Blog Posts by: Christian Seabaugh   GT

Honda, Hyundai is knocking at your door. March 2013 sales saw a few major changes in the compact segment, with the Hyundai Elantra moving up to third place, right behind the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic. A new model might be just around the corner, but that isn't stopping ...    Read more

Tesla has just announced a new finance program, making it easier than ever for prospective buyers to get into a new Model S with no money down and a smaller-than-expected monthly payment. The program, a collaboration with U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, works by having the banks pick up the Model ...    Read more

Every year on April 1, automotive journalists and carmakers go nuts with fake stories designed to trick the public, and this year was no different. Here are a few of our favorite April Fools' Day pranks played by manufacturers and the media. ...    Read more

Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman introduces us to the new 2014 SRT Viper TA on this week's episode of Ignition. Short for Time Attack, the Viper TA is the brand’s attempt at taking back the production car lap record at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This week's Ignition kicks ...    Read more

One car that stood out at the 2012 SEMA show was a hybridized Ford Mustang and GT, dubbed the Ford Mach 40. Our sister publication Hot Rod recently caught up with the car's owner to get the down-low on the one-off stunner pictured here. The Mach 40 was originally ...    Read more

We've always though that the U.S. could use more pint-sized pocket rockets, and Ford seems to agree. The Blue Oval's 2014 Fiesta ST will be joining the Fiat 500 Abarth here in the U.S. later this year. Ahead of its debut, Ford has just released a quick video ...    Read more

Electric cars like the Tesla Model S offer up a unique challenge to firefighters. Rather than engines, fuel tanks, and fuel lines, electric cars have motors, batteries, and high-voltage cables that can potentially electrocute someone trying to save an occupant after an accident. Because of the challenge, ...    Read more

Tony Stark is most certainly an Audi man. Iron Man will be driving a new Audi R8 E-Tron in "Iron Man 3," continuing Audi's partnership with Disney and Marvel for the third movie in the Iron Man series. Iron Man is no stranger to Audis. Since ...    Read more

Pricing for the 2014 Ram ProMaster has been announced; Ram’s new European cargo van will start at $29,630 for a base 1500 series, and top out at $37,145 for a 3500 series van, including destination – add $4000 for diesel. The 2014 Ram ProMaster range is available ...    Read more

Spyker is pulling the wraps off its B6 Venator concept at the Geneva Motor Show, and The Wall Street Journal has a report that gives us an idea of what to expect. Though the Dutch automaker calls it a concept, ...    Read more

What could be cooler than high-powered wagons with guns on them? Audi recently fitted paintball guns to two RS 4 Avants, and let them loose in a hangar for a game of paintball. The automaker also released a video of the pint-sized A1 Quattro doing its ...    Read more

Pricing for the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST has been announced. It'll cost interested buyers $22,195 to get into the new pint-sized hot hatch when it goes on sale later this year. For those looking for something a little less sporty, Ford has also announced that the base 2014 ...    Read more

This week on The J-Turn, Jessi Lang visits the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles to check out the museum's underground vault, which holds more than 200 rare cars including the 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Spyder that Enzo Ferrari gave as a gift to Henry Ford II. Lang meets with Petersen representative ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz is hard at work building a successor to its CL-Class flagship coupe. With new nomenclature supposedly on the way, the stylish 2015 S-Class Coupe or SLC-Class was just caught testing at a Mercedes development facility in Europe. The next-gen S-Class Coupe looks to be much more visually striking ...    Read more

The updated Opel Insignia Sport Tourer has been caught cold-weather testing in Europe. This camouflaged Insignia gives us a sneak peek at what the Buick Regal's facelift will look like, as well as what a Buick Regal station wagon might look like. Like the sedan we saw testing recently, ...    Read more