During automotive history’s dark ages (a.k.a. the early-1970s to the mid-1980s), fuel economy shot right to the top of many new car buyers’ priority lists, as the Malaise Era (as it has come to be...
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As loathe as most of us are to thank a tax collector, we think the folks who wrote the tax laws for automobile fuels in Western Europe are owed a tip of the cap, for...
The Cadillac Escalade – which has just entered its fourth generation – is wildly popular (by full-size luxury SUV standards, anyway) here in North America. However, in international markets, its appeal is far more limited....
Having grown up in a diesel-car-owning household, we’re somewhat predisposed to harboring affection toward these spark-plug-free automobiles. And we’re especially fond of high performance diesel cars, as they’re fighting the good fight against deeply entrenched...
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Back in the highly fuel-economy-conscious late-1970s and early-1980s, with two OPEC embargoes all-too-fresh in the public’s mind, a large percentage of the car manufacturers doing business in the U.S. offered at least one diesel model....
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The annals of automotive history are sprinkled with vehicles that were truly awful all-around. But in some cases, cars that are otherwise decent (if not actually good) have been saddled with wretched engines. Of course,...
By and large, motorcycle design is a pretty orthodox, regimented business. Granted, this is not surprising given that pretty much all you have to work with are two wheels, an engine, a frame in which...
To call this car a “wagon” just seems wrong. Sure, it has the shape of an Audi RS6 wagon, but with the amount of power and torque it has, I am declaring this something more....
Porsche tuner TechArt is fresh off their win of Sport Auto’s Tuner Grand Prix 2009. But this doesn’t have Stuttgart’s finest mod shop resting on its laurels as they have just announced a new package...
Audi’s second generation diesel racer is currently being prepped for its debut in the American Le Mans racing series opener. The new Audi R15 TDI uses a V10 engine that puts out more than 600...