INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar will use an “Aeroscreen” to provide cockpit protection from next season, with the Red Bull Advanced Technologies-designed system giving cars a jet fighter appearance, the U.S. open wheel series announced on Friday. IndyCar believes the Aeroscreen concept is better suited for the series, considered the most dangerous […]
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Boring Company video shows Tesla Model 3 at 127 mph in tunnel
Video from Elon Musk’s Boring Company, a tunnel building company that recently was contracted to burrow under the Las Vegas Convention Center, shows the company has made some new developments in its test tunnel. As confirmed by Musk on Twitter, the tunnel now relies on Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist system […]
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New Hints From BMW, Toyota Suggest the Supra Could Get a Manual
[og_img] Enthusiasts are divided on whether the 2020 Toyota Supra’s BMW bones are a sacrilege or a nonissue. Regardless, the pairing means that what one brand says about their own car might expose interesting details about the future of the other. <!– –> A recent press release covering updates to […]
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Autoblog Podcast #581: Kia Telluride thoughts, NSX discount
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Mini manual transmission take rate is 11% for 2019
Of all the automakers we’ve talked with so far, Mini seems to sell the largest percentage of its cars with a manual transmission. A representative from the company shared numbers with us that show 11% of its 2019 sales have featured a stick. That beats Subaru’s 7%, Volkswagen’s 5% and […]
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1981 Volvo 242 GLT Turbo on eBay Motors
Volvo has built itself a pretty solid reputation for performance with Polestar, both as an independent brand and as its Volvo tuning arm, and even before that with Volvo R cars such as the S60R and 850R. But long before all that was the Volvo GLT Turbo models. And if […]
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Honda files trademark for Legend nameplate, possibly signaling a return
Great news for fans of the Acura Legend: Honda has applied for a trademark in Europe for the word “Legend,” pertaining to “Vehicles; Apparatus for locomotion by land; Apparatus for locomotion by air; Apparatus for locomotion by water; Parts and fittings for land vehicles; Parts and fittings for air and […]
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This 1959 International Harvester B-110 pickup truck is a junkyard gem
Everyone likes 1950s and early 1960s American pickups, and you still see a surprising number of them driving around in our current century (there’s a ’53 Ford F-100 in my Denver neighborhood that serves as a great test subject for my beloved old film cameras). Rough ones aren’t worth much, […]
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Watch Ken Block’s tracked side-by-side at a ski resort
Winter is pretty much over for much of the country, but Ken Block managed to get a little more snow hooning in before things get too warm. He took his Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo side-by-side out to a ski resort to have some fun. And to make the Can-Am […]
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Top 10 Greatest American Cars of All Time
[og_img] In honor of Memorial Day, we’re bringing back this 2015 story on the greatest American cars of all time. Did your favorite make the list? America may not have invented the automobile. That honor goes to German engineer Karl Benz and his Patent Motorwagen of 1886. But America quickly […]