1954 Mercury XM 800 Concept is retro-cool in execution, detail and design
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Classics, Sedan The true jewels of most auto shows are often hidden, requiring a bit more legwork to find. During our third pass of the Chicago Auto Show,...
View ArticleLexus plays us like a fiddle with its LFA quartet
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Lexus Last we checked, there were fewer than 90 Lexus LFA models in the United States. So imagine our surprise to find not one, not two, but...
View ArticleKia Track’ster unlikely for production, but hints at next-generation Soul...
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Kia Expect the next Soul to look something like the Track’ster, with Kia deploying more than one variant. Kia’s Track’ster Concept is...
View ArticleGM confirms discontinued Saturn Outlook parts used in refreshed GMC Acadia
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, SUV, Plants/Manufacturing, GMC, Design/Style Yesterday, Car and Driver called out GM in a snarky blog post for repurposing parts from the discontinued Saturn Outlook to...
View ArticleHow Kia built its show-stopping Track’ster concept
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Videos, Hatchback, Kia, Design/Style We’ll admit it: We’re totally smitten with the Kia Track’ster Concept that debuted at last week’s Chicago Auto Show....
View ArticleU.S. Army’s CERV puts a machine gun on a "green" military vehicle
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Military It used to be that we couldn’t even find a picture of the U.S. Army’s Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV), but times have changed. At the 2012 Chicago...
View ArticleSubmit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #283 LIVE
Filed under: Etc., Ford, GM, Kia, Holden We record Episode #283 of the Autoblog Podcast tonight, meaning you can drop us your questions via our Q&A module below and chime in to direct our...
View ArticleWould-be U.S. Mahindra dealers file suit
Filed under: SUV, Truck, Etc., Government/Legal, India In 2004, Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra began courting U.S. auto dealers to build a network of outlets for its trucks and SUVs....
View ArticleLeaked drawings of the C7 Corvette hit the web
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury Hope Santa’s got some coal left, because someone else has earned it for yet another holiday season leak. Alongside...
View ArticleThese are your top 10 best-selling vehicles of 2012
Filed under: Car Buying, Ford The best-selling vehicle in all the land last year was, of course, the Ford F-Series pickup. If our math is correct, that makes its string of sales crowns 31-years long....
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