Every new car launch is fraught with anticipation inside the walls of its maker. Odds are it will find a modicum of success, but there’s always the looming specter of it failing to rub the...
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As large and as lucrative as the U.S. new car market has been for virtually its entire existence, pretty much every major automaker has nevertheless kept the good stuff out of our hands on at...
The compact luxury crossover segment is one of the hottest in the automotive industry right now, so Lexus was smart to (finally) jump on board with the aggressively-styled NX. And when we say “aggressively-styled,” we...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntUmzO961k It’s the first Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means! Er, yeah, okay, but the thing we had in mind was the release of another new six-car content pack for Forza...
If you like your Super Bowls with a little of everything, then yesterday’s Super Bowl XLIX was right in your wheelhouse. But in between plays that made America say “Did that just happen?” and “What...
It’s been another eventful week for Gran Turismo 6 players; on Wednesday, Alpine – the iconic French sports car manufacturer that parent company Renault is working on reviving – revealed its retro-inspired open-top Vision Gran...
It’s hardly unusual for automakers to bring out the big guns for their home auto show; the Germans do it in Frankfurt, likewise the French for Paris, and historically the Detroit Three have done it...
November brings shorter days, cooler weather and a massive culling of the American turkey population. It also brings car manufacturers from far and wide here to Southern California for the Los Angeles Auto Show. We’re...
Another SEMA Show has come and gone and, as usual, there was a bountiful crop of customized cars, trucks, SUVs and – in a welcome return to the limelight – vans. And as you might...
For a rear-drive junior luxury coupe meant to butt heads with the BMW 4 Series, Audi A5 and others, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of buzz surrounding the Lexus RC. Yeah, the...