900-hp Yugo GV with a Cadillac V8 over each axle listed for sale Normally, the thought of spending more than $25,000 on a Yugo GV flies right into the teeth of logic. It was cheap when it was new,…
2021 Mini lineup includes some more equipment and some lower prices Mini has played the unusual triple for its 2021 model-year lineup: Design revisions, more equipment, and lower prices on a number of models. Two full-body exterior colors, Emerald…
Junkyard Gem: 2009 Chevrolet HHR with manual transmission The sales success of the retro-ized Volkswagen New Beetle in 1998 caught Chrysler’s attention, which led to the big-selling PT Cruiser for the 2002 model year. GM, with a wealth of…
Pandemic car buying: Consumer strategies for the age of COVID-19 and beyond To buy a car, you need money. To have money, you need a job, unless you’re cruising on investments. So for many of the 40 million unemployed…
Escort Redline 360c radar detector claims best long-distance 360-degree detection The year 2020 will not leave us without ironies, along with its other gifts. At a time when we’re driving so little that auto insurance companies are partially refunding…
Basic Continuously Variable Transmission explained with Legos In recent years, the search for better fuel efficiency and smoother shifting has produced automatic transmissions with double-digit gears. Alternatively, the same quest has boosted the popularity and usage of a different…
Come 2022, new-car launches will nearly double, half of them EVs or hybrids In its annual “Car Wars” report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch predicts a wave of new-car launches coming in 2022 at nearly double the rate of…
Dutch designer reinvents Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One car for the 2020s In 2015, freelance automotive designer Andries van Overbeeke began exploring how Formula One cars could change in the not-too-distant future. His worked earned him a coveted design internship…
NASCAR’S Bubba Wallace reflects on a dramatic week, and finding his voice CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bubba Wallace can count Spike Lee and Demi Lovato in his corner since he became the leader of NASCAR’s push for change. Where he…
Zeltini Z-Triton is a boat, trike and cabin all in one Zeltini is a Latvia-based design studio that dabbles in a variety of design products and projects. The prototyping shop has envisioned a modern outhouse with a roof garden,…
