-Does it really matter whether the 2016 Explorer is any good? History suggests that it does not. The Explorer has been a juggernaut for Ford ever since the first one rolled off the assembly line and helped ignite the SUV boom at the dawn of the 1990s. Derived from the Ranger compact pickup, the original Explorer was a compromised vehicle, but it was wildly popular—and remained so despite a spate
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– From the June 2015 issue – – Having proven that you can, in fact, blast across an entire state in a bright orange supercar without getting a ticket thanks to Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, what more need we say? Well, a few things, actually—Waze has been targeted by police departments that aren’t too pleased about users’ abilities to tag police-car locations for other Wazers, citing officer safety among
– The last four-pot mid-engined Porsche was the 914, briefly replaced by the rear-engined 911E, an impact-bumper-clad 911 with Weissach’s 2.0-liter rework of Volkswagen’s humble Type 4 engine. We mention this because, according to Porsche chief Matthias Müller, Porsche’s new turbocharged four-cylinder boxer motor will begin appearing in the Boxster and Cayman next year. And it could possibly replace the 3.4-liter flat-six used in the 911 Carrera at some point
– If you’ve watched the last few episodes of AMC’s hit series, Mad Men, you probably noticed a sharp 1965 Cadillac Coupe DeVille driven by the show’s protagonist, Don Draper. A look-alike of Draper’s ’65 is for sale on eBay, and we’re guessing it’s no coincidence. – Like Draper’s Coupe DeVille, this Caddy is silver metallic from top to bottom, with no vinyl top. The major difference compared with the TV-show
