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Driver Crashes Prius into NY Firehouse, Had a Stolen Snake Wrapped Around Her Neck
7 Aug 2014, 06:29 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / A 22-year-old woman in New York recently learned how fast karma can catch up with you after she crashed her Toyota Prius into a fire department on Monday. The driver had allegedly just stolen several snakes from a nearby pet store, and when the fir...
Watch this Red Bull Racing Show Car Catch Fire in Russia
7 Aug 2014, 05:30 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Kinky Kylie was the name Sebastian Vettel had given to his Red Bull Racing RB7 that helped him claim the 2011 F1 Championship, and that car showed she is still smoking hot even a few years after being replaced. At a demonstration drumming up suppor...
Is This McLaren Video Teasing the P13
7 Aug 2014, 04:31 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / On the heels of launching the P1 and the 650S, McLaren is undoubtedly hard at work preparing its next model, the P13, for its time in the spotlight. The British automaker has already stated that it plans to introduce its all-new 911-fighting, entry...
1952 Fiat F1 Hauler Headed to Monterey Motorsports Reunion
7 Aug 2014, 03:09 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion brings some of the most priceless pieces of automotive racing history together for a weekend of classic car racing. This year, one vehicle in particula...
Cummins-Powered Jeep Wrangler Hits the Dyno
7 Aug 2014, 00:51 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It’s not that common of a sight to see a Jeep Wrangler strapped onto a dyno, so if you ever do, there is probably a very good reason behind it. Like this Cummins-power JK Wrangler, for example. Florida-based Bruiser Conversions swapped the Wr...
2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata to Look ‘Nothing Like’ Previous Generations
7 Aug 2014, 00:26 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / With less than a month to go until the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata is revealed, details are starting to emerge for this iconic lightweight roadster. As expected, the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata will feature a heavy dose of Mazda’s current K...
VW of America Wants to Make its EVs, Plug-Ins Even Cleaner
6 Aug 2014, 21:17 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Taking slightly different approaches, Audi and Volkswagen are preparing to launch plug-in vehicles in the U.S., and both automakers are looking to make their clean cars even cleaner. Announced at the Management Briefing Seminar hosted by the Center...
GM Planning More Diesels in the U.S.
6 Aug 2014, 16:50 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Despite a recent report showing sales of the Chevy Cruze Diesel were lagging behind the competition, Chevrolet is not ready to throw in the towel for this engine technology for its cars and light trucks anytime soon. As proof of this, GM’s vi...
2015 Aston Martin Vanquish, Rapide S Get Extra Performance, Fuel Economy · Photo Gallery
6 Aug 2014, 03:24 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / There has been a flurry of activity from Aston Martin over the last month in terms of new product, but we knew it was only a matter of time before some of the current products got some attention. And that’s just the case with the 2015 Aston M...
End Draws Near for One-Off 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Years Convertible Raffle
6 Aug 2014, 02:33 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Ford just announced that the final example of the 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Years Limited Edition is heading to auction next month, but before that happens, the one-off convertible version of this car will be raffled off during the 2014 Woodward Dream C...
GM Prices Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon Mid-Size Trucks
5 Aug 2014, 21:43 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As General Motors finally prepares to kick off sales of its all-new mid-size pickup truck duo this fall, pricing for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and 2015 GMC Canyon have just been announced. Truck buyers will be able to get into a Chevrolet Colorad...
AL Troopers Use 18-Wheelers to Catch Reckless Drivers
5 Aug 2014, 20:20 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Alabama State Troopers recently began a program called Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, or TACT, which like its name suggests is designed to catch bad drivers. A crackdown on bad drivers isn’t exactly newsworthy, but the interesting part...
Motor Trend Host Shares Details of Horrifying ABT Audi R8 Crash
5 Aug 2014, 19:01 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Every time we get behind the wheel of a car, we’re putting our lives in the hands of complete strangers who we trust will be paying attention to the road. Whether it’s drunk drivers, distracted drivers or just plain bad drivers, though,...
New Ad Campaign for Dodge Dart Stars Craig Robinson, Jake Johnson
5 Aug 2014, 17:39 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Taking a page out of its own highly successful playbook, Dodge has created a new ad campaign for the Dodge Dart. Similar to last year’s ads for the Dodge Durango starring fictitious news anchor Ron Burgundy the “Don’t Touch My Dar...
Bespoke McLaren 650S MSO, P1 Debuting at Pebble Beach
5 Aug 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It’s hard to think how much rarer a McLaren P1 or a one-of-50 McLaren MSO 650S Spider could get, but McLaren aims to show us exactly that at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. One-off versions of the P1 and the MSO 650S Spider h...
Australian Importers Eye 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
5 Aug 2014, 14:39 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / More often than not, it seems that car enthusiasts in the U.S. are pining for some of the rear-drive goodness available in bountiful numbers in Australia. Sure, we scored a minor win with the Chevrolet SS, but the Ford Falcon XR8 and HSV GTS (not t...
Watch Jeff Zwart’s Awesome 2014 Pikes Peak Run in a 997 911 GT3
5 Aug 2014, 05:26 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It’s hard to believe that the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is already two months in the past, but more examples of this awesome race continue to trickle out onto the Internet. We need not look any further for evidence of this than...
Final 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition Headed to Barrett-Jackson
5 Aug 2014, 03:30 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Introduced earlier this year, the 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition is a commemorative model of the all-new pony limited to just 1,964 units. As if these cars won’t be rare enough, the final version to roll off the assembly line will ...
Check Out This Believable Ferrari 458 Italia Replica
5 Aug 2014, 00:10 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The Ferrari 458 Italia has been around for several years now, but if your piggy bank still isn’t plump enough to afford a used model, then you might want to check out this listing on AutoTrader. Someone in the U.K. has created a surprisingly ...
Cadillac ELR Sales Double In July
4 Aug 2014, 21:27 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The Cadillac ELR was never intended to set sales records, but slow sales in the car’s short lifespan have led to a massive pileup vehicle inventory for dealers. Things might be looking up for the range-extended electric luxury coupe, however,...