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We wade into a new Rare Rides Icons series today, with a vehicle that was heralded as a revolution when it arrived in the mid-'80s. Pitched into a changing family car market, the Ford Taurus was something entirely new from the Blue Oval. Front-wheel drive, aerodynamic, and designed to be family-friendly and practical. It could be selected as a more capacious wagon, a more economical manual, in a…
In the early 1960s, Maserati was undergoing a quiet transformation. The Modena marque, forged in the crucible of Grand Prix racing, was transitioning from low-volume racing specials to ultra-sophisticated Gran Turismos for the jet-set elite.
Sometimes an owner changes their mind mid stream about the direction of a project. Normally that is a recipe for disaster. This time I think it all worked out for the best. Let me know your thoughts on this change and if you think it was for the betterment of the car overall.
Pebble Beach is where seven-figure prewar coachwork goes to preen, and this year the field was stacked with the usual assortment of high-priced, high-gloss, high-falutin' cars of all sorts. However, the vehicle that actually stopped traffic on The Tour wasn't a car - it was a truck.
Fundraising emails are a normal fact of political life. Asking your supporters to help buy the gas you helped make expensive is a special kind of tone-deaf.
We all know that California loves its rules. People who live there will often tell you it's the government's vigilance about keeping the Golden State free(r) from pollution, waste, and whatnot is worth the higher taxes they pay.
Explore the rare Jaguar XK150S Bertone and witness the unique design of this iconic vehicle alongside other classic cars. This footage provides a close look at the Jaguar XK150S Bertone, a standout model known for its distinct aesthetic and historical place in automotive design.
The tire industry looks to be evolving and appears to be taking a page out of the same book automakers have been using. Businesses want to trim overhead and increase their profit margins to appease investors. Sadly, this has resulted in numerous factory closures for North America and is allegedly setting the industry up for some major changes.
Host Robin Warner takes an in-depth look the 2026 Chevrolet Trax.
Every EV driver knows the drill: pull up to a charger, discover you don't have the right app installed, then spend five minutes creating an account while your battery pretends it doesn't care. Octopus Energy is taking a swing at that problem with a new app called Octopus Charge, which the company says aggregates more than 200,000 individual EV chargers across North America.
American and Canadian deal-makers are deep in eleventh-hour negotiations, trying to hammer out a compromise that would scale back President Donald Trump's punishing 25% "Section 232" national security tariff on Canadian-assembled vehicles down to at least a baseline 15%.
Remember when Ford told us Quality is Job One? Many Americans believed that slogan and Ford's hourly workforce set out to make it a reality. And, it did have an impact. At a time when Ford, General Motors, and then-Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/Jeep needed the public to believe in them, American buyers rightfully wanted quality products.
Flock cameras have earned their moment in the crosshairs, and it isn't hard to see why. License plate-reading cameras were sold on the premise of sharper law enforcement, but the rollout has produced misuse, false flags, and a public that increasingly wants nothing to do with the surveillance apparatus quietly spreading across the country.
Mercedes-Benz revealed the refreshed 2027 C-Class Sedan. While the powertrain has been given some attention, changes are largely visual - tweaking the exterior to more closely match the S-Class and newly electrified variant of the C-Class.
Repeated drawdowns of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve have pushed crude inventory down toward roughly 243 million barrels-a four-decade low.
Jane Owen, CEO of boutique entertainment/celebrity PR firm, Jane Owen PR, gives her unfiltered views of how PR works in that segment, challenges, dealing with egos, AI deep fakes, changing media landscape. Plus, she weighs in on how the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce wedding was handled.
If the door lock on your 2023, 2024, or 2025 Toyota Prius or Prius Prime does not respond to being locked or unlocked by the remote then the door lock actuator is likely damaged. We go step by step through the replacement instructions here to get your door lock working properly again.
While vehicle prices typically only move in an upward direction, many have noticed that the automotive inflation witnessed over the last several years seems to be outpacing previous eras. But this is hardly limited to new models, as there is a surplus of data showcasing that used models are actually outpacing new cars.
