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2020 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 May Get a Twin-Turbo V8

It looks like at least some of the wilder speculation about what the future holds for the C8 Corvette is actually coming true. Both the C8.R race car and more importantly for you the C8 Z06 will be powered by a twin-turbo dual-overhead-cam flat-plane-crank V8 according to a source that spoke to MotorTrend. From sources who …
burgundy 2020 Honda Odyssey driving along a shoreside roadway

Minivans Are Surprisingly the Most-Driven Vehicle Type

Americans are known for driving a lot. While current buying trends are toward SUVs, a study by iSeeCars.com found that minivans are the vehicle body-type that is driven the most miles each year. The study found that the average 10-year-old vehicle is driven 11,987 miles per year. Minivans come in 10.4 percent higher, with 13,235 …

Headaches, Hassles For Both Ford and Customers Over Transmission Defects

Ford Motor Co. has both a big public relations headache and a lot of upset Focus and Fiesta owners. Ford just announced it will extend clutch repair warranties while paying for previous work performed on clutches just after Labor Day according to the Detroit Free Press. The average cost has been between $1,200-1,400 for a …

Nissan’s Troubles Keep Mounting and Now Upheaval At Infiniti, Too

Nissan’s luxury brand Infiniti has seen sales continue to fall in recent months. Now it has announced that Karim Habib, who was head of Infiniti design for the last two years will be replaced by Taisuke Nakamura, who has overseen Nissan’s concept car designs as well as its global design strategies. This follows in the …
Seat belts

How Effective Are Seat Belts?

Even though seat belts were not immediately embraced, let's look at how effective these safety measures have been since becoming a requirement.
Pimp My Ride

Was ‘Pimp My Ride’ Fake?

'Pimp My Ride' was one of MTV's most successful and beloved shows of the early 2000's. But was there any truth behind the show or was it all fake?

VW Will Announce New Logo That Looks Like The Old One

The more things change the more they stay the same. Volkswagen has announced that they will reveal their new logo at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.  If you think you’ve seen it before you may have noticed it in their Hello Light ad for the ID Buzz Microbus EV. Then again, you might have …
Two cars crash into each other in an IIHS or NHTSA crash test rating scenario to earn an five-star crash rating or less.

China Retaliates Over Trump Tariffs With 25% Import Auto Duty

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced today they will impose new tariffs on $75 billion of US goods to counter President Trump’s planned levies on Chinese imports. Besides the 5% tariff on American soybeans and crude-oil imports, the killer for American car manufacturers will be a 25% tariff on US cars starting December 15.  The announced …