From tires to tech, rust to road trips, here is all your latest automotive news and expert car buying, maintenance, and driving advice. Whether you’re hitting the road in the hottest wheels or just trying to keep your clunker street legal, we’ve got you covered.
There’s no way around it: the Tesla Model S is a pretty cool car. Actually, we think it’s cooler than the Roadster. Incidentally, their factory is just as wild as you’d expect, stamping out parts every six seconds and employing a fleet of high-tech robots to do damn near everything. … Read More
Let’s say you’re driving your brand new Volvo, the plug-in diesel hybrid V60, when your battery starts to get a little low. Well, that’s what the diesel is for, but a little addition to the V60 can do you one better: you can simply unfurl this solar charging canopy and … Read More
Joe Ventura is a vintage car collector and enthusiast of all things Testarossa, which he calls the “practical supercar”. In fact, he argues that the Testarossa isn’t as respected as it should be, and ought to be given it’s due. [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMM8i5nIQ00[/youtube]
Freed from a 3-tonne trailer, the 2014 GMC Sierra handles much smaller than its dimensions belie. Eight cylinders of fun (you can buy a V6 engine but no one has ever lamented, “I coulda had a V6”) deliver the 383 lb-ft of torque soon enough after the foot goes down. … Read More
The 2014 GMC Sierra handles like buttah. Two days we drove 200km south from Calgary, towing thirty-foot camper-trailers. Turns out I wasn’t the only one who was trepidatious—between the fully kitted out trailer and the truck we were piloting over $100,000 in machinery—but the Sierra’s tow/haul feature made the experience … Read More
