Across the world, someone is killed on the roads once every 30 seconds.
And for every death, there are at least 20 injuries every 30 seconds. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, pedestrians and drivers are much more likely to die on roads in poorer countries....
BMW has filed a number of new trademarks which point toward an entire lineup of new performance vehicles. The German brand filed to protect M1 CS through M8 CS with the World Intellectual Property Organization, suggesting that an entire range of new ‘CS’ models are coming. Spy...
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have lived up to expectations. Amazon has announced has become the biggest show premiere ever on Amazon Prime Video, dethroning the previous No. 1 show, . Although Amazon won’t disclose just how many viewers had, it did say...
Mercedes-AMG is bringing its F1 technology to the streets in an upcoming hypercar, and when it arrives, the German automaker wants it to be the efficiency king. “To put it in just one sentence: outstanding performance with more than impressive efficiency,” chief executive of AMG,...
Mercedes-Benz might be the next German automaker to stop offering diesel engines in the U.S. Like BMW earlier this year, Mercedes is experiencing a delay in diesel certifications in the U.S. as a result of more rigorous testing procedures by the EPA following Volkswagen’s diesel emissions...
It sounds like Volkswagen plans to pull all of its diesel models out of the U.S. market. “At the moment we assume that we will offer no new diesel vehicles in the U.S.,” VW brand chief Herbert Diess told While that isn’t an entirely definitive answer, it seems like VW...
Roughly one million more Americans will hit the streets this Thanksgiving compared to 2015 says AAA. The association projects that 48.7 million Americans will trek 50 miles or more this year for that turkey dinner, a 1.9 percent increase in traffic over 2015. That is the highest level seen...
The 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF is officially on sale in the U.S. Arriving two months earlier than originally announced, the first MX-5 RF owner was Dave Putter, who met with Mazda North America president and CEO Masahiro Moro onstage at the 2016 L.A. Auto Show. Putter’s MX-5 RF was...
The 2008-2009 Kia Sportage is being recalled to address an electrical issue. The recall affects approximately 71,700 units in the U.S., and in the affected vehicles, improper sealing of a wire harness cover used for the hydraulic electronic control unit (HECU) can allow moisture to enter the...
The first-generation Mercedes X-Class pickup truck won’t be available in the U.S. Speaking at the 2016 L.A. Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Dietmar Exlar confirmed last week that the X-Class isn’t heading to the U.S. market next year. He did, however, say that it’s a...
Toyota is recalling its Swagger Wagon. Approximately 744,000 model year 2011-2016 Toyota Sienna minivans are being recalled in the U.S. because under certain limited conditions, if the sliding door opening operation is impeded, the sliding door motor circuit could be overloaded, opening the...
Car owners in the U.S. continue to hold onto their vehicles. According to IHS Markit, the average age of light vehicles in the U.S. is 11.6 years, based on a snapshot of vehicles in operation on January 1, 2016. Last year, the average age of vehicles in the U.S. was 11.5 years. In addition,...
Nissan wants new GT-R owners to take advantage of their sports cars. From now until March 31, 2017, all U.S. Nissan GT-R buyers will receive free one full day, on-track instruction at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). The promotion also applies to those that purchased their GT-R on or after...
These days, most modern cars are extremely safe, but that wasn’t a case a decade ago. According to ., the average light vehicle on the road today was manufactured in 2003 or 2004, and to determine the most dangerous cars in America, reviewed crashworthiness evaluation results from the...
BMW is working on a new top-of-the-line flagship SUV model and here’s the very first photos of it. It is widely believed that development of the BMW X7 started over three years ago, along with the Rolls-Royce SUV that will share many of the same components. Both models will ride on the CLAR...