Blog Profile / Autoblog
| URL : | http://www.autoblog.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Vehicles / Automotive Industry News | |
| Posts on Regator: | 39642 | |
| Posts / Week: | 145.7 | |
| Archived Since: | March 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Quick Spin: 2014 Ford Mustang GT
I was more than a year removed from my last experience with the Mustang GT and its delicious 5.0 V8 when this new 2014 example rolled up to my driveway recently. Good weather and a planned road trip across the state meant that I would get plenty of seat time in this conservatively specified example, too. Show More Summary
Report: 2014 Jeep Cherokee facing production delay
Jeep's bold-faced new direction spearheaded by the 2014 Cherokee is facing some teething issues. According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, production start-up of the controversial new utility vehicle at its Toledo North facility...Show More Summary
Report: GM stock prices finally eclipse $33 IPO price
General Motors has reached an important milestone this morning: the price for one share of the company has climbed to over $33. That's higher than the Initial Public Offering price from 2010. At roughly 12:15PM Eastern today, GM shares were up $0.97 on the day, some 2.99 percent, for a total of $33.36. Show More Summary
Video: Isuzu Trail View is Google Street View for off road
Isuzu has taken to advertising its not-for-North-America KB pickup truck with a unique initiative. The company wanted to apply the Google Street View philosophy to some of South Africa's more remote off-road trails, and the result is Isuzu Trail View. Show More Summary
Project Ugly Horse: Part VIII
Now With More EcoBoost
There's an EcoBoost 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder in there somewhere, and it's headed straight for Ugly Horse.
For the second time in my life, I'm staring at an engine in the back of a truck with no concept of how to get it safely into the garage by my lonesome. Show More Summary
Face to giant face with the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class [w/videos]
Mercedes-Benz isn't a brand afraid to put on a show for any old reason at all - like, just because it's Tuesday - but the premiere of the 2014 S-Class, even by the standards we're used to, was Broadway-theater intense. Held at a purpose-built...Show More Summary
Official: Mitsubishi confirms pair of MiEV Evolution II electric racecars for Pikes Peak
Preparing for next month's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Mitsubishi - the presenting sponsor of this year's PPIHC - has unveiled its entrant for the race: the all-electric MiEV Evolution II. Building off last year's MiEV-inspired...Show More Summary
Official: Millionth Jeep Wrangler JK to roll off line this morning
According to a report on the Chrysler Communications Facebook page and one fairly grainy image of the production line, at around 11:00AM Eastern this morning, the one-millionth Jeep Wrangler JK will roll out of the company's Toledo assembly...Show More Summary
Official: 2014 BMW 6 Series M Sport family to start from $80,625
BMW shoppers looking for sportier and more luxurious versions of the 6 Series and 6 Series Gran Coupe without stepping up to the mighty M6 now have something new to check out. Offered on all versions of the 640i and 650i for the 2014...Show More Summary
Report: Fisker Karma prices tanking on used market
Buying into a new, fledgling automaker is always a big risk - the early-adopter upside has the potential to be great, but the downside can look like the mother of all hangovers. Unsurprisingly, that's the unpleasant financial reality...Show More Summary
Official: Rolls-Royce gets into LSR game, backs Bloodhound SSC [w/video]
Rolls-Royce, the "power solutions" company that makes jet engines and much more (not the luxury motorcar company) has signed on to support the Bloodhound SSC Land Speed Record attempt project. This isn't just a financial tie-up and exchange...Show More Summary
Video: Chris Harris among first to test the mettle of Porsche's 887-hp 918 Spyder
Last October, Chris Harris got a shotgun ride in the Porsche 918 Spyder. Seven months on, the automaker is quite a bit further on the development on the hybrid supercar, and Porsche invited him to the Leipzig circuit for a test drive.
Harris...Show More Summary
Video: Hot Wheels stages competition to find its own world's best driver
Take the Race of Champions, keep its wide-ranging motorsports disciplines but replace national teams with duos called Red Outrageous, Yellow Powerful, Blue High Tech and Green Superfast. Give them rides from a toy store shelf and the...Show More Summary
Report: F1 boss Ecclestone staring down bribery charges
Controversial Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is facing bribery charges from German prosecutors. The long-rumored indictments stem from the 2006 sale of the racing series from Germany's Bayern LB bank to CVC Capital partners. TheShow More Summary
NASCAR racer Dick Trickle dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Well-known NASCAR racer Dick Trickle has dies of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Trickle was 71 years of age.
According to reports, Police in Lincoln County, NC were informed via an anonymous phone call prior to the suicide where to find the body. Show More Summary
Video: Ariel Atom V8 pitted against Citroën DS3 racer and BMW HP4 superbike
Autocar took an Ariel Atom V8, BMW HP4 superbike and X-Games gold medalist Liam Doren's Citroën DS3 rallycross ride to an airstrip for a drag race. Sadly for all the drivers and for us, the clouds took to the sky and poured more and more rain on the track before the big race.
It's still a fun theoretical battle. Show More Summary
Report: Ford sued over alleged 3.5-liter EcoBoost defects
Three Ford owners from Ohio have filed a lawsuit against the automaker over defects that they allege exist within the company's twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine. Automotive News reports that the lawsuit claims the engine...Show More Summary
Official: Subaru Forester first to ace difficult, new IIHS crash test [w/video]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced its new small overlap frontal crash test last year, and while a number of cars have passed the test with an "Acceptable" rating, the 2014 Subaru Forester is the first vehicle to ace the test with a "Good" rating. Show More Summary
Official: Pics Aplenty: Porsche 918 Spyder shows its production body
We've seen it (in concept form, in officially rendered form, in flat black, and in Martini Racing livery), we've heard all about it's 4.6-liter V8 with 608 horsepower, buoyed as it is by twin electric motors, its sophisticated all-wheel drive system and carbon fiber monocoque chassis. Show More Summary
Official: 2014 GMC Sierra Regular Cab revealed
Despite initially launching in just the Crew Cab configuration, the lineup of 2014 GMC Sierra and 2014 Chevrolet Silverado trucks will eventually grow to include three cab sizes and three bed lengths. Oddly enough, our first look atShow More Summary