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23 Mar 2021, 13:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In case anyone has questions about Toyota’s naming convention for the legendary 40 series of the Land Cruiser, a quick look at this 1983 pickup truck example will settle the case. That’s because it carries the FJ45 moniker so that every...
23 Mar 2021, 13:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Things are heating up in the high-end electric vehicle segment, and it’s only natural for everyone to keep an eye on the latest developments. And, with the base Taycan RWD coming up for sale in the United States this spring, we’re all k...
23 Mar 2021, 12:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Just weeks after finding out that Kia will send both the U.S.-spec Cadenza and K900 to greener pastures, the South Korean carmaker softened the blow with the South Korean introduction of the K8 sedan. A direct replacement for the Cadenza, the K8 ha...
23 Mar 2021, 11:13 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Clearly, there is no such thing as too many crossovers, SUVs, and trucks In this day and age. Hyundai has the same opinion, obviously. You may recall that when they introduced the 2022 Tucson for the American market, the Koreans also promised 12 ne...
23 Mar 2021, 10:39 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / In the 1980s, Nissan lacked a hero model as the GT-R series was placed on hiatus. Mind you, the fans could always return their focus towards the Skyline nameplate, thanks to fierce appearances such as the FJ20-powered DR30 Skyline RS models. T...
23 Mar 2021, 09:38 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With almost eight billion humans inhabiting The Blue Marble, it’s pretty obvious that opinions will be as diverse as there are grains of sand in the Sahara Desert. That applies to the automotive world as well, which is probably the main reaso...
23 Mar 2021, 08:50 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Some custom rides go overboard with the imagination and amaze the automotive show audience. Others prefer to stun their opponents with track and street qualities. And quite a few go for the custom attire just for the thrills and fun of it. But how ...
23 Mar 2021, 08:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A well-known compact executive car, the Lexus IS has been around since the happy days when everyone was worried about the Millenium bug (a.k.a. Y2K) only to find out it was not that big of an issue. Generations have passed, and the car born in the ...
22 Mar 2021, 13:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Believe it or not, but Toyota’s MR2 is Japan’s first-ever attempt at a production-specification mid-engine sports car. The model had a fairly successful three-generation run from 1985 to 2007. Surely enough, it’s not the most famo...
22 Mar 2021, 12:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Blue Oval diligently prepares for both the arrival of new products, such as the next-generation all-electric Transit Custom (scheduled for 2023), and enhancing the commercial vehicles it already has on the roads. In Europe, it even has a new &l...
22 Mar 2021, 11:29 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As promised just a few days ago, Stellantis’ hero brand Jeep has prepared something electrifying for the 2021 Easter Jeep Safari event. It’s called the Magneto, and it’s a Wrangler through and through—with a twist. And no on...
22 Mar 2021, 10:41 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Still in production since 1984, Toyota’s Land Cruiser 70 series was developed as the off-road successor to the legendary FJ40. And, unlike its contemporary comfort-oriented 60 series that has since evolved into the 200, it’s still going...
22 Mar 2021, 09:49 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The last time we met the TFL guys, they were busy doing a walkaround of the newly arrived on the test lot Lexus LX570 and Cadillac Escalade. These behemoths command huge sticker prices, both easily going over the $100k threshold in the tested confi...
22 Mar 2021, 09:02 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Before the retirement to greener pastures of the second generation of “America’s sports car,” there was one C2 Chevy Corvette to rule them all—the 1967 L88 option. But there were just 20 examples of the series, so they&rsquo...
22 Mar 2021, 08:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The mid-engine C8 Corvette has entered its second model year, and while the changes aren’t exactly overwhelming, it’s always cool to see all the little quirks and features of the popular sports car revealed on camera. Besides, we’...
21 Mar 2021, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / General Motors has pledged to fully transform itself from a traditional ICE automaker into a sustainable company that will even achieve total carbon neutrality come 2040. But first, it has to unleash a barrage of zero-emission models upon the world...
21 Mar 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sometimes just seeing a beautifully restored car is not enough without knowing a little bit of its history and how it came to look even better than the day it left the factory gates. This stunning 1957 Bel Air hardtop is already enticing thanks to ...
20 Mar 2021, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Most automakers rushed to give us all sorts of green reminders about this year’s Feast of Saint Patrick, but there’s one British manufacturer that focuses on a different celebration. Bentley has decided to honor World Poetry Day 2021 th...
20 Mar 2021, 08:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Once owned by personalities such as Elton John or turned into flamboyant one-offs, the vintage series from the Prancing Horse stable has a U.S.-flavored unofficial name because the company delivered a stunning 1-2-3 finish back in 1967 at the 24 Ho...
20 Mar 2021, 07:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Simply calling the 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette a popular car is like saying Lady Gaga or Usher are mere singers. So, if one needs to stand out in a crowd full of “America’s sports cars,” there’s no other way than resorting to...