[ad_1] The rock staircase climbed up from the sand, flanked by chaparral and sagebrush. As the red sandstone steepened into nearly a 30-degree pitch, the terrain appeared brittle, like the inside of a Butterfinger. This was no candy bar. A 2024 Jeep Wrangler Willys skittered on a loose rock, the […]
Bizzarrini Giotto, baby Mercedes G-Class: Car News Headlines
[ad_1] Revived Italian sports car marque Bizzarrini is working on a supercar powered by a Cosworth V-12. It’s called the Giotto, after Bizzarrini founder Giotto Bizzarrini, and Giorgetto Giugiaro was tapped to help design the car. He was also involved in the design of the original Bizzarrini 5300 GT back […]
2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre EV charms with effortless extravagance
[ad_1] Don’t talk numbers. Among the many threads connecting the Rolls-Royce of the past to the Rolls-Royce of the electric future, one of the most important is the fact that the company’s first production electric car, the Spectre, softens its focus away from the numerical. In a world of acceleration […]
Ford working on extendable cargo bed with built-in steps, ramps
[ad_1] The typical pickup truck bed is little more than a box with a tailgate, but Ford is envisioning something more elaborate. Four recent patent filings from the automaker show ways to make a pickup bed reconfigurable by extending the length of both the bed floor and walls, and by […]
2024 Aston Martin DB12 flaunts power, poise, and prowess
[ad_1] Mediterranean to the left, the cliffside village of Roquebrune to the right—from this vantage point I have a birds-eye view of the principality of Monaco, its ancient walls, a dozen clay tennis courts where who knows, maybe Roger Federer has played, even the corners of the F1 street circuit. […]
Mini ditches the manual transmission
[ad_1] Mini won’t offer a manual transmission in its redesigned Cooper hatchback, which means the transmission is officially dead at a brand that until now was one of its strongest proponents. Speaking with Top Gear at this week’s 2023 Munich auto show, where Mini showed off its new Cooper in […]
2024 Lotus Eletre defies company roots for more EV appeal
[ad_1] Calling the Eletre a Lotus takes a big leap of faith. A large, heavy, electric SUV couldn’t be a greater departure from the lithe sports cars that drove Lotus into the hearts of enthusiasts everywhere. Just looking at this 2024 Lotus Eletre, you can imagine Colin Chapman rolling in […]
710-hp Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat returns for one more year
[ad_1] The Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is returning for the 2024 model year, this time almost certainly for the last time. The SUV’s supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 known as the Hellcat finally bows out of production at the end of the year, meaning anyone interested will need to act fast. Pricing […]
Prodrive P25 supercar celebrates the origin of speedy Subies
[ad_1] Getting into the Prodrive P25 for the first time brought on waves of nostalgia—for what I simultaneously knew well and had never truly experienced. Like many in a cohort of car-obsessed Gen Xers, I became aware in the 1990s that there was more to motorsports than NASCAR, Formula 1, CART, […]
2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class EV spied for first time
[ad_1] Mercedes-Benz has been spotted testing a prototype for an electric compact crossover that will end up replacing the EQC. The EQC is the compact crossover whose 2020 debut marked the arrival of Mercedes’ EQ sub-brand for electric vehicles. However, its basis on a platform originally developed for gas-powered vehicles […]
2024 Toyota Century SUV, 2024 Dodge Durango: Today’s Car News
[ad_1] Toyota revealed an SUV carrying its ultra-exclusive Century nameplate. For the uninitiated, the original Century is Toyota’s flagship sedan used primarily by dignitaries. Hallmarks include a powerful engine, acres of room, and the ultimate in Toyota quality, and those same traits have been carried over to the SUV. Dodge […]
2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost distills the pony-car essence
[ad_1] Giving it the beans along Big Tujunga Highway in Southern California’s Angeles National Forest, this 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost feels familiar but different. Dynamically, the seventh-generation Mustang doesn’t change much, but it has a lot more technology to experience behind the wheel. The seventh-generation Mustang, known internally as S650, […]