Automotive News

Subaru has introduced eight new videos showcasing some of the features that make up its vehicles, including the flat-4 "boxer" engine, Subaru's Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, and X-Mode, among others. Each video focuses on one aspect of a vehicle, with the help of a mime or two. Set to the same ...    Read more

To be the best you have to beat the best, and apparently, that's a saying Chevrolet has taken to heart with the C7 Corvette Stingray. These images our spy photographer snapped can attest to that, as a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is seen here testing on public roads with an ...    Read more

The 2013 Ford Taurus SHO is the automaker's top-of-the-line full-size sedan, vying in a class that is far more refined than the clunky sedans that used to dot the segment. The Taurus is tall, wide, and commanding, and pulls power from a 3.5-liter V-6 with bite. While lesser trims get ...    Read more

Luck favors the prepared, and as it turned out, we were ready when we saw the 2014 Mini Cooper driving Southern California's Pacific Coast Highway at Point Mugu when we were evaluating vehicles for an upcoming crossover comparison. Overlooking the highway from a sand dune, our resident photographer Jason Davis snapped ...    Read more

When we stopped for a break during testing five compact crossovers for an upcoming comparison at Point Mugu State Park in Malibu, imagine our surprise when we caught sight of the 2014 BMW X5 driving by just minutes after we saw a similarly camouflaged next-generation Mini Cooper crossing our path. ...    Read more

For the 2014 model year, Chevrolet's smallest U.S. vehicle will feature some mechanical changes. Instead of its current four-speed automatic, the 2014 Chevrolet Spark will offer a continuously-variable automatic transmission (CVT). Other transmission choices will include a five-speed manual, and both the CVT and manual transmissions will be partnered with ...    Read more

All of the major truck makers have been posturing as having the most powerful V-8 engines, fuel-efficient, turbocharged engines, and some sort of tow rating that's enough to shame yesteryear's commercial vehicles. Yet, there's been little talk about V-6s, especially from General Motors, which has kept its engine ...    Read more

The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado's full specifications and information were released this evening, and as we heard before, it will feature three all-new engines. We now know though that one mill, the 5.3-liter V-8, is rated at 355 horsepower, and is capable of touching 23 mpg on the highway. ...    Read more

Twenty years ago, Jurassic Park had just been released in movie theaters, a Democrat succeeded a Bush as the president of the United States, and Congressmen were still bickering over how best to spend--or not spend--your tax dollars. On this date, May 5 1993--Cinco de Mayo as you ...    Read more

Remember when you thought cars that could drive themselves were right up there with ones that could fly? Well, the former may happen sooner than you think, and an American automaker may be the first to do so. That was only the first major automotive news story of the week ...    Read more