BMW’s entry-level 1 Series, originally unveiled 15 years ago at the 2004 Paris Motor Show, has now undergone a paradigm shift as it enters its third generation. From now on, the 1 Series cars will feature a transversely mounted engine and front-wheel-drive. The shock of BMW going FWD has been […]
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BMW Motorrad Concept R18 wraps a big modern engine in spare historic design
BMW took six wheels to the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shore of Lake Como. Four of those wheels sit under the Marcello Gandini-designed Garmisch concept. The other two are for this, the Motorrad division’s R18 concept. This is the third concept bike in the last six months to […]
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IBM to track elderly people in their homes using self-driving car tech
BERLIN — IBM and British startup Cera Care plan a six-month pilot to test whether lidar laser sensors, used to help self-driving cars “see”, can enable elderly people to stay in their homes for longer – without compromising privacy. Lidar systems that work by using laser light pulses to render […]
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Fiat Chrysler Renault merger – Autoblog
MILAN/PARIS — Fiat Chrysler pitched a finely balanced merger of equals to Renault on Monday to tackle the costs of far-reaching technological and regulatory changes by creating the world’s third-biggest automaker. If it goes ahead, the $35 billion-plus tie-up would alter the landscape for rivals including General Motors and Peugeot […]
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2018 Honda Ridgeline Longterm Review | Final thoughts
Nothing else we do here at Autoblog is quite like our longterm reviews. That’s why we always try to keep a few vehicles in our longterm garage at any one time. These vehicles stay with us for anywhere from 12 weeks to 12 months and become our workhorses, shuttling and […]
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How to Shut Off the Anti-Theft Device in Your Car
Anti-theft systems are designed to prevent your vehicle from being stolen. These systems are constantly evolving. Essentially, they work via an electrical circuit disconnecting to prevent power from flowing so your car won’t start or will die immediately. An anti-theft system may also integrate a car alarm or it might […]
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2019 Buick Regal GS review | Performance, handling and technology
Buick continues to try to convince everyone that its cars are cool, but we still haven’t seen much evidence of this working. However, the 2019 Buick Regal GS is exactly the car that can help change people’s minds about Buick in 2019. It has big red Brembos sitting inside superbly […]
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Brabham Automotive already working on a more affordable road car
Brabham has opened up about its third act. The first step was getting the BT62 hypercar on the track, the second phase is preparing to enter the World Endurance Championship in 2022. The third phase is developing a more affordable supercar to be produced in higher numbers than the BT62, […]
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Martin Truex Jr. takes second Coca-Cola 600 victory
CONCORD, N.C. — Maybe it should be called the four-wide slide. Whatever you want to name it, Martin Truex Jr.’s pass with four laps to go in the Coca-Cola 600 led to one of the best finishes in the 60-year history of the race — and injected some much-needed excitement […]
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Back to Back: 2019 Ford Expedition vs. 2019 GMC Yukon
[og_img] Drive the GMC Yukon and the Ford Expedition back-to-back, and Charles Darwin comes to mind. The British naturalist wrote On the Origin of Species, the seminal work on evolutionary science. Darwin died four years before Karl Benz built his Patentwagen and sparked a process of mechanical evolution that would […]