Jeffrey Ross
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Chevrolet SS to Pace 20th NASCAR Brickyard Race
19 Jul 2014, 02:56 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As the NASCAR Sprint Cup enjoys a rare bye week, the series prepares for the 20th anniversary of its first ever running at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That inaugural 1994 race was won by Jeff Gordon in a Chevrolet, and Chevy has dominated the ...
Bentley Mulsanne Speed Could Debut At Paris
19 Jul 2014, 01:12 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / A few weeks ago, Auto Express reported that Bentley was planning a sportier version of its Mulsanne after they had spoken to Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer, and now it sounds like sources within the bespoke automaker have confirmed this. Addit...
Will Tax The Rich Soon be Thrashing a LaFerrari?
18 Jul 2014, 21:01 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / For most people, buying a new car generally involves heading down to a local dealership and then spending a few hours choosing options and signing paperwork, but Jon Hunt isn’t most people. When it came time to take delivery of his new LaFerr...
Watch This Rally Racer Suffer a Complete Brake Failure
18 Jul 2014, 19:39 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Rally racing has to be one of the most exciting forms of motorsports ever to exist, but it’s also one of the most dangerous. Not even including the teamwork that must exist between driver and co-driver, ever-changing variables such as the wea...
2014 Pinto Stampede Takes a Ride to Hell and Back
18 Jul 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Dodge Viper owners aren’t the only car-crazed fanatics rolling into the Detroit area this weekend. For the fourth year in a row, a group of Ford Pinto owners have banded together for the “Pinto Stampede,” and this year’s jou...
Cylinder Deactivation Heading to Three-Cylinder Engines
18 Jul 2014, 06:17 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Cylinder deactivation has been a great tool in recent years to help big, fuel-thirsty V-8s operate a little more efficiently at times, but one supplier could be developing a new system that could bring this technology to some of the littlest modern...
Pikes Peak Sets Up Memorial Fund for Bobby Goodin
18 Jul 2014, 05:08 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / From some tragedies comes greatness, and it looks like the tragic death of motorcycle racer Bobby Goodin could be the saving grace for future motorcycle racers. The organizers of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where Goodin died last month...
Viper Owners Descend Upon Detroit to Celebrate the Dodge Viper
18 Jul 2014, 04:37 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / If you’re in the metro Detroit area this weekend, don’t be surprised if you see hundreds of Dodge/SRT Vipers cruising Woodward or parading up I-75 at some point. Members of the Viper Owners Association (VOA) from across the country will...
Jeep Grand Cherokee, Liberty to Cost $151M, Conclude by Early 2015
18 Jul 2014, 01:37 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave Chrysler until July 16 to explain why it’s been so slow to produce the parts to recall for the 1993-98 Grand Cherokee and 2002-07 Liberty. Chrysler has since responde...
New Hyundai Sonata Could Spell the End for the Azera
17 Jul 2014, 22:00 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As if the arrival of the 2015 Hyundai Genesis Sedan didn’t already put enough pressure on the mid-luxury, front-wheel-drive Hyundai Azera, the all-new 2015 Sonata might end up suffocating the sedan from the other end. From the sounds of it, t...
Sixth-Gen Chevrolet Camaro Spied Testing for the First Time
17 Jul 2014, 20:16 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / With all the news lately regarding the 2015 Dodge Challenger and 2015 Ford Mustang, it would be easy to forget that an all-new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is also on the way. Spy photographers have now captured the first images of the sixth-gen Camaro ou...
VW Looking at Fiat-Chrysler Acquisition?
17 Jul 2014, 19:07 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Reports are starting to come out this afternoon that Volkswagen AG and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have recently held discussions for the German automaker to acquire some or all of the newly formed Italian-American FCA. The original news came from un...
2015 Mazda2 Finally Gets Its Official Debut
17 Jul 2014, 07:08 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / After years of waiting and all the recent leaks, fans of small, fun cars can now rejoice with the official debut of the next-generation Mazda2/Mazda Demio. As expected, the production version of the Mazda2 borrows heavily from the Hazumi Concept re...
Watch How Not to Test Drive a Ferrari California
17 Jul 2014, 06:07 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / For a Ferrari enthusiast, there is probably nothing cooler than taking one of Maranello’s finest out for a spin through the automaker’s hometown. That is exactly what we have here except what should have been an amazing memory for one g...
This Cadillac CTS-V Features a Massive Turbo, 1100+ HP
17 Jul 2014, 04:38 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / We’ve seen the guys at 1320video encounter plenty of awesome cars over the years, so anytime they start dropping superlatives, we know we’re in for a treat. This time around, they caught up with a murdered-out Cadillac CTS-V participati...
Largest Private Military Collection Auctioned Off in CA
17 Jul 2014, 03:35 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / With the prices that some classic cars are fetching at auctions these days, it isn’t uncommon to hear of vehicles going well into the six- and seven-figure price range. On paper, the Littlefield Auction that took place in Portola Valley, CA o...
2015 Dodge Challenger Lineup Pricing Officially Announced
17 Jul 2014, 00:52 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier today, someone jumped the gun by leaking an image that revealed the starting price of the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat of “$59.9k,” but Dodge has now released pricing info for its entire 2015 Challenger lineup. The refreshe...
IIHS Rates Best Used Cars for Teens
16 Jul 2014, 22:21 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / In its ongoing goal to help people choose safe vehicles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just announced its first-ever list of vehicles that it recommends as ideal cars for teenagers. More than just a list for teens, though, this ...
U.S. Marines Testing Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector
16 Jul 2014, 20:10 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The advent of smart bombs, drones and other high-tech gadgetry has made it very unlikely that the future military conflicts will require the need for hostile beach landings, but that doesn’t mean there will never be a need to get troops, vehi...
Production Nissan IDx Not Coming Until After 2016, If Ever
16 Jul 2014, 18:17 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier this year, the sporty Nissan IDx concept cars (IDx Freeflow and IDx NISMO) were practically a lock to go into production by 2016 following statements made by Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer. According to WardsAuto, though, Nissa...