Blog Posts by: Ben Timmins   GFT

The 2013 Mazda 6 is going on something of an extended Japanese vacation: production of the midsize sedan is finally winding down at the Flat Rock, Michigan plant, in favor of production in Hiroshima, Japan. We previously reported that ...    Read more

The 2013 Ford Fusion is aiming squarely for the top of the pack: the automaker put tentative price figures on its Ford Fusion configurator website this week, and if these figures hold true to the final price points, it appears that the Fusion's $22,495 base price (not including destination) could ...    Read more

Hot on the heels of Nevada's sweeping autonomous car regulation laws, the California senate passed a bill designed to regulate cars that drive themselves, making it the second U.S. state to do so. It's only been two weeks since Nevada passed its wide-ranging autonomous car laws. Among other things, ...    Read more

Porsche is sending 30 of its cars to the track, and it wants you to come along for the ride: the German automaker is teaming up with Forza Motorsport 4 and unveiling a 30-car downloadable expansion pack for the driving sim. In the battle of the driving simulator games, two names ...    Read more

Hardcore BMW fans: you can climb out of that tree now. Your precious M3 sport sedan (and M4 sport coupe/convertible) won't get a V-6 after all, and will revert back to a forced-induction inline-six. This might seem obvious to some people--BMW is one of the few remaining automakers famous ...    Read more

The Tesla Model S is officially showroom ready, at least according to the U.S. government: after passing initial Environmental Protection Agency tests, the car has also reportedly passed crash testing at the hands of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Not one to waste time, Tesla Motors subsequently announced the ...    Read more

The 2014 Chevrolet Colorado pickup is growing even closer to reaching North American dealers: General Motors will break ground today on a plant expansion in Wentzville, Missouri, where Chevrolet will manufacture the truck for North American consumption. We should note first that the pickup in question is ...    Read more

We've all heard the adage about the lucky number thirteen, but when a group of European Audi R8 GT owners decided to stage a good-luck parade at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race, they decided to add one more, for good measure. As the video shows below, 14 ...    Read more

It's only been a little bit of time since we were introduced to the Mini John Cooper Works Countryman, the most powerful turbocharged production Mini ever made, but Mini has a surprise: its engine will trickle down to ...    Read more

It seems like a distant memory: Fiat imports its products to the United States, but the cars see few buyers in the new market. Today the tables are turned: imported Chrysler products, badged as Fiats and Lancias, are met with mixed success in Europe. Chrysler currently makes four models in North ...    Read more

A new automotive industry report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out, and we've found some interesting takeaways: one, Ford's new model turnover will be the quickest of the American big three automakers over the next four years; two, that turnover will be led by crossovers and trucks; and ...    Read more

The market of compact hybrid people movers will grow this year with the addition of the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, and it's trying to steal the 2012 Toyota Prius v's thunder. Ford says that the C-Max Hybrid will cost $26,790, some $520 less than the Prius v. Ford made the announcement ...    Read more

If 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 30, BMW's M division is hitting the prime of its life. The high-performance car builder turns 40 this year, and we've rounded up our eight favorite cars, one for every five years of the performance subsidiary’s existence.   ...    Read more

The Lexus LFA is no stranger to the Nurburgring Nordschleife--it's been racing on the Green Hell since 2008, two years before it was offered to the buying public --but it's bringing some friends to this year's 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race party:  ...    Read more

It would seem that yellow Lexus LFAs are magnets for all sorts of trouble. Kyle Busch was caught in his yellow Lexus doing 128 mph, and Paris Hilton's Lexus LFA was…owned by Paris Hilton. Tony Hawk recently received ...    Read more

The fact that Honda's newest vehicle has the word "Cub" in its name has a tinge of irony: the vehicle has two wheels, but it's not a motorcycle. It's called the Uni-Cub, and it's an electric personal mobility device designed to relieve the stresses of walking. ...    Read more

The 2013 Cadillac ATS' mission was pretty simple: retain most of the CTS' sporting character, but keep the bulk low enough to make the car class competitive against four-cylinder sport sedan competitors. We have no answer on the ...    Read more

From today's news category of people caught on video behaving badly with cars, we give you this: Ferrari executives are scrambling today to minimize the damage after a dealership employee was caught on camera doing donuts with ...    Read more

Two news items pertaining to Infiniti production broke earlier this morning – but, as Nissan continues to push to make its luxury brand a global entity, it’s not all that surprising to learn the two affect plants on two different continents. The automaker broke ground in Tennessee that will ultimately ...    Read more

Aston Martin has pulled the wraps off what is almost certainly the last of the iterations of the DBS: the 2012 DBS Ultimate, shown here, is limited to a single batch of 100 special-edition cars. The Ultimate is based ...    Read more

We heard about this last month, and now Cadillac has confirmed it: Cadillac will release an iPad application that previews the Cadillac User Experience and provides video tutorials of how to use the new system. But Cadillac will go one step further and give all 2013 XTS buyers an ...    Read more

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a tough track to take on four wheels, but one daredevil decided to up the ante in today's Feature Flick and take the famous southern California racetrack, in a Ford Mustang, on just two. That doesn't mean that the video's star, James "Ski" Smith, took a ...    Read more

Google's autonomous car project is marching on after hitting a new milestone: the company's fully autonomous Toyota Prius was formally registered in the state of Nevada as an autonomous vehicle, allowing it to operate on Nevada’s public roads. Last year, the Nevada Assembly passed legislation ...    Read more

The Toyota RAV4 hasn't had an electric vehicle version since the last model went out of production in 2003, but that soon will change. After months (or years, rather) of teasing, Toyota’s finally unwrapping the : Toyota released the new RAV4 EV production version, which promises a 100-mile range, a ...    Read more

If you've ever wanted to go around the Nurburgring very quickly, but lack either the requisite skills or a fast car, you've had two options to quench your thirst: buy a video game and lap the virtual ...    Read more