Miscellaneous Car Blog

One of BBC Top Gear's greatest stunts involved driving the Peel P50, the world's smallest production car, through BBC Television Studios in west London. When it came time for coachmaker Zagato to drum up some attention for the latest version of its Volpe electric microcar, it obviously didn't want to ...    Read more

Seeing exotic machinery take to the Nurburgring's tarmac isn't uncommon. But seeing a 2013 Ford Shelby GT500- and one that appears to be a development mule - on the 'Ring isn't something you see every day. Yet that's exactly what our spy photographers managed to capture. Actually, our spy photographer was ...    Read more

WardsAuto editors "10 Best Interiors" list for 2012 includes four subcompact or compact models, suggesting yet again that driving a cheap car doesn’t always mean settling for a cheap cabin. This year’s competition included 40 entries; editors do not place rankings on the 10 winners. “We saw a ...    Read more

We may not all be getting tax refunds this year, but according to CNN Money, the average American household will be getting $2913 back. Depending on if you’re part of the 99 Percent or the 1 Percent, that’s either a whole lot of scratch, or a dinner out with your ...    Read more

We sometimes forget that Twitter is more than just about snide celebrity comments, the location of your favorite food truck, or yet another distraction for teens and twentysomethings behind the wheel. Smart Argentina used the short messaging service to do an innovative animated campaign for its Fortwo microcar in the ...    Read more

Among superstitious folk, Friday the 13th is cause for concern. While many think Friday the 13th's unlucky reputation is a load of bull, some cars are without a doubt inherently unlucky, whether it because they were ill-timed releases or just ignored by its manufacturer after debuting. So it gives us ...    Read more

We have a bone to pick with the star of today's Feature Flick, an infant who loves her father's Audi R8 V10. Why? She repeatedly uses the word "turbo" to describe an engine which has none. Miss: the R8 V10 is powered by a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V-10 engine that ...    Read more

If you didn’t win the lottery but are still itching to drive a new Ford Focus Electric, you may still have your chance. Ford and Yahoo! have collaborated for a new reality show on Yahoo! Screen. “Plugged In” will pit competitors against one another to win a new Ford Focus ...    Read more

The National Automobile Dealers Association warns that stricter fuel-economy regulations will make cars more expensive, preventing about seven million Americans from being able to afford a new car. The NADA study was based on the government's proposed rules that would see Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements jump to ...    Read more

Most LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) systems for installing child safety seats are hard to use, a new report says. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) tested the top 98 selling passenger cars in 2010-2011 for ease of use, ...    Read more

The 1200-hp Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse – claimed to be the world’s fastest roadster – is a tremendous car. Check out the drop-top flier travel to tremendous heights in the video below. Before the 1200-hp beast from Bugatti lets loose on the ...    Read more

Exotic cars and free food are always sure to command lots of attention, and that's exactly what happened in New York this week as a bright orange Lamborghini Aventador with a hot dog cart set up shop on the streets of the Big Apple. Now that the New York auto show ...    Read more

The automotive industry may be bigger than you think – a new study from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has determined that around 13 percent of all state tax revenue comes from companies and people in the automotive sector. Completed by CAR's Sustainability and Economic Development Strategies group, the study ...    Read more

Reports suggest that employees were injured in an explosion that occurred earlier today at General Motors' technical center in Warren, Michigan. The explosion may have been caused by a lithium-ion battery within General Motors' Alternative Energy Center. In an emailed statement, GM confirmed that an explosion occurred at 8:45 a.m. in ...    Read more

The thief of a 2003 Porsche 911 taunted Methuen, Massachusetts police by doing donuts in the police station’s parking lot—twice early Friday morning. Like the 911 (similar to the one pictured above), a 1999 Mercedes-Benz and 2003 Land Rover were also stolen from the Salem, New Hampshire repair shop. At ...    Read more

A stock 2013 Nissan GT-R is capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds and topping out around 195 mph with its twin-turbo 3.8-liter V-6 producing 'just' 545 hp. For Illinois-based tuners AMS, that’s simply not fast enough. AMS recently released a ...    Read more

Acura is teaming up again with Marvel Entertainment, the makers of "The Avengers" to feature its new models, including the 2013 RDX crossover, in the upcoming movie. To kick off the campaign, a S.H.I.E.L.D.-edition MDX was shown at the ...    Read more

The Viper is back—with a few changes. The supercar returns as the 2013 SRT Viper, which slithered its way on stage at the New York auto show this week. Jessi Lang gives viewers an close-up look at the mighty serpent on this week’s episode of Wide Open Throttle. ...    Read more

Volvo's piggy bank better prepare to gain some weight, because the Swedish automaker plans on accumulating $11 billion so it can invest in new products. Volvo has been vocal about its future plans, which include employing new four-cylinder engines, a flywheel-based hybrid system, and ...    Read more

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Though we love cars, motorcycles are just better suited for certain tasks. Riding on a motordrome like the famous Wall of Death in India is one of them. That fact didn't stop one daredevil equipped not with a motorcycle, but a Mazda2 hatchback. The Wall of Death ...    Read more

If you had access to a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, where would you take it? Laguna Seca? Route 66? Corvettes at Carlisle? All fair options, but Motor Trend's Angus MacKenzie had a better idea: grab contributor and racer/ driving ace Justin Bell, and take the ZR1 on a proper ...    Read more

To prevent the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Impala from looking old, the aging antelope emblem – which hasn’t changed significantly since the car initially debuted in 1958 – has been given a new go-fast look for the full-size sedan’s tenth generation. Just as the Chevrolet Corvette ...    Read more

Ford recently decided to get its engineers out of the office by sending them to what they thought was an ordinary commercial shoot. What the engineers got was the ride-along opportunity of a lifetime with NASCAR racer Carl Edwards in a 365-hp ...    Read more

Mini had the last laugh yesterday during April Fools’ Day, announcing the debut of two wild niche vehicles. A new Mini Cooper Yachtsman was rumored to make a debut at this week's New York auto show, and some vacationers may have become ...    Read more