Blog Posts by: Ben Timmins   GFT

BMW's 4 Series coupe is inching closer to production, which means it was about time to see more prototypes of the hopped-up 2015 M4 coupe testing. Sure enough, we found the super-coupe testing on the Nurburgring. The biggest clues to this BMW coupe being an M4 are as you'd expect: up ...    Read more

So Toyota's GT 86 (sold here as the award-winning Scion FR-S) is a success--what's next for the automaker and its stable of sporty cars? We hear that the Toyota/BMW sports car project briefly mentioned late last year is still taking shape. Motor Trend reports that the project, which would result in ...    Read more

Despite the added weight and complexity, the Ford Fusion Energi matched--and even exceeded--the ratings of its conventional and hybrid siblings in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's crash tests. All three of Ford's 2013 Fusions-- the Fusion, to the Fusion Hybrid, and the Fusion Energi--received five out of five stars in ...    Read more

The Velociraptor was one of the most feared dinosaurs, but Hennessey Performance's VelociRaptor is a bit nicer than that: it's a 411-horsepower three-row SUV based on the 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. We know the statistics by now: the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor has a 411-horsepower, 434 lb-ft, 6.2-liter V-8 and ...    Read more

Mitsubishi's zero-emissions racers are setting their sites for Pikes Peak once again: the company unveiled its new MiEV Evolution II racers ahead of a competition debut at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb next month. The last time Mitsubishi took to the world-famous race, it brought the MiEV Evolution, which looked ...    Read more

It's time to celebrate (responsibly): Nissan North America says it has sold a total of 25,000 Nissan Leaf vehicles in the United States. The Nissan Leaf was first announced in 2009, but didn't go on sale in the United States until December 2010. The electric vehicle--one of the first in a ...    Read more

We're not headline-spamming you, people: today's Feature Flick does feature a 2014 Nissan GT-R, a fighter jet, and a runway. We think you know where this is headed: an epic drag race. The video comes courtesy of Nissan and Germany's N-Magazine, which staged the race. In one lane, we have ...    Read more

Bentley's connection to the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans is well documented: the marque has won six races over the past 90 years (more than Ford), and one of its current road cars, the Mulsanne, bears the same name as Circuit de la Sarthe's longest straightaway. It's no surprise, ...    Read more

It's Scion's 10th anniversary, which means one thing: just like its second through ninth anniversary, it's creating a special line of anniversary-edition models. While we've previously heard that they were on their way, the cars now carry finalized price tags. Scion's been creating Release Series and Series special-edition models for the ...    Read more

2014 marks the return of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups to the United States market, but don't think that the trucks will look exactly like their international-market counterparts. New spy shots of the truck show it ...    Read more

The last time we heard the words "Usain Bolt" and "Nissan GT-R" in the same sentence, the athlete had designed and was auctioning a special-edition Godzilla for his charity. Mr. Bolt liked the car so much, however, that ...    Read more

Listen up, nerds: if you've been wondering what makes Subarus so safe, how a horizontally opposed engine is made, or what the heck "X-Mode" is, we have some answers right here, courtesy of Subaru. The "answers" we're talking about are a series of videos, named Subaru Wow! The YouTube clips, about ...    Read more

As the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra inch closer to production, we're learning more about the pair. One big win for the duo: they will claim best-in-class torque figures with their base, V-6 engines. The 2014 Sierra/Silverado's base engine is a 4.3-liter V-6 from GM's EcoTec3 family. It's rated at ...    Read more

Five weeks after the new 2014 Acura MDX was unveiled at the 2013 New York auto show, Acura announced it built the first salable 2014 MDX yesterday at its plant in Alabama. The 2014 MDX rolled off the line at Honda ...    Read more

The good news is this: sales of General Motors vehicles were up in the U.S. last month (as we reported yesterday), and GM made nearly a billion dollars of profit in the first quarter of this year. But here's the not-so-good news: that's slightly lower than the $1 billion it ...    Read more