Honda just announced this week that it will be closing its Civic hatchback factory in Swindon in the U.K. Besides meaning the potential loss of 3,500 jobs, the plant closure left us wondering what the future is for the Honda Civic hatchback, particularly the Type R, both of which are produced there for global markets ...
I look forward to the Detroit Auto Show almost every year. I moved out west, so traveling back for the show offers me a chance to visit the place I grew up, to see what some automakers are bringing to the roads in the upcoming year and to drive some of the long-termers that call ...
As freezing temperatures plague much of the country, electric vehicle owners may experience a decrease in driving range, compounded by the use of the vehicle’s interior climate control. New research from AAA reveals that when the mercury dips to 20°F and the HVAC system is used to heat the inside of the vehicle, the average ...
Italian car brand Alfa Romeo will be the only name on its Formula One team partnership with Switzerland-based Sauber this season. The rebranding means 2007 F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi will be driving for Alfa Romeo Racing in 2019. The team was called Alfa Romeo Sauber when it finished eighth in the constructors’ ...
One of the perks of owning a Tesla is access to the Supercharger network of fast chargers, and especially the early offer of free charging there with certain models. So it’s not entirely surprising that Porsche will provide a similar program to buyers of the Porsche Taycan electric sports sedan. For the first three years ...
It’s hard to imagine improving upon the unbelievable Ferrari 812 Superfast, but Novitec now offers a way to do just that. Performance upgrades to the 789 horsepower 6.5-liter V12 are scheduled to come later, but there’s no shortage of things you can tack on now. To begin, Novitec developed an aero package using carbon fiber. ...
The Detroit Auto Show was full of three-row crossover news with the Ford Explorer, Kia Telluride and Cadillac XT6 all making their debuts. But the news isn’t over yet as one of our spy photographers caught the next-generation Toyota Highlander out testing. The crossover is carefully camouflaged with copious amounts of cardboard, but we can ...
The Supra is out, thanks to a “goof” by Toyota Mexico’s Twitter account. For a brief amount of time, this video played in a post on the account, showing us the car without any camouflage. Now, a decent quality version of the video is hosted on the Supra MkV forum’s YouTube account for you to ...
Ford said on Monday it plans to roll out a wireless technology for its new vehicle models in the United States, starting in 2022, that will allow direct communication between connected devices. The new technology, called C-V2X, or cellular vehicle-to-everything, would augment sensors used in self-driving cars making the vehicle’s view from radars and cameras ...
Back in October Ford gave us a sneak peak and shared some police-department test results for its latest police pursuit Interceptor vehicle, which is based on the forthcoming 2020 Explorer. To review, the 2020 Police Interceptor Utility’s standard drivetrain is a 3.3-liter V-6 hybrid. Optional engines include a non-hybridized 3.3-liter V-6 and a 3.0-liter EcoBoost ...
