Blog Posts by: Automobile Staff  

On May 19, 1903, David Dunbar Buick founded the Buick Motor Company. In the 110 years that followed, Buick has built more than 43 million vehicles, and as one of General Motors’ four core brands, that figure continues to grow. To celebrate Buick’s 110th anniversary tomorrow, we cycled through its ...    Read more

What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. Remember, this is for talking about cars, not driving — always designate a driver. We're ready to hit the beach this weekend and take a pitcher of pineapple margaritas with us. Mix together ...    Read more

Despite the auto show season being over, there is a lot going on behind the curtain at almost all of Europe's major automotive players. Here's a breakdown of the current future plans for the Continent’s automakers: Alfa Romeo Following Sergio Marchionne's plan for Alfa Romeo is taxing because the man keeps changing ...    Read more

What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. Remember, this is for talking about cars, not driving — always designate a driver. To celebrate the brightly colored spring flowers that are blooming outside our office windows, we're drinking a the equally ...    Read more

Volvo's aim to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi are now coming into focus, and, surprisingly, doesn't completely revolve around its new Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA). There is another key piece to the puzzle besides SPA: a Volkswagen Golf-sized hatchback and sedan. Together with Geely, Volvo ...    Read more

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach has always been referred to as the United States’ version of Monaco. It doesn’t have quite the history nor does it host Formula One, but it is one of the busiest and most diverse racing weekends around. Whatever your taste, be it open-wheel ...    Read more

The 2015 Volkswagen GTI has officially found its way to the street for the first time in the south of France, as the car came into the hands of automotive journalists from Europe, where it goes on sale in May. As anticipated at the car's debut at the 2013 Geneva auto ...    Read more

What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. Remember, this is for talking about cars, not driving — always designate a driver. We were teased with a taste of summer-like temperatures here in Ann Arbor this week, so to fool ourselves ...    Read more

What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. Remember, this is for talking about cars, not driving — always designate a driver. With the arrival of warmer weather in most of the country, we're celebrating the spring-like weather with associate web ...    Read more

While Ford’s 1.6-liter EcoBoost four is only three years old, a new EcoBoost four that’s just 0.1-liter smaller will be added to the Fusion lineup in calendar year 2014. The new engine is a 1.5-liter EcoBoost I-4 based on Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost I-3, already on sale in Europe. The 1.0-liter ...    Read more

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What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. One of our favorite mixologists, Fran Adams of the Jer-Ne restaurant + bar at the Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Rey, California, returns this week with the Fiesta Cosmo. Pour two ounces of Don Julio ...    Read more

Both the Smart ForTwo and Mercedes-Benz A-Class are small cars, but according to Mercedes-Benz executives, the gap between them is rather sizable. If Mercedes-Benz management has its way, a new X-Class model derived from mechanicals shared with Renault-Nissan ñ may fill that gap by 2018. Although demand for cars in the ...    Read more

What cocktails go best with all this car chatter? Automobilemag.com is here to help with weekly recipes. Remember, this is for talking about cars, not driving — always designate a driver. With just having gotten through the hustle and bustle of the New York auto show, we're drinking The Rumble, ...    Read more

Dodge Viper tradition holds that, shortly after launching a wicked and powerful sports coupe, Chrysler’s performance wing concocts an even more hell-bent, hardcore version designed for trackday junkies. Despite transitioning from Dodge to the SRT brand’s portfolio, that tradition remains intact, as evidenced by the new 2014 SRT Viper TA. Unlike ...    Read more