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2017 Subaru Impreza Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Crash Tests And Is Only Small Car To Earn Top Ratings In All IIHS Evaluations +VIDEO

2017 Subaru Impreza Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Crash Tests And Is Only Small Car To Earn Top Ratings In All IIHS Evaluations +VIDEO

2017 Subaru Impreza earns Top Safety Pick+ award ARLINGTON, Va. — The redesigned Subaru Impreza, a small car, is the latest winner of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's 2017 Top Safety Pick+ award, thanks to top ratings for crash protection, a superior-rated front crash prevention system and good-rated head ... Continue reading

2017 Indian Roadmaster Details Revealed

2017 Indian Roadmaster Details Revealed

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 21, 2017 -- Welcome back, Americana. Indian Motorcycle®, America's First Motorcycle Company® ... Continue reading

Claude Lelouch's Cult Classic Driving Film, Reimagined in 360 VR With the Ford Mustang +VIDEO

Claude Lelouch's Cult Classic Driving Film, Reimagined in 360 VR With the Ford Mustang +VIDEO

LONDON, February 21, 2017 -- It's said that the Ford Mustang has starred in more movies than any other car. Now GTB - Ford's creative agency - have created a real on-screen first for the legendary marque. ... Continue reading

2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Goes for 200 MPH

2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Goes for 200 MPH

Slide over to the next lane. The Camaro ZL1 Coupe has a top speed of 198 mph (318 km/h). Chevrolet tested the max velocity of the ZL1 (with 10-speed automatic) on the High Speed Oval at Germany’s Automotive Testing Papenburg GmBH proving ground. ... Continue reading

Bees Inspire Lightweight, Strong Honeycomb Cargo Shelf in All-New Ford EcoSport SUV +VIDEO

Bees Inspire Lightweight, Strong Honeycomb Cargo Shelf in All-New Ford EcoSport SUV +VIDEO

Honeybees didn’t actually create the four-way parcel shelf for the all-new EcoSport cargo area, but they did lend their design to the recycled paper honeycomb material that gives the shelf its unusual strength. “The hexagonal design of honeycomb is a testament to nature’s ingenuity,” says Mike Mazzella, Ford Ec ... Continue reading

2017 Chicago Auto Show Wrap-up

2017 Chicago Auto Show Wrap-up

2017 Chicago Auto Show - 2017 Chicago Auto Show - the 109th edition of the largest automotive exhibition in North America.the 109th edition of the largest automotive exhibition in North America. LEDE PHOTO Cannell_CHI17-1299 By Thom Cannell, Michigan Bureau and Larry Nutson, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel The Chicago ... Continue reading

Subaru Begins TV Advertising For 2017 Impreza

Subaru Begins TV Advertising For 2017 Impreza

CHERRY HILL, N.J., Feb. 17, 2017 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today debuted a series of new advertising spots centered around the launch of the all-new 2017 Impreza. ... Continue reading

2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e Review and 2017 Updates

2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e Review and 2017 Updates

It was new for 2016 and it’s a hybrid-powered SUV from BMW. This X5 is BMW’s first plug-in hybrid core production model. That is, outside of the BMW i line-up ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday February 18, 2017 7AM- 9AM

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday February 18, 2017 7AM- 9AM

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused LIVE New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

2017 Buick LaCrosse earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Award +VIDEO

2017 Buick LaCrosse earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Award +VIDEO

ARLINGTON, Va. — The redesigned Buick LaCrosse earns a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's challenging small overlap front crash test and qualifies for a Top Safety Pick award. ... Continue reading

2017 Honda Ridgeline Tops Pickup Trucks in Safety by Earning 5-Star Overall Vehicle Rating from NHTSA

2017 Honda Ridgeline Tops Pickup Trucks in Safety by Earning 5-Star Overall Vehicle Rating from NHTSA

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 16, 2017 -- The 2017 Honda Ridgeline, recently named 2017 North American Truck of the Year, is now the only pickup truck in America to earn the highest possible safety ratings from both the U.S. government and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The 2017 Ridgeline earned a best pos ... Continue reading

Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 Gransport To Make Canadian Debut At International Auto Show In Toronto

Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 Gransport To Make Canadian Debut At International Auto Show In Toronto

Maserati Showcases Italian Elegance and All-Wheel-Drive Performance with Toronto Vehicle Display ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Feb. 16, 2017 -- The all-new Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 GranSport will make its debut in Canada at the 2017 Canadian International Auto Show, the luxury Italian automaker today announced. ... Continue reading

Porsche presents two new models at the Canadian International Auto Show

Porsche presents two new models at the Canadian International Auto Show

Canadian debut of the Macan Turbo with Performance Package and 911 GT3 Cup car TORONTO, Feb. 16, 2017 Today, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. ... Continue reading

2017 Toyota Corolla iM Review by Carey Russ

2017 Toyota Corolla iM Review by Carey Russ

Toyota’s Scion division may be history, but its final product lineup is still extant. Only the names have been changed, and of course the badging. ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 MAZDA CX-9 REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 MAZDA CX-9 REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2016 MAZDA CX-9 REVIEW ... Continue reading

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