The Toyota Prius may be quite popular (at least here in SoCal), but that doesn’t necessarily make it desirable. Okay, a lot of people do find the car that has become synonymous with hybrids and...
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In case you’ve been living off the grid for a while (and we certainly don’t blame you for doing so, in light of recent events), we’d like to inform you that our rocky little dinghy...
Having seen the production Cadillac ELR in natural daylight at a recent car event, we can honestly say that it looks good. No, make that unabashedly, staggeringly sexy. It looks like an escapee from the...
Not even 24 hours ago we brought you the skinny on the production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder, Stuttgart’s shapely plug-in hybrid hellraiser. It looks wicked cool (particularly with the flashback-fabulous Weissach Package), and...
In 2010, Porsche stunned the automotive world by revealing the 918 Spyder Concept, a plug-in hybrid supercar. Not long after the concept completed its tour of the auto show circuit, Porsche announced it would be...
Some 50 weeks ago, we accepted an invitation from Ford to try out some of its newest and coolest creations on the streets and freeways of Los Angeles County’s South Bay region. We came away...
It used to be that racecar builders like Alfa Romeo, Porsche and Ferrari would construct special low-drag “longtail” versions of their sport prototypes for high speed tracks like Le Mans, Daytona and Monza. But as...
More than a few people think supercars are an endangered species. All the concerns about flaunting wealth inequality and using lots of gas are just some of the forces conspiring to make these most athletic...
The Detroit Auto Show (the proper name, North American International Auto Show, makes our eyes and ears hurt) is traditionally the first major auto show of the calendar year, and it’s reprising that role in...
Ah, Paris in the autumn. The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are turning to varying shades and saturations of crimson and, if the year ends in an even number, the automotive world is converging upon...