ford, the instrument cluster, warning lights, message function, and warning chimes may not work when starting the vehicle. Affected models are Escapes built in Louisville, Kentucky, from May 19, 2014, to February 6,
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-It’s official: the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is flipping its lid. While this is perhaps near the delay of the Tesla Model 3 at the bottom of the scale of surprising automotive news, it is far more pleasing to hear. READ MORE ›› –
– There’s something about the older Aston Martins in the company’s lineup. The Vantage GT, while outclassed on paper by the Corvette Z06 and the Jaguar F-type V8, manages to retain an analog sports-car feel that’s wholly charming in its own right. And the DB9, despite 11 years in production, remains an involving, lovely thing to drive. It is, perhaps, the most idyllically Aston Martin of all the models the
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-There is strength in numbers, something you discover as a child when you commit some heinous offense against adult society and then try to blame your peers: “But everyone was doing it!” In my household, that protest was always met with the rejoinder, “If all the other kids decided to jump off a bridge, would you do that, too?” delivered by my mother with equal parts anger and sarcasm. Perhaps
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