Carmakers file paperwork with the National Highway Transportation Administration every year that parse VINs for coming models. Hagerty discovered a VIN decoder document for the Ford Mustang suggesting a more powerful engine on the way for the 2020 pony car. According to Bozi Tatarevic, who wrote the Hagerty piece, “sources at Ford say we’re looking ...
British Racing Green makes nearly everything better in the automotive world, even a small, Japanese sports car. Despite being about 6,000 miles away from Great Britain, Japan is channeling the British spirit with the Toyota 86 British Green Limited special edition. Be it a Toyota or a Scion, the 86/FR-S has never been offered with ...
Gotta hand it to AMG. Though the vast majority of the carmaker’s clientele are likelier to eat glass than track their high-powered sedans, we sampled the 2019 AMG GT sedan at the epic 3.4-mile Circuit of the Americas course. Once the tire smoke subsided, we decided the GT is a potent, if slightly less track-worthy ...
Almost one year ago, Auto Express quoted Hyundai’s global head of sales as saying that a Tucson N “is under development, and other models will come after that.” The same publication says it can confirm the Tucson N will appear within two years, bringing an N-tuned powertrain with it that corrals 340 horsepower. AE says ...
Fans of high horsepower German cars, line up here: The four-door BMW M8 Gran Coupe is coming, and here’s our first look at it in spy photos. We’ve seen the 8 Series Gran Coupe in spy shots before, but the M version looks far meaner. Check out the bigger wheels shrouding much larger brakes than ...
Cadillac just showed the new XT6 at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, but today’s news covers its smaller brother the XT5. A couple of leaked images on GM Authority along with information about the cars squirmed its way onto the web for the 2020 mid-cycle refresh, and we have the details for you. In looking ...
Lately in the world of fast Chevrolets, it’s the long-awaited but still mysterious mid-engine Corvette that’s captured everyone’s attention. While there’s still a ton we don’t know, it’s slated to be the true exotic-killer the ‘Vette was always meant to be. But where does that leave the current king of front-engine Corvettes—the supercharged, 755 horsepower ...
The Honda Pilot three-row crossover was refreshed for 2019 with updated exterior styling and a few tweaks to the interior and tech. The Pilot shares a platform with the upcoming two-row Honda Passport and Ridgeline pickup truck. Our tester is the top-tier Elite trim, meaning it’s loaded with plenty of goodies like leather, heated and ...
The 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor is a special truck. Nothing from Chevy or Ram comes close to matching the look and feel of Ford’s road-going trophy truck. Even the smaller, diesel-powered Ford Ranger Raptor we drove in Australia earlier this year doesn’t have quite the same feel. Since that truck isn’t coming to America, we’ll ...
For anyone who still hadn’t noticed the elephant in the room, it should be clear by now that the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette won’t debut at the Detroit Auto Show. And if sources for GM Authority are correct, we won’t see the America’s most mythical automotive unicorn for at least six months. The site said “sources ...
