RECALL ALERT: Toyota recalls nearly 170,000 Tundra, Sequoia, and Avalon vehicles
Have you heard about the latest Toyota recalls? Approximately 168,000 Toyota vehicles, including certain 2018–2019 Toyota Tundra pickups and Toyota Sequoia SUVs, as well as...
PRIUS RECALLS: Toyota recalls more than 800,000 Prius and Prius v vehicles
Toyota announced Toyota Prius recalls today that affect some 807,000 vehicles in the United States, including 2010-2014 model year Toyota Prius and 2012-2014 Prius v...
FCA september sales break records, Ford and GM down
September sales reports from the automotive industry are out. Although it turned out to be a bearish month for two of the Big Three, FCA...
In the mood for something retro? How about a new Fiat 500 1957 Edition?
It’s hard to keep up with the many flavors of Fiat 500. Clearly, a Fiat 500 is not for everybody. The basic characteristics of the...
A car that we’re glad exists: Nissan announces pricing for the 2019 Nissan Versa Note
With a 1.6 liter, four-cylinder powerplant that makes 109 horsepower, the 2019 Nissan Versa Note is not an enthusiast’s dream. It does not exactly qualify as...
‘Off-road cruise control?’ Ford’s new Trail Control feature for the F-150 Raptor actually sounds like a good idea—but maybe they should position it a little differently
If you’re like me, you use cruise control as a means of restraint in higher-speed situations, to try to keep the velocity a little lower...
It’s a little late to announce back-to-school specials, but for a college kid with around $20K to spend, the 2019 MINI Oxford Edition is a pretty cool idea
Cars that are relatively inexpensive when new but still offer some level of an enthusiast-oriented driving experience aren’t exactly plentiful on the market these days....
2019 Lexus RC Coupe reveal promised for Paris Motor Show in October
Personal luxury coupes may be all but extinct among American automakers, but continuing apace with the category is Lexus. Yesterday, Toyota’s luxury marque announced the...
Ford says ‘Nothing to report’ on Mustang Mach 1 50th anniversary plans
So it seems that it’s official: Ford has no Mach 1 50th anniversary plans in 2019 to commemorate the 1969 launch of the legendary Mustang...
Be still, my heart: the Jaguar E-Type is coming back—sort of.
Three days ago, it was officially announced that the childhood dream car that I’ve never owned is returning. The Jaguar E-type is coming back—well, sort...
GM’s Mark Reuss at Holden Headquarters: ‘Make no mistake, we’re moving to a driverless future’
So how do you feel about the future of autonomous motoring—or about a so-called “driverless future?” If you’re reading AutoNewsblaster, chances are you have mixed...
T-Birds go up to 11: in defense of the Ford Thunderbird 11th generation?
2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird. Photo by IFCARE (Wikimedia Commons). By Bill Hayward Although I do remember running across a short news story or two when the...
Is Ford actually going to miss the Mustang Mach 1 50th anniversary?
Fall is just a few weeks away. We’re already deep into end-of-model-year season and the new model-year launch season. The launch of the 2019 Mustang...
Will the future Dodge Charger redesign be a badge-engineered Alfa Romeo Giulia? Let’s assess the pros and cons
The untimely loss of Sergio Marchionne is of course tragic—for his family, for FCA, and for the automotive industry. Yet the true extent of his...
Rolls Royce is taking a selection of their bespoke motor cars on a summer tour of some of Europe’s swankiest leisure destinations
If you’re part of the crowd that uses the word summer as a verb and need an extra thing or two to do as you lounge about...
Let’s all pause for a moment and give the 10 millionth Mustang the moment of honor it deserves
What can you say about a single American automotive model that forever changed the everyday car owner’s sense of what the driving experience can be,...
Brother, can you spare 2 million Euros for the MILAN RED hypercar?
The MILAN RED hypercar, a new exotic from the Austria-based startup MILAN Automotive GmbH, made its official debut at the company’s first official press conference...
One of the most stunning concept cars we’ve seen all year is… wait for it… a Hyundai
Photo: Hyundai Media Center. On Friday, one of the most visually stunning sports coupe concepts that we’ve seen in the past year will be on...
2017 Ferrari motorsports documentary set for wide video on-demand release July 24
In case you missed the documentary Ferrari: Race to Immortality when it launched with mixed reviews to DVD last fall, you will soon have another...
It’s ba-aaaack! Toyota’s motorsports program makes it official: Supra will return to the track in 2019 NASCAR season
Toyota Xfinity Supra. Photo: Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota announced last week that the automaker’s official racing program will return the Toyota Supra to the track...
Are 9th- and 10th-generation V8 Ford Thunderbirds underrated?
10th-Generation Ford Thunderbird. Photo by Charles01 (posted to WikiMedia Commons). So yesterday I was making a quick stop at McDonald’s, to grab my daughter a...
Meet the new 2019 Buick LaCrosse ST
Photo: Buick Pressroom Chevrolet may be moving in the direction of phasing out larger sedans like the Impala, but look on the bright side: we...
Connected-vehicle tech company Autotalks scores a reported ‘several million dollar’ investment from Hyundai.
Photo: Hyundai media center. In April we ran a story on Autotalks, an Israel-based semiconductor company focused on the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications...
This week’s flurry of Dodge announcements points to FCA aligning to fill voids Ford, GM are leaving in the market.
Photo: FCA Media website. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) issued a flurry of Dodge announcements late this week that, although they tell us little that we...
Volkswagen, Dumas electrify the automotive world with all-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record.
Photo: Volkswagen U.S. media website. As covered in our article just over a month ago, Volkswagen said they would do it. And on Sunday, they...
You’ve come a long way, Hyundai (and Kia and Genesis): Unprecedented J.D. Power findings rank 3 Korean automakers at the top of the quality scale.
Photographed in the UK, this 1986 Hyundai Pony is an example of the model that Hyundai marketed in the U.S. as the first-generation Excel. Photo...
The 2019 MX-5 Miata is getting more horsepower. And we approve.
Photo: Mazda USA Newsroom. Ah, Miata. The car that, in spite of sometimes being maligned as a “chick-mobile” or “secretary’s car,” has earned a reputation...
No, Rolls-Royce didn’t announce thousands of job cuts today. But Rolls-Royce did.
Rolls-Royce Cars and Cognac Event. Photo: BMW Group Press Club. It was a study in random PR mishaps and brand confusion. And it’s hard to...
Does size matter when it comes to safety? MINI Hardtop 2 Door bags IIHS safety award for criteria that include ‘nearly avoiding’ a collision, BMW Group says.
Photo: BMW Group media website. When it comes to factors that affect crashworthiness as well as lighting and driver assist technologies, size might not matter...
5 things to love about the Lincoln MKT
Photo: Bill Hayward. You can make a strong argument that, of any automotive format, it’s the station wagon that encompasses the widest range of elements...