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MOST STOLEN VEHICLES CHEVROLET AND FORD FULL SIZE PICK-UPS

MOST STOLEN VEHICLES CHEVROLET AND FORD FULL SIZE PICK-UPS

DES PLAINES, Ill., July 19, 2022 -- For the second year in a row, Chevrolet and Ford full size pick-ups took the top two spots in the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) annual Hot Wheels vehicle theft report, and the GMC full size pick-up made the top 10 list. Of the nearly 1 million total vehicles reported stole ... Continue reading

2022 Model Corvette Year-End Stats Now Available from the National Corvette Museum

2022 Model Corvette Year-End Stats Now Available from the National Corvette Museum

BOWLING GREEN, KY, July 18, 2022 – Final production statistics for the 2022 Corvette are now available for viewing. Of the 25,831 cars produced, 52.1% were coupes, while convertibles came in just under the halfway split at 47.9%. Torch Red was once again the most popular color choice for 2022. ... Continue reading

2023 FORD F-150 RAPTOR R WITH 700 HORSEPOWER FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE OFF-ROADING

2023 FORD F-150 RAPTOR R WITH 700 HORSEPOWER FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE OFF-ROADING

After more than a decade spent braving harsh conditions and conquering massive desert dunes over three generations of off-road trucks, Ford unleashes the new F-150® Raptor R™ – the fastest, most powerful, most extreme high-performance off-road desert Raptor yet. ... Continue reading

Cadillac Ranks First In Luxury-Vehicle Shopping Helpfulness Study

Cadillac Ranks First In Luxury-Vehicle Shopping Helpfulness Study

Cadillac was ranked highest in a recent measurement of how effectively premium brands and dealers helped both website and in-person vehicle shoppers. ... Continue reading

Curb side, on-street EV charging comes to Chicago.

Curb side, on-street EV charging comes to Chicago.

Urban dwellers are good candidates to purchase or lease an all-electric vehicle, that is, a battery-electric vehicle or BEV. Why? They don’t typically drive many miles in their daily personal routine. ... Continue reading

DC Back-office Leadership Cooperates With Green New Deal Extremists To Eliminate American's Pursuit Of Happiness, Mobility and Vehicle Choices

DC Back-office Leadership Cooperates With Green New Deal Extremists To Eliminate American's Pursuit Of Happiness, Mobility and Vehicle Choices

drivers of electric vehicles have recently seen only a modest increase in the cost of their driving, while drivers of gasoline- and (especially) diesel-powered vehicles were hit hard. ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce & Hyundai Motor Group Sign MOU to Lead the Way in the Advanced Air Mobility Market Using All-Electric Propulsion and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Rolls-Royce & Hyundai Motor Group Sign MOU to Lead the Way in the Advanced Air Mobility Market Using All-Electric Propulsion and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Farnborough Airshow, U.K., July 18, 2022 – Rolls-Royce and Hyundai Motor Group are announcing plans today to collaborate on bringing all-electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology to the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. The partnership will leverage Rolls-Royce’s aviation and certification capabilitie ... Continue reading

Honda Civic Family Album 1975 - 2023 +VIDEO

Honda Civic Family Album 1975 - 2023 +VIDEO

July 18, 2022 — TORRANCE, Calif. Civic is all-time best-selling Honda automobile with global sales approaching 30 million With more than 12.3 million in U.S. sales since its debut in 1973, Civic is America's best-selling small car over the last five decades1 Honda has produced more than 11 million Civics in North Ame ... Continue reading

NHTSA CAR, TRUCK, RV, BUS, MOTORCYCLE AND TRAILER RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary July 18, 2022

NHTSA CAR, TRUCK, RV, BUS, MOTORCYCLE AND TRAILER RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary July 18, 2022

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness - Review by Larry Nutson

2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness - Review by Larry Nutson

Over a decade ago my wife and I spent a couple years living in the suburbs outside of Hartford, Connecticut. In those days Subaru was selling in the range of 200,00 to 260,000 vehicles a year across the U.S. New England was good selling territory for Subaru. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 10 - July 16, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 10 - July 16, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets" ... Continue reading

Hyundai N Brand Reveals 674 HP H2 Fuel-cell Power In Two Rolling Lab Concepts, Signaling High-Performance Vision for Electrified Era

Hyundai N Brand Reveals 674 HP H2 Fuel-cell Power In Two Rolling Lab Concepts, Signaling High-Performance Vision for Electrified Era

Hyundai’s first full electric high-performance model IONIQ 5 N to be launched in 2023 Hyundai Motor today premieres two high-performance concepts — RN22e and N Vision 74 RN22e uses Hyundai’s innovative Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) with IONIQ 6’s body design N Vision 74 is a high-performance hydrogen ... Continue reading

Holley LS Fest East is Coming, Are You Ready?

Holley LS Fest East is Coming, Are You Ready?

I can smell the high octane fuel and tire smoke already. If you're a bowtie wearing, Ford beating, Dodge smoking gear head then I highly recommend you experience the awesomeness that is LS Fest. ... Continue reading

Conversations That Matter: The Strange History of Ethanol +VIDEO

Conversations That Matter: The Strange History of Ethanol +VIDEO

The bias against ethanol as a fuel goes back to the Rockefeller family, who were a huge player in the gasoline business. ... Continue reading

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