– Having cobbled together a psychotic supercharged golem to drop between the fenders of the Dodge Challenger and Charger, SRT needed a name. They found it in “Hellcat,” a moniker that had previously graced the WWII-era Grumman F6F, a stubby, radial-powered plane that could finally take the fight to Mitsubishi’s excellent Zero, the pre-eminent carrier-based fighter of the first part of the war. But given Chrysler’s history with cartoon bees and
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-A handful of the self-driving cars currently on the road in California have run into trouble—albeit allegedly not caused by the cars themselves. An investigation by The Associated Press has discovered that four of the 48 autonomous vehicles licensed for operation on public roads there have already gotten into some kind of accident. – All four of the scrapes reportedly happened at less than 10 mph. In two of them the car was in
– The Opel Zafira Tourer wouldn’t appear to be a chic or an epic choice for a strobe-light-and-string-bikini kind of spring break. This, however, was a different kind of road trip. A spunky grandmother rode shotgun and a supercharged six-year-old boy held court on a booster seat in the back. For purposes of context, we must point out it wasn’t our first European road trip. This particular family has a thirst
– Ford is recalling 8963 F-150 pickups in the U.S. for steering shafts that can break, the automaker said today. – Poor riveting on the upper intermediate shaft can cause it to separate from the steering assembly on certain 2015 F-150s, causing a sudden total loss of steering. Ford said it knows of one report of steering failure but did not report any accidents or injuries. Another 3348 F-150s subject to
