-These two eBay-listed Ferrari Testarossas are quite similar, except for the fact that one is red and the other is the color of the vinyl seats in your grandma’s 1977 Ford LTD. – According to the seller of both cars—one foxyroxygirl1—the example wearing the more adventurous hue is a 1988.5 model, has only 4200 miles, and arrived to them essentially coated in Cosmoline. The red car, a 1991, seems to be in similarly excellent
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– Following full redesigns for the Legacy sedan and Outback wagon last year, Subaru isn’t resting on its laurels with either mid-size model. The automaker is introducing its new Starlink infotainment setup to the 2016 Legacy sedan and 2016 Outback wagon, as well as expanding its EyeSight suite of safety technologies. The best part, at least for Subaristi? All of these minor updates arrive with a minimum of extra cost. –
-The Mercedes-Benz SL will be restyled soon, but before an extensive facelift fixes its aesthetic issues, the company is launching this Mille Miglia 417 special edition, which pays homage to a legend. It is a modern-day interpretation of the 300SL that was driven at the 1955 Mille Miglia by the American John Fitch and his co-driver Kurt Gessl to an incredible fifth place overall. A series-production car, that Mercedes finished
– Despite the deep and gnawing Yankee hunger for CUVs, Subaru’s Tribeca [above] never sold in great numbers, even while the rest of the company’s mainstream product line pushed the niche automaker past Volkswagen in American sales. With VW preparing a new, bigger Tiguan and a larger MQB-based crossover, Subie could undoubtedly use a fresh seven-passenger uticle to stay ahead of Wolfsburg. – If a question from a survey taken by a Jalopnik
– The extent of General Motors’ involvement with the Takata airbag recalls was once limited to just a few Toyota-built Pontiac Vibes and rebadged Subarus sold as Saabs, but the American automaker has now announced a related action involving 330,198 heavy-duty pickups. At the same time, Subaru has quadrupled its affected models, now estimated at more than 80,000 vehicles in the U.S. – – The 2007–2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 (along with its
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– When Mazda launched the first Miata, it made no secret of its intention to clone the Lotus Elan, minus the puddle of oil on the garage floor. The new car became a hit with buyers who remembered other roadsters—classic MGs, Austin-Healeys, Triumphs, and even the long-in-the-tooth Alfa Romeo Spider, which was somehow still in production though would become immediately unsellable in the face of the new competition. If it
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-We spend an awful lot of our energy analyzing and quantifying speed. Entire stories are centered around straight-line acceleration, the effects of different tires on 707-hp muscle cars at the drag strip (okay, one 707-hp muscle car), and even prodding rental cars to their top speeds—in reverse. We interrupt that programming to present a test of something decidedly not all that fast: the three-cylinder 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost sedan. READ