Miscellaneous

If you were at the top of the executive food chain back when the now-defunct Saab was still making vehicles, then your week didn't get off on the right foot. Former Saab CEO Jan-Aake Jonsson, Chief Financial Officer Karl-Gustav Lindstroem, and former general counsel Kristina Geers were all arrested in ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has launched an eight-part series that takes viewers inside the Institute's Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville, Virginia. The Institute goes behind the scenes to show how crash test dummies work, and how the IIHS engineers crash and evaluate the safety of every new ...    Read more

Remember Land Rover's plans to introduce a new Defender in the next few years? Unfortunately for fans of the iconic nameplate, this has been put on hold, along with the opening of Land Rover's latest engine plant in India. The original plan was to offer a lightweight Defender model but ...    Read more

The Honda Aircraft Company, a division of Honda Motors, announced new achievements and milestones during the development of the HondaJet during the 2013 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE). The program has flown through 3,300 test points for stability, control, performance, landing gear, flight controls, and more. Michimasa Fujino, president ...    Read more

We're going to bug you with our newest feature. Bug you. Get it? Because it's a picture of a… ahh, okay, forget it. That was lame. Seriously, though. New feature. We're going to call it…ready…"Photo of the Day!" But not every day. Not at first. For now, this semi-regular feature will jump ...    Read more

You know that whole corporate average fuel economy standards thing where the government is asking automakers to start producing vehicles that achieve 54.5 mpg by 2025? Yeah, Chrysler Group is aware of CAFE and plans to participate, but that's not to say it won't build one last ozone-incinerating 6.2-liter V-8 ...    Read more

"Next year." Those two words during a dinnertime conversation are all you need to know when it comes to the Kia Quoris full-size luxury sedan going on sale in the U.S. Speaking with an official from Kia Motors at last week's launch ...    Read more

Chevrolet just went through its "super bowl," as Chris Perry, vice president of marketing for the Golden Bowtie, said. This super bowl he's talking about is the recent launch of 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. Like crosstown rival Ford and its F-150, the Silverado delivers the biggest numbers for any Chevrolet model ...    Read more

We understand that time is valuable, and for your benefit, we've composed a list to highlight the most important news each day of the past week. Kicking things off was an NHTSA announcement that traffic fatalities are gearing up to break a devastating record. Thankfully the next few days brought ...    Read more

For the first time in more than two years, the stock price for General Motors has passed its $33 initial public offering, thanks to the automaker preparing to introduce redesigned full-size pickups. The company will be introducing 20 new vehicles, including the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, hoping to rebound ...    Read more

When Fiat took over Chrysler back in 2009, there were rumblings that the Italian automaker would bring the Pentastar back to Turin. Now, as Italy's economic turmoil rages on, it appears that Fiat is kicking around the idea of ditching its home of more than 100 years in Lingotto--and its ...    Read more

From 1964 to 2008, Honda participated in Formula 1 competition through multiple avenues including racing, building cars, and supplying engines. Today, Honda announced that it will be rejoining Formula 1 in the form of an engine builder for McLaren. When Honda was last involved in F1 competition, it created a ...    Read more

In this latest teaser video from Volvo, we get 11 seconds of a man walking up to a lighthouse. There are no hints as to what will be unveiled, except for what might be an SUV to the left of him. It's hard to speculate what we will see in ...    Read more

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has announced that Gran Turismo 6 will be released in time for the holidays this year, game creator Kazunori Yamauchi revealed a 15th anniversary celebration today. The newest installment of PlayStation's best-selling franchise will bring more authenticity to the "Real Driving Simulator," along with new track ...    Read more

Not wholly shocking, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all states lower what legally constitutes drunk driving from a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 to 0.05 percent. The NTSB says that about 10,000 people die each year from alcohol-related car accidents, and 170,000 are injured. This would be one way ...    Read more

A settlement of $1.63 billion for Toyota's 2010 "unintended acceleration" fiasco seems unfathomably high, covering 22 million customers who own or owned an "affected" vehicle during the time the cars were said to have had problems. That works out to right around $74 per customer, though. But Toyota isn't parting with ...    Read more

In one of those few moments you should thank your lucky stars that statisticians figure out insurance rates than public opinion, CarInsurance.com ran a poll in which it surveyed 1,000 people to see how they would adjust rates. Much of it makes sense; some of it is downright scary. Let's ...    Read more

Like Acura and the second-coming of the NSX, fellow Japanese automaker Infiniti has plans to roll out a flagship sports car that will rely on a hybrid powertrain. This unnamed sports car is expected to feature technology previously seen in the Emerg-e and Essence concepts. Infiniti hasn't confirmed anything yet, ...    Read more

Chrysler Group has announced recalls concerning two of its brands, Ram Trucks and off-road centric Jeep. The first vehicle needing a fix is the 2013 Ram 1500, which was assembled from June 25, 2012 to December 12, 2012. The problem at hand concerning the Ram deals with a coolant bypass ...    Read more

For thousands of years, people have been trying to figure out just how far they've traveled. Some would measure the circumference of a wheel, tying a piece of cloth around a spoke and figuring out how many times the wheel went around during a trip. Even Leonardo da Vinci tried his luck ...    Read more

This whole automaker shutting down thing is starting to get old. First, it was Fisker Automotive, which technically still exists as it struggles to find a new owner. Then, it was ...    Read more

When the 2014 Toyota 4Runner was introduced two weeks ago at the Stagecoach Festival, Toyota said the SUV would have plenty of features carry over from the pre-refreshed version in addition to a more luxurious ...    Read more

For the 2014 model year, BMW is bringing back the 3 Series Sports Wagon, but it wouldn't have been possible without Max Reisböck, an engineer for the automaker, who many years ago set the wheels in motion. Going ...    Read more

This is stating the obvious, but young drivers are way more at risk of motor vehicle crashes and fatalities than other demographics. Noticing this, the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) have partnered with the government, corporate leaders, young people, and other partners to launch Global Youth Traffic Safety Month, ...    Read more

Besides older, established, and affluent, the other key demographic automakers are going after these days--with a vengeance--is young people. Like cigarettes, once you're hooked, automakers believe they have an "in" to move you up the line. So what's General Motors doing to change with the times, be down with the young ...    Read more